Contains much that is clearly humorous and much that appeals directly to the senses. It also leads very quickly to inconsistencies: tofit his theories Schefold has to argue that Medea is now contrasted with Penelope as a paradigm of falselove, now compared with her as a beatified heroine. From the House of Jason, or of the Fatal Loves (first quarter of first century A.D.). (Boardman, 1986)