Robert[[305]] pointed to vs. 31 ff. of the prologue as furnishing perhaps the suggestion for this figure, but that is but a small part of the whole suggestion, and it is well to follow this note which recurs in many places, and is, to my mind, a very important part of the Euripidean conception of Medeia. I give herewith the various places where this element may be discovered.
αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτὴν πατέρ’ ἀποιμώζη φίλον
καὶ γαῖαν οἴκους θ’, οὒς προδοῦς’ ἀφίκετο. vs. 31 f.
ὤ πάτερ, ὤ πόλις, ὧν ἀπενάσθην
αἰσχρῶς τὸν ἐμὸν κτείνασα κάσιν. vs. 166 f.
αὐτὴ δὲ πατέρα καὶ δόμους προδοῦς’ ἐμούς. v. 483.
πότερα πρὸς πατρὸς δόμους,
οὓς σοὶ προδοῦσα καὶ πάτραν ἀφικόμην; vs. 502 f.
ἡμάρτανον τόθ’ ἡνίκ’ ἐξελίμπανον
δόμους πατρῴους. vs. 800 f.