THE MEDEA
If I had told you of it, you who even now
Are incapable of controlling your bitter temper. 590
Medea
It was not that. No, you thought it was not respectable
As you got on in years to have a foreign wife,
Jason
Make sure of this: it was not because of a woman
I made the royal alliance in which I now live,
But, as I said before, I wished to preserve you 595
And breed a royal progeny to be brothers
To the children I have now, a sure defense to us.
Medea
Let me havejio^haggy fortune that brings pain with it,
Or prosperity which is upsetting to the mind!
Jason
Change your ideas of what you want, and show more
sense. 600
Do not consider painful what is good for you,
Novwhen you are lucky, think yourself unfortunate.
Medea
You can insult me. You have somewhere to turn to.
But I shall go from this land into exile, friendless.
Jason
It was what you chose yourself. Don't blame others for it. 605
Medea
And how did I choose it? Did I betray my husband?
Jason
You called down wicked curses on the king's family.
Medea
A curse, that is what I am become to your house too.
91