Both Uses of
melancholy
in
Medea by Euripides (translated by: G. Theodoridis)
- To the Tutor And you, old man, keep them away from Medea for as long as she is in such deep melancholy becauseā¦ because just a short while ago I saw her throwing a strange and dreadful look at them, as if she wanted to do them some awful harm.†
- That melancholy of hers seems to deepen by the minute!†
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Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad