Αἰδώς, Νέμεσις y el mundo al revés en Eurípides, Med. 410-445

Abstract

The present article reviews certain passages from Euripides' Medea that emphasize how the Greek play writer uses specific concepts of the traditional Greek moral, such as the betrayed ὅρκος, the infringement of the δίκη and the transgression of the νόμος, to form Medea's line of argument against Jason. It especially focuses on the intervention of the Corinthian women's choir, in lines 410-455, in the light of Hesiod and the topic of the world in reverse, represented in the well known image of “Aidós” and “Némesis” abandoning the human world.