Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 92 of 118
The Medea — page 92: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose—specifically, a dramatic dialogue from Euripides' classical play *Medea*. The page shows an argument between Jason and Medea over the deaths of their children. Jason denies his hand murdered them; Medea blames his infidelity and pride. The exchange escalates with accusations about lust, love, and torment, ending with Medea's assertion that the Gods know who caused this tragedy. This appears to be a Victorian-era translation or edition of the ancient Greek tragedy, not a penny dreadful as initially suggested by the query's framing.
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76 EURIPIDES MEDEA. | Sons, did ye perish for your father’s shame P JASON. How? It was not my hand that murdered them. MEDEA ’Twas thy false wooings, ’twas thy trampling pride. Jason, Thou hast said it! - For thy lust of love they died. MEDEA. And love to women a slight thing should be? JASON. To women pure!—All thy vile life to thee! MEDEA. ; Think of thy torment. They are dead, they are dead! JASON. No: quick, great God; quick curses round thy head! MEDEA. — The Gods know who began this work of woe. EComicbooks.com