MEDEA

mĭdēˈə, in Greek mythology, princess of Colchis, skilled in magic and sorcery. She fell in love with Jason and helped him, against the will of her father, Aeëtes, to obtain the Golden Fleece. When Jason left Colchis, she fled with him and lived as his wife for many years, bearing him two children. Jason later wished to marry Creusa, daughter of King Creon of Corinth, but Medea sent her an enchanted wedding gown that burned her to death. Medea then completed her revenge by killing her own two children; in another version of the legend the angered citizens of Corinth stoned them to death. Afterward, Medea fled to Athens, where she married King Aegeus.

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Medea; Hippolytus; Electra; Helen
Book by James Morwood, Euripides; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Electra (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Euripides--Translations Into English, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--Translations Into English, Helen Of Troy (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Hippolytus (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Medea (Greek Mythology)--Drama
...to know how I could beget offspring.* MEDEA. By the gods, have you led the whole...childless by the stroke of some divine power. MEDEA. Have you a wife or are you unmarried...not unmarried. I am paired with a wife. MEDEA. What then did Phoebus say to you about...
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The Myth of Medea and the Murder of Children
Book by Lillian Corti; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Fiction, Infanticide In Literature, Literature, Comparative--History And Literature, Literature, Comparative--Themes, Motives, Medea (Greek Mythology) In Literature
...control, is not quite human. Therefore, if Medea sees the problem of transcending the state...22:80 . The textual identification of Medea as child is not only implied in the word...Medeas situation and that of her children. Medea, like her children, is hated. The Nurse...
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Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides
Includes: Alcestis; Medea; Helen; Iphigenia at Aulis
Book by Ruby Blondell, Mary-Kay Gamel, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Bella Zweig, Euripides; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Alcestis (Greek Mythology)--Drama/, Euripides--Translations Into English, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--Translations Into English, Helen Of Troy (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Iphigenia (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Medea (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Women--Mythology--Drama
...come once more to my paternal hearth. 98 MEDEA: And for what purpose did you voyage to...called Pittheus, lord of Troezens soil. 99 MEDEA: The son of Pelops; a most reverent man...to share with him Apollos prophecy. 685 MEDEA: Yes, hes a clever man and practiced...
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Medea
Book by Robinson Jeffers, Euripides; Random House, 1946
Subjects: Medea (Greek Mythology)--Drama
MEDEA PAYS NO ATTENTION; THE NURSE KNEELS, CATCHES...Aegeus is coming! The power of Athens. MEDEA I will not see him. Go back and tell him so. THE NURSE RETREATS BEHIND CHORUS. MEDEA PRAYS: Ancient Goddess to whom I and my...
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Medea
Book by Denys L. Page; Clarendon Press, 1952
Subjects: Greek Drama (Tragedy), Jason (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Medea (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Mythology, Greek--Drama
...of the princess. Below, on the left, Medea MH EIA , in richly decorated oriental costume...were appealing for assistance. Behind Medea, on the extreme left of the picture...5 Med. 1303. 1 Medea is still portrayed in Greek dress on an...
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Medea: Ikone Des Fremden Und Des Anderen in der Europaischen Literatur Des 20. Jahrhunderts
Journal article by Daria Santini; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Medea: Ikone des Fremden und des Anderen in der europaischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts (Book)--Book reviews
Medea: Ikone Des Fremden Und Des Anderen in der...Des 20. Jahrhunderts. by Daria Santini Medea: Ikone des Fremden and des Anderen in der...of recent literary representations of the Medea figure: Die vorliegende Arbeit will exemplarisch...
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Ludmila Ulitskaya. Medea and Her Children
Journal article by Michael Pinker; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 23, 2003
Subjects: Medea and Her Children (Book)--Reviews
Ludmila Ulitskaya. Medea and Her Children. by Michael Pinker Trans...320 pp. $24.00. Ludmila Ulitskayas Medea resembles the tragic villainess in name...fiercely independent, sweetly redoubtable Medea inhabiting an almost magical landscape...
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The Trope of Transformation in Medea: A Noh Cycle
Journal article by Loren Edelson; Comparative Drama, Vol. 37, 2003
The Trope of Transformation in Medea: A Noh Cycle. by Loren Edelson Since...experiments: Carol Sorgenfreis 1975 work Medea: A Noh Cycle Based on the Greek Myth...As she explicitly states in her title Medea: A Noh Cycle Based on the Greek Myth...
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Pierre Corneille's Medea-Machine
Journal article by Amy Wygant; The Romanic Review, Vol. 85, 1994
Subjects: French drama--17th century, French drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Personification in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Pierre Corneilles Medea-Machine. by Amy Wygant The repertoire...fickle, womanizing Jason and the evil witch Medea quite impossible as a stand-in for the...Louis XIV by Jason or his Spanish bride by Medea, but he evidently meant to indicate the...
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A Symposium on Medea
Journal article; Michigan Quarterly Review, Vol. 42, 2003
Subjects: Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin, Actors, Gregerson, Linda, Mendeloff, Katherine, Scodel, Ruth, Shaw, Fiona, Theater, Theater directors & producers, Warner, Deborah
A Symposium on Medea Last fall the Abbey Theatre of Irelands acclaimed production of Euripides Medea came to the University of Michigan. On October...before this. And what happened when I came to Medea was that I had the courage to be more individual...
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Medea Benjamin
Magazine article by Elizabeth Dinovella; The Progressive, Vol. 68, December 2004
Subjects: Benjamin, Medea--Interviews, Green Party (United States)--Officials and employees
Medea Benjamin. by Elizabeth DiNovella Medea Benjamin ran as the Green Party candidate for Senator of California...three million votes when the left was so united behind him? Medea Benjamin: Kerry lost because he never provided a clear message...
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In Medea Res: An Ancient Greek Femme Fatale Is the American Theatre's Passion of the Moment
Magazine article by Celia Wren; American Theatre, Vol. 19, April 2002
Subjects: Characters and characteristics in literature--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Villains in literature--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
In Medea Res: An ancient Greek Femme Fatale is the...AFTER ALL KNOW BEST--JUST TAKE A look at Medea. Twenty-five centuries after the playwright...Yorks Bullet Space Theatre hosted Love, Medea, which fused Euripides and Seneca with excerpts...
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Beloved Beah and Medea: a Conversation between Beah Richards and S. Pearl Sharp
Magazine article by S. Pearl; Black Masks, Vol. 14, March 31, 2001
Subjects: African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, Death & dying, Entertainment, Fine arts, Life, Lifetime, Los Angeles, CA, Minority & ethnic groups, Mortality, Personal profiles, Richards, Beah, Theater
Beloved Beah and Medea: a Conversation between Beah Richards...Pearl Sharp by S. Pearl Beloved Beah and Medea: A Conversation between Beah Richards...Silveras direction that Beah performed as Medea. For the past several years, she and...
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Impressions of Two Nbtf Productions: Medea and the Doll
Magazine article by Von. H. Washington; Black Masks, Vol. 11, April 30, 1996
Subjects: Entertainment, Fine arts, Gary, Rudy, Theater, United States
...Impressions of Two Nbtf Productions: Medea and the Doll by Von. H. Washington Impressions of Two NBTF Productions: Medea and the Doll. Going to the theatre...set out to write a few reflections on Medea and the Doll by Rudy Gray, I was overly...
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Still Dangerous after All These Years
Magazine article by Toby Zinman; American Theatre, Vol. 16, March 1999
Subjects: Electra (Drama)--Performances, Greek drama (Tragedy)--Performances, Hecuba (Drama)--Performances, Medea (Theater)--Performances, Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...Iphigenia, Phaedra, Clytemnestra, Medea, the Trojan Women. Shrieking and weeping...television veteran Phylicia Rashad in a Medea at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. The Greek...National Theatre brought its spare, modernist Medea first to Boston and then to New York in...
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Was Medea a Feminist? One Writer's View
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, April 26, 1998
Subjects: Wolf, Christa
Was Medea a feminist? One writers view by Colin Walters...reunification came out here. Now here is a novel, "Medea," recalling Mrs. Wolfs "Cassandra...didnt betray something dear to me." This Medea may be seen as representing the plight of...
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A Thinking, Feeling, Monstrous 'Medea'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 9, 2002
A thinking, feeling, monstrous Medea Byline: Jayne M. Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON...in the theater, but there are few like Medea. Intelligent, self-aware, passionate, sexual and magical, Medea is a force of nature - a woman willing to...
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Bipolar 'Medea' Leaves Play Adrift
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 13, 2005
Bipolar Medea Leaves Play Adrift. Byline: Jayne Blanchard...strained and uninvolving production of "Medea" at the Washington Shakespeare Company...Taylors bipolar approach to the character of Medea. When we first see the character, she...
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Review; MEDEA Everyman
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), February 24, 2010
Review; MEDEA Everyman. Byline: Catherine Jones INFIDELITY...hand - its small fry compared to Euripides Medea. No one gets out of here alive - or at...classic tragedy with typical alacrity. Medea is the Barbarian wife of Jason of Argonauts...
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Greek Tragedy Medea Set to the Blues
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), February 12, 2010
Greek Tragedy Medea Set to the Blues. HES brought Liverpool...most infamous woman in Greek literature. Medea tells the tale of the Barbarian wife of...well I dont supposed youd be interested in Medea then will you? "And I said, yes please...
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Medea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEDEA mide , in Greek mythology, princess of Colchis, skilled...marry Creusa, daughter of King Creon of Corinth, but Medea sent her an enchanted wedding gown that burned her to death. Medea then completed her revenge by killing her own two children...
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Jason , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...obtained from Cadmus . Aeetes daughter Medea fell in love with Jason and gave him magical...still refused to relinquish the fleece, Medea revealed its hiding place and drugged the...with the fleece, pursued by Aeetes. But Medea killed and cut to pieces his son Absyrtus...
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Creon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Jocasta and after the death of Oedipus sons becomes king of Thebes. In Euripides Medea, Creon is the king of Corinth and is murdered by the vengeful Medea. Apollodorus portrays him as an early king of Thebes who purifies Amphitryon after the...
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Theseus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...e.g., Procrustes ). When Theseus arrived at Athens, Medea, then wife of Aegeus, tried to kill him. Aegeus, however, recognized the sword and sandals, saved Theseus, and exiled Medea. Theseus subsequently had numerous adventures. His most famous...
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Callas, Maria Meneghini
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Metropolitan Opera in 1956. Callas is celebrated for her dramatic intensity and versatility. Her acting in Pasolinis film Medea (1970) was widely acclaimed. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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