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EPISODE · Sep 10, 2026 · 27 MIN

Medea

from Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics · host BBC Radio 4

Natalie tells the story of Euripides' Medea, the sorceress who enacted the ultimate revenge on the husband who betrayed her, to a rapt audience at the Hay Festival. 'Rockstar mythologist' Natalie Haynes is the best-selling author of Divine Might, Stone Blind, A Thousand Ships and No Friend to This House as well as a reformed comedian who is a little bit obsessive about ancient Greece and Rome.Producer Beth O'Dea

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