Jun 5, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 10 segments
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball, Evan and I discuss the play "Medea," which Euripides wrote and which was first performed in 431 BC. The cover art for this episode is the painting…
I think maybe the implication is that the nurse told him and he tells her, you got to go.
You're going to cause trouble.
You're exiled.
You have to leave right now.
And she says, well, just give me one day to get ready.
All I need is one day.
You know, it would be wrong for you to throw me out so fast.
And he says, no, no, no chance.
You got to leave right now.
And she really she begs him.
And he says, all right, one day you can leave tomorrow.
And he leaves.
And she says, like, that's all I need.
I have enough time now to kill everybody.
And then somehow, a little bit later...
Oh, I guess I should have said, there's full spoilers in this discussion.
There's no way to talk about this play without spoilers.
And she asks what he's doing and how things are going.
And he says he's having an infertility problem.
And he's trying to have kids and he can't.
And she says...
She offers him, she says, if you give me a solemn vow that you will never exile me from Athens, then I'll give you a potion that will help you with that.
And he accepts because he doesn't know what's about to happen.
He leaves and she's very consciously planning this.
I think maybe the implication is that the nurse told him and he tells her, you got to go.
You're going to cause trouble.
You're exiled.
You have to leave right now.
And she says, well, just give me one day to get ready.
All I need is one day.
You know, it would be wrong for you to throw me out so fast.
And he says, no, no, no chance.
You got to leave right now.
And she really she begs him.
And he says, all right, one day you can leave tomorrow.
And he leaves.
And she says, like, that's all I need.
I have enough time now to kill everybody.
And then somehow, a little bit later...
Oh, I guess I should have said, there's full spoilers in this discussion.
There's no way to talk about this play without spoilers.
And she asks what he's doing and how things are going.
And he says he's having an infertility problem.
And he's trying to have kids and he can't.
And she says...
She offers him, she says, if you give me a solemn vow that you will never exile me from Athens, then I'll give you a potion that will help you with that.
And he accepts because he doesn't know what's about to happen.
He leaves and she's very consciously planning this.
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