Euripides. Medea.

This play tells the story of Medea whose husband Jason leaves her for another women, and who seeks revenge by committing filicide.

Annotation
Euripides. Medea. Trans. J.E. Thomas. Clayton, Delaware: Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics, 2005. Print.

Quotes and Notes
Medea kills her children to seek revenge on Jason after he leaves her for another women (an attempt to gain more political and social power which Medea, a “barbarian,” prohibits). This play is used as a literary case study in Barbara Almond's book. Link to Wiki from “Women Who Kill” class: https://wiki.uiowa.edu/display/1310665/Jason+Medea