EURIPIDES
Creon, drive me away without paying for it.
So now you may call me a monster, if you wish,
A Scylla housed in the caves of the Tuscan sea.
I too, as I had to, have taken hold of your heart. 1560
Jason
You feel the pain yourself. You share in my sorrow.
Medea
Yes, and my grief is gain when you cannot mock it,
Jason
'• O children, what a wicked mother she was to you!
Medea
They died from a disease they caught from their father.
Jason
I tell you it was not my hand that destroyed them. 1365
Medea
But it was your insolence, and your virgin wedding.
Jason
And just for the sake of that you chose to kill them.
Medea
Is love so small a pain, do you think, for a woman?
Jason
For a wise one, certainly. But you are wholly evil.
Medea
The children are dead. I say this to make you suffer. 1370
Jason
The children, I think, will bring down curses on you.
Medea
The gods know who was the author of this sorrow.
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