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New Characters:
Nurse: loyal servant of Medea
Tutor: servant of Medea and minder of her children, friendly with Nurse
The Children: Medea’s two young boys
Medea: (offstage only) native of Colchis, wife of Jason, a type of
sorceress
Chorus: Corinthian women, friendly to Medea
Summary
Medea’s Nurse opens the play, lamenting the events that have brought Medea’s household to its current state of crisis. If Jason had not sailed with the Argonauts to Colchis, Medea would never have met him and brought them all to...
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Medea and Electra: Summary and Analysis
- Medea, Prologue and Parados Summary and Analysis
- First Episode: Medea and Creon Summary and Analysis
- Second Episode: Medea and Jason Summary and Analysis
- Third Episode: Medea and Aegeus Summary and Analysis
- Fourth Episode: Medea and Jason Summary and Analysis
- Fifth Episode: Medea, Tutor, and Children Summary and Analysis
- Sixth Episode: The Messenger Summary and Analysis
- Final Episode and Exodos Summary and Analysis
- Electra, Prologue and Parados Summary and Analysis
- First Episode: Electra, Orestes and Farmer Summary and Analysis
- Second Episode: Electra, Orestes, and the Old Man Summary and Analysis
- Third Episode: The Messenger and Orestes’ Return Summary and Analysis
- Fourth Episode: Electra, Clytemnestra, and Orestes Summary and Analysis
- Final Episode and Exodos Summary and Analysis
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- Medea, Prologue and Parados Questions and Answers
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- Second Episode: Medea and Jason Questions and Answers
- Third Episode: Medea and Aegeus Questions and Answers
- Fourth Episode: Medea and Jason Questions and Answers
- Fifth Episode: Medea, Tutor, and Children Questions and Answers
- Sixth Episode: The Messenger Questions and Answers
- Final Episode and Exodos Questions and Answers
- Electra, Prologue and Parados Questions and Answers
- First Episode: Electra, Orestes and Farmer Questions and Answers
- Second Episode: Electra, Orestes, and the Old Man Questions and Answers
- Third Episode: The Messenger and Orestes’ Return Questions and Answers
- Fourth Episode: Electra, Clytemnestra, and Orestes Questions and Answers
- Final Episode and Exodos Questions and Answers
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