![]() ![]() Medea, and the chorus of Corinthian women, do not buy his story. He believes he could not pass up the opportunity to marry a royal princess, as Medea is only a barbarian woman, but hopes to someday join the two families, with Medea as his mistress. Medea asks for one day's delay, and begins to plan the deaths of Jason, Glauce, and Creon, while Jason arrives to confront her and explain himself. The play opens with Medea grieving her loss and her elderly nurse fearing what she might do to herself or her children.Ĭreon, also fearing what Medea might do, arrives to send Medea into exile. The concentrated action of the play is at Corinth, where Jason has brought Medea after the adventures of the Golden Fleece but has now left her to marry the daughter of King Creon (elsewhere known as Glauce, and also known in Latin works as Creusa - see Seneca the Younger's Medea and Propertius 2.16.30). The play tells the story of the jealousy and revenge of a woman betrayed by her husband. ![]() King Creon of Corinth and Creusa, drawing of a Relief. ![]()
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