Medea | Setting

Setting

In front of Medea's house in Corinth. There is an entrance onto the stage from the house, as well as two side entrances leading toward the palace and toward the main road away from the city.

  • Corinth: one of the major cities of Greece, both in mythology and in 5th century history. Located at the Isthmus of Corinth, the land bridge between mainland Greece (where Athens was) and the Peleponnesus (the hand-shaped peninsula where Sparta, Athens’ main rival, was located), Corinth had a very strategic position in controlling the movements of armies from one part of Greece to another. Corinth was also a very important sea-power. Historically, there were rites for Medea's children in Corinth, so Euripides is following tradition by placing the story there.