Medea (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Euripides
- First Published: 431
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Corinth
- Principal Characters: Medea, Jason, Creon, Glauce, Aegeus
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Exile or expatriates, Marriage, Emotions, Revenge, Kings, queens, or royalty, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Aging, Hatred
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Greece, ancient, Corinth, ancient
The Story:
When Medea discovered that Jason had deserted her and married Glauce, the daughter of Creon, she vowed a terrible vengeance. Her nurse, although she loved Medea, recognized that a frightful threat now hung over Corinth, for she knew that Medea would not let the insult pass without some dreadful revenge. She feared especially for Medea’s two sons, since the sorceress included her children in the hatred which she now felt for their father.
Her resentment increased still further when Creon, hearing of her vow, ordered her and her children to be banished from...
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