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write at least 200 words in response to the prompt below. Longer writings are

write at least 200 words in response to the prompt below. Longer writings are welcome! The best responses will cite textual details to support their claims, using line and page numbers for quoted material.

Ovid’s narrator refers to Medea as Jason’s “second prize” (line 157, p. 148), the first prize being the fleece that she actively helped him win. Does this contradictory depiction of Medea as both active agent and as prize have a counterpart in Euripides?