Events
During her escape of Colchis, how did Medea slow her pursuers?
She Killed her own brother and dumped him in the ocean.
Seeks revenge on her husband?
Medea
"Oh children, you were cursed with an evil mother."
Jason
who wrote the play Medea?
Euripedes
The Purpose of the Chorus
Speaks to the audience, kind of like a narration, pointing out themes/moral of the story
What does Creon come to tell Medea?
That her and children are exiled
who was sent to find the Golden Fleece?
Jason
"I wish the Argo never had set sail, had never flown to Colchis..."
Nurse
Jason could not claim the thrown of Iolcus unless he completed a quest to retrieve?
The Golden Fleece
where in the play does an example of Deus ex machina: “god in the machine” occur?
God Helios sending chariot pulled by dragons to save Medea and enables her escape from Corinth.
What kills Glauce?
Poison from the cloak and crown that Medea gifted to her.
Heard a rumor that Medea and her children were going to be exiled?
Tutor
Tutor
Why were Medea and Jason exiled?
Because People found out that Medea manipulated Pelias' daughters into thinking that by boiling Pelias alive, that would grant him immortality.
How does Medea escape?
On a Chariot.
Who are the King and Princess of Corinth?
Creon & Glauce
"For many reasons, woman, I am eager to grant this favor to you: first, the gods; and secondly, the children that you promise."
Aegeus
Euripides often criticized ________ in his plays.
religion
How does Medea react to Jason’s attempt at compassion?
she is disgusted.
What was Jasons reaction when he found out Medea had murdered their children?
He cursed her and felt destroyed by her actions.
Offspring of Medea and Jason?
The children
"There they lie, two corpses, a daughter and her aged father, side by side, a disaster that longs for tears."
Messenger
Medea was first performed in the spring of 431 B.C.E., immediately before the outbreak of of the ______________ war?
Why does Medea decide to murder her children?
To punish and hurt Jason.