Medea was a character in Greek mythology, known for being a sorceress and the wife of Jason, the hero of the Argonauts. She helped Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece, but later betrayed him due to his infidelity.
Jason marries the princess of Corinth.
Medea was famous because her love for Jason caused her to commit treacherous deeds. For Jason, Medea betrayed her own people, then turned on Jason himself when he declared that he was leaving Medea to marry the princess.
Medea (Μήδεια) who bore him 2 children. After Jason left her to marry Glauce (Γλαύκη) Medea sent her a poisoned dress as a gift and killed her own children. The ancient Greek play by Euripides ''Medea'' is consider one of the best tragic plays ever.
Jason married Medea in Greek mythology. However, while married to her, he engaged himself to another princess. Medea killed her, and rode away on a chariot pulled by dragons.
Medea's assists Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece. In order to wrest his throne from his uncle, he was compelled to attempt the quest. In exchange for Medea's assistance, Jason promises to marry her. Although Jason has two sons with Medea, he abandons her for King Creon's daughter.
Jason leaves Medea to marry the princess of Corinth.
Medea was very upset, because she had fallen in love with the hero, Jason, and said that she would help him as long as he married her. He agreed. Then, in Corinth, Jason abandoned Medea and instead was going to marry the princess of that land. Angered, Medea gave the princess a poisoned cloak. Medea also killed the two children that she had with Jason, although the reasons why vary between sources.
in greek mythology, Medea was a sorceress who left her kingdom with a hero named Jason and her little brother. she had managed to help Jason in a situation and they left the kingdom, Jason promisded to marry Medea. However, medea's father was going after them and they had no time so medea killed her little brother and chopped him to pieces to get them sometime and threw the remians into the ocean. Jason was shocked by this event and he left her.
Because she had taken a liking to him and he had promised to marry her in return for her help.
1. Why is Medea upset in the beginning of the play? 2. What do you think of Jason, that he is willing to leave Medea for the king's daughter? 3. What does Medea say to the Chorus about the plight of women? Is any of what she says relevant to today? 4. Is the Chorus willing to help Medea with what she plans to do? In your own words, what do they tell her? 5. Why does Jason say he went to marry the princess? 6. Do you get the impression Medea loves her children? What from the text makes you think as you do? 7. What does Medea do to the princess, and how does she do it? 8. What does Medea do to her children? Why does she do it? 9. Medea points out several times in the story that she is foreign. How does the story overall make you feel about Greek society? 10. In some versions of the story, Medea flees Corinth and Creon kills her children. Why do you think Euripides wrote the story the way he did instead?
Medea made enemies of many people. She betrayed her own people to pursue Jason, and Jason became her enemy when he betrayed her to marry the princess. She also tricked a foreign group of sisters to murder their own father.
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