The first meeting of the slow reading cycle is dedicated to the tragedy "Medea," which participants analyze line by line, aloud and in dialogue. Together with the speakers, they will examine the chorus, the heroine's gestures, and the silence of the gods to understand how the ancient plot speaks to today's audience and why its conflict still wounds so sharply. Slow readings of ancient tragedy turn the familiar plot into a living experience. Instead of a ready-made interpretation, participants walk through the text with the speakers, stopping at every turn of dialogue and every line of the chorus. This attention to words helps to notice how the tension gradually builds, how the speech of the characters changes, and what the voice of the one whose name has been spoken with trembling for centuries becomes. An important part of the meeting is the discussion. Questions arise that are rarely raised in a typical acquaintance with the play: why the chorus consists of women, how the conversation between them and the main heroine is structured, where exactly the author draws the line between compassion and condemnation. Participants share associations, compare the ancient text with modern stories of violence, freedom, motherhood, and power, seeking a language to talk about this today. The meeting leaders - anthropologist Zinaida Golovenko and art historian Daria Tonkikh - offer a broader perspective on the tragedy than the usual school analysis. For one, rituals, collective memory, and social roles are important; for the other, the plasticity of scenes, visual solutions, and a theatrical perspective. Their optics complement each other, revealing unexpected connections between the ancient stage, European theater, and modern productions. The format of slow reading is suitable for those who have long been interested in ancient Greek plots, students of the humanities, theater lovers, and those who are just beginning their journey toward complex texts. No special preparation is required - just curiosity and a willingness to listen to both others and oneself. We know what to see in St. Petersburg.