Medea by Euripides all Summary, Characters And Themes (Classics in Translation)

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Medea by Euripides all Summary, Characters And Themes (Classics in Translation)

Medea by Euripides all Summary, Characters And Themes (Classics in Translation)

  • Honours 4th Year
  • Subject: Classics in Translation
  • Topics: "Medea" by Euripides
  • Summary, Characters And Themes

āĻŦিঃāĻĻ্āϰঃ--(V.V.I āĻĻে⧟া āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰāĻ—ুāϞো āĻāĻ•āϟু āĻ­াāϞāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĒ⧜āĻŦেāύ )

Introducing the characters:-

Medea (V.V.I ):
Protagonist of the play. Medea is the daughter of king Aeetes of the island of Clochis and granddaughter of Helios, the sun god. When Jason arrived at Clochis on his ship the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece, Aphrodite made Medea fall in love with him.When Jason's betrayal of her incites her to kill her own children to punish her cheating husband.

Jason  (V.V.I )
Jason is the son of Aeson. Pelias sends him in quest of the Golden Fleece, but, with Medea's help, Jason succeeds in obtaining it. He is lustful in nature. 

Children (V.V.I ) )
The offspring of Jason and Medea. Medea uses them as pawns in the murder of Glauce and Creon. And finally, Medea kills them to soothe her anger against Jason. 

Nurse (V.I )
Caretaker of the house, the nurse of the children serves as Medea's confidant. 

Chorus (V.I )
The chorus chiefly serves as a commentator to the action. 

Creon (V.I )
The King of Corinth, Creon banishes Medea from the city. 

Glauce (V.V.I )
Daughter of Creon, Glauce is the young, beautiful princess for whom Jason abandons Medea. Her acceptance of the poisoned coronet and dress as "gifts" leads to the first murder of the play. 

Aegeus
The King of Athens, Aegeus passes through Corinth after having visited the Oracle at Delphi, where he sought a cure for his sterility. Medea offers him some fertility-inducing so Aegeus assures Medea that he will protect her. 

Messenger
The messenger appears only once in the play--he relates in gruesome, vivid detail the death scenes of Glauce and Creon. 

Tutor 
A very minor character, the tutor of the children mainly acts as a messenger. 

āĻŦাংāϞা āϏাāĻŽাāϰীঃ-
"Medea", Euripides āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟা tragedy. āύাāϟāĻ•েāϰ āĻļুāϰুāϤে āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻ•ে āĻ•্āϰāύ্āĻĻāύāϰāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা⧟ āĻĻেāĻ–া āϝা⧟ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āϤাঁāϰ āĻŽাāϞāĻ•িāύ Medea'āϰ āĻŽāύে āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻĻুঃāĻ–। āϰাāϜ্āϝেāϰ āύাāĻŽ Iolcus. āϏেāĻ–াāύāĻ•াāϰ āϰাāϜা Aeson. āϤাঁāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻĒুāϤ্āϰ Jason āϝে "Medea" āĻĄ্āϰাāĻŽাāϰ protagonist. Jason āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ…āϞ্āĻĒ āĻŦ⧟āϏেāχ āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒিāϤাāĻ•ে āĻšাāϰা⧟৷ āϤāĻ–āύ Jason āĻāϤāχ āĻ›োāϟ āĻ›িāϞো āϝে āϏে āϏিংāĻšাāϏāύে āĻŦāϏাāϰ āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ›িāϞো āύা। āϤāĻ–āύ āĻĒিāϤাāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āϏিংāĻšাāϏāύে āĻŦāϏেāύ Jason āĻāϰ āĻ¸ā§Ž āĻ•াāĻ•া Pelias. āĻĻীāϰ্āϘāĻĻিāύ āϝাāĻŦāϤ Pelias āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύা āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻ•ে।

āϝāĻ–āύ Jason āĻŦ⧜ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏে Pelias āĻāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āϰাāϜ্āϝāĻ­াāϰ āĻĻাāĻŦী āĻ•āϰে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤাāϞোāĻ­ী Pelias āϏেāϟা āĻĻিāϤে āύাāϰাāϜ। āĻ•োāύো āωāĻĒা⧟ āύা āĻĒে⧟ে Pelias āϤāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻ•ৌāĻļāϞ āĻ…āĻŦāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦāύ āĻ•āϰে। āϏে Jason āĻ•ে āĻŦāϞে Colchis āύাāĻŽāĻ• āϭ⧟āĻ™্āĻ•āϰ āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖেāϰ āϞোāĻŽ(Golden Fleece) āύি⧟ে āφāϏāϤে। āĻļুāϧু āϤাāĻšāϞেāχ Jason āĻ•ে āϰাāϜ্āϝāĻ­াāϰ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāĻŦে। Pelias āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻļুāύে Jason āϰাāϜি āĻšā§Ÿ āϏেāχ Golden Fleece āφāύāϤে। Pelias āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ āĻ–ুāĻļী āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāϤে āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āϏে āϜাāύে āĻ•াāϰো āĻĒāĻ•্āώেāχ āĻāϟা āφāύা āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ āύ⧟। āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে āϝাāϰা āĻāχ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āφāύāϤে āĻ—ি⧟েāĻ›ে āϤাঁāϰাāχ āĻŽাāϰা āĻĒ⧜েāĻ›ে। āϝাāχ āĻšোāĻ•, Jason āĻŦেāĻļ āĻ•ā§ŸেāĻ•āϜāύ āϏাāĻšāϏী āϝোāĻĻ্āϧাāĻĻেāϰ āύি⧟ে Agro(āĻāĻ•āϟা āϜাāĻšাāϜেāϰ āύাāĻŽ) āϤে āĻ•āϰে āϰāĻ“ā§Ÿাāύা āĻšā§Ÿ āϏেāχ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āφāύাāϰ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝে। āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒা⧜ি āĻĻি⧟ে āĻ…āĻŦāĻļেāώে Jason āϏেāχ Colchis āϰাāϜ্āϝে āĻĒৌঁāĻ›া⧟। āĻ…āύিāϚ্āĻ›া āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“ Colchis āĻāϰ āϰাāϜা Aeetes, Jason āĻ•ে āφāĻĻāϰ-āφāĻĒ্āϝা⧟āύ āĻ•āϰেāύ।

āϰাāϜা Aeetes āφāϏāϞে āϚাāύāύি āĻ•েāω āϤাঁāϰ āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāχ āĻ…āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āύি⧟ে āϝাāĻ•। āύি⧟āĻŽাāύুāϏাāϰে āϰাāϜা Aeetes, Jason āĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āωāĻĻ্āϧাāϰেāϰ āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি āĻŦāϞে। āφāϰ āĻāχ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āωāĻĻ্āϧাāϰে Jason āĻ•ে āϏāĻŦāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰে āϰাāϜা Aeetes āĻāϰ āĻŽে⧟ে Medea. āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ Medea āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻ–াāϤেāχ Jason āĻ•ে āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦেāϏে āĻĢেāϞেāĻ›ে। Jason āĻ“ āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰে Medea'āϰ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ›া⧜া āϏে āĻ•āĻ–āύোāχ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύে āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻŦে āύা। Medea'āϰ āϏāĻšা⧟āϤা⧟ Jason āϏেāχ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āωāĻĻ্āϧাāϰ āĻ•āϰে āĻāĻŦং Medea āĻ•ে āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•āϰে Colchis āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻĒাāϞি⧟ে āϝা⧟।

Medea āĻĒাāϞি⧟ে āĻ—েāĻ›ে āĻāϟা āĻļুāύে Medea āĻāϰ āĻ­াāχ Apsyrtus, Jason āĻāϰ āϜাāĻšাāϜেāϰ(Argo) āĻĒিāĻ›āύ āĻĒিāĻ›āύ āϧাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻ•ে৷ āϤāĻ–āύ Medea āϤাঁāϰ āĻ­াāχāĻ•ে āϧোāĻ•া āĻĻি⧟ে āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻ•āϰে। āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ Jason āφāϰ Medea, Jason āĻāϰ āϰাāϜ্āϝ Iolcus āĻ āĻĒৌঁāĻ›া⧟। Jason āϤাঁāϰ āĻ•াāĻ•া Pelius āĻ•ে āϏেāχ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āĻĻি⧟ে āϰাāϜ্āϝেāϰ āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰ āϚা⧟৷ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু Pelius āĻāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϤা āĻĻিāϤে āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•ৃāϤি āϜাāύা⧟। Medea āĻ›িāϞো āϜাāĻĻুāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝা⧟ āĻĒাāϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļী। āϏে āϤাঁāϰ āϜাāĻĻুāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāĻ— āĻ•āϰে Jason āĻ•ে āϰাāϜ্āϝেāϰ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻĢিāϰে āĻĒেāϤে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰে৷ āĻāχ āϝ⧜āϝāύ্āϤ্āϰে Iolcus āĻāϰ āύাāĻ—āϰিāĻ•āϰা āĻ•িāĻ›ুāϟা āĻ•্āώুāĻŦ্āϧ āĻšā§Ÿ৷ āϤাঁāϰা āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύে⧟ Jason āĻ•ে āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϏিāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦে Corinth āϰাāϜ্āϝে। āϝে āĻ•āĻĨা āϏেāχ āĻ•াāϜ। Jason āφāϰ Medea āĻ•ে Corinth āĻ āĻĒাāĻ াāύোāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে Jason āφāϰ Medea āĻāϰ āĻĻু'āĻĻুāϟো āĻ›েāϞে āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে।

āϏāĻŦাāχ āĻŽিāϞে āϤাঁāϰা Corinth āĻ āϚāϞে āϝা⧟। Corinth āĻ āϰাāϜা Creon āϤাঁāĻĻেāϰāĻ•ে āϏাāĻĻāϰে āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰে। āφāϏ্āϤে āφāϏ্āϤে Jeson āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে Creon āĻāϰ āĻŽে⧟ে Glauce āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϚ⧟ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦং āĻĻু'āϜāύ āĻĻু'āϜāύাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽে āĻĒ⧜ে।
Jason āĻŦি⧟েāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤাāĻŦ āĻĻে⧟ āĻāĻŦং āϰাāϜা Creon āϤাāϤে āϰাāϜি āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāϟা āĻļুāύে āϤো Medea āĻ•্āϰোāϧে āωāύ্āĻŽাāĻĻ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻĒ⧜ে। āĻŦিāϜ্āĻž āϰাāϜা Creon āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰে Medea āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤিāĻ—āϤি āĻāĻ•āϟুāĻ“ āĻ­াāϞো āύ⧟ āϤাāχ āϏে Medea āϏāĻš āϤাঁāϰ āĻĻুāχ āĻ›েāϞেāĻ•ে āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϏāύেāϰ āφāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻে⧟৷ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļোāϧেāϰ āφāĻ—ুāύে āϜ্āĻŦāϞāύ্āϤ Medea āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļোāϧ āύি⧟ে āϝাāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϜ্āĻžা āĻ•āϰে৷ āϏে āĻ•ৌāĻļāϞে āϰাāϜা Creon āĻāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে ā§§ āĻĻিāύেāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϚা⧟। āϝা āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻāχ ā§§ āĻĻিāύেāϰ।āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāχ āĻ•āϰāĻŦে āϏে।

Medea āĻ িāĻ• āĻ•āϰে āĻāχ ā§§ āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāχ āϰাāϜা Creon āφāϰ āϤাঁāϰ āφāĻĻāϰেāϰ āĻŽে⧟ে āĻŽাāύে Jason āĻāϰ āĻšāĻŦু-āĻŦāω Glauce āĻ•ে āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻ•āϰāĻŦে। Medea āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦা⧟িāϤ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āύাāϟāĻ•েāϰ āĻ­াāύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻ•ে।
āϏে āϤāĻ–āύ Jason āĻ•ে āĻĄেāĻ•ে āϤাঁāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻŦāϞে āϝে āϏে(Medea) āϏāĻŦ āĻ­ুāϞে āĻ—েāĻ›ে। āϤাঁāϰ(Medea) āφāϰ āĻ•োāύো āĻĻুঃāĻ– āύেāχ āϝāĻĻি Jason āϝāĻĻি Glauce āĻ•ে āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•āϰে āϤāĻŦুāĻ“। Medea āĻāϰ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨা⧟ Jason āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻ–ুāĻļী āĻšā§Ÿ। āϤāĻ–āύ Medea āϤাঁāϰ āĻ›েāϞেāĻĻেāϰ āĻšাāϤ āĻĻি⧟ে Jason āĻāϰ āĻšāĻŦুāĻŦāω Glauce āĻāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āωāĻĒāĻĸৌāĻ•āύ āĻĒাāĻ া⧟। āφāϏāϞে āϏেāĻ—ুāϞো āĻ›িāϞো āϝাāĻĻুāϰ āωāĻĒāĻĸৌāĻ•āύ।

āϝāĻ–āύ Glauce āϏেāĻ—ুāϞো āĻĒāϰিāϧাāύ āĻ•āϰে āϤāĻ–āύāχ āϏে āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻĒ⧜ে। āĻāϰ āĻŽাāĻে āφāĻŦাāϰ Athens āĻāϰ āϰাāϜা Aegeus āφāϏে। āϤাঁāϰ āϏাāĻĨে Medea āĻāϰ āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻšā§Ÿ৷ Aegeus āĻāϰ āĻ•োāύো āϏāύ্āϤাāύ-āϏāύ্āϤāϤি āĻ›িāϞো āύা āϤাāχ āϏে Oracle of Delphi āĻāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻ—ি⧟েāĻ›িāϞো āϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ•াāϰেāϰ āωāĻĒা⧟ āϜাāύāϤে। āϝāĻ–āύ Aegeus āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে Medea āĻāϰ āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻ–āύ Medea, Aegeus āĻ•ে।āϏāĻŦ āĻ–ুāϞে āĻŦāϞে। Aegeus āϤāĻ–āύ Medea āĻ•ে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤে āϰাāϜি āĻšā§Ÿ।

Aegeus āĻŦāϞে Medea āϤাঁāϰ āϰাāϜ্āϝে āĻ—েāϞে āϏে(Aegeus) āϤাঁāĻ•ে(Medea) āĻ•ে protect āĻ•āϰে āϰাāĻ–āĻŦে। āϤāĻ–āύ Medea āĻ“ āĻŦāϞে āϝে āϏে āϜাāĻĻুāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϰ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ Aegeus āĻ•ে āϏāύ্āϤাāύ āĻāύে āĻĻিāĻŦে। āϝাāχ āĻšোāĻ•, āĻ“āĻĻিāĻ•ে āϤো āĻšāĻŦুāĻŦāω Glauce āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻ—āϤিāĻ•। Medea āĻāϰ āĻĻে⧟া āϜাāĻĻুāϰ āĻŦāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻĒāϰিāϧাāύ āĻ•āϰে Glauce āĻŽাāϰা āϝা⧟। āĻŽে⧟েāϰ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻĻেāĻ–ে āϰাāϜা Creon āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĻৌ⧜ে āφāϏে āϤāĻ–āύ āϰাāϜা Creon āĻ“ āĻŽাāϰা āϝা⧟ Medea'āϰ āĻŦিāώāĻ•্āϰি⧟া⧟। Medea āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻšā§ŸāϤো Jason āϤাঁāϰ āĻĻুāχ āĻ›েāϞেāĻ•ে āύিāϰ্āĻŽāĻŽāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻ•āϰāĻŦে।

āϤāĻ–āύ Medea āύিāϜেāχ āϤাঁāϰ āĻ›েāϞেāĻĻেāϰ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻ•āϰে৷ āϏāĻŦ āĻšাāϰি⧟ে Jason āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāϰে āύিঃāϏ্āĻŦ āĻšā§Ÿে āϝা⧟। āĻļেāώāĻŽেāĻļ āϏে(Jason) āϤাঁāϰ āĻĻুāχ āĻ›েāϞেāĻ•ে āύিāϜāĻšাāϤে āĻ•āĻŦāϰ āĻĻেāĻŦাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻĻুāχ āĻ›েāϞেāϰ āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš āĻĻুāϟো āĻ­িāĻ•্āώা āϚা⧟ Medea āĻāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļোāϧāĻĒāϰা⧟āĻŖা Medea, Jason āĻ•ে āϤাāĻ“ āĻĻে⧟ āύা। Medea āĻĄ্āϰাāĻ—āύেāϰ āĻĒিāĻ ে āϚ⧜ে āĻĻুāχ āĻ›েāϞেāϰ āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš āύি⧟ে āϚāϞে āϝা⧟ Aegeus āĻāϰ āϰাāϜ্āϝ Athens āĻ। āĻāĻ–াāύেāχ tragedy āϟা āĻļেāώ āĻšā§Ÿ। 

English Summary:-
Euripedes' Medea opens in a state of conflict. The cause of conflict was that Medea was deceived by Jason(Medea's husband). Outside the royal palace, a nurse laments the events that have lead to the present crisis. Medea was of a people at the far edge of the Black Sea. She was a powerful sorceress, princess of Colchis, and a granddaughter of the sun god Helias. Jason, a great Greek hero. Jason loses his father at a very young age. After his father death, his step-uncle(Pelius) takes away the power of the throne and sends Jason for institutional learning.

After a long time, when Jason becomes a handsome youth he wants the right of the throne. But his uncle refused the proposal. Rather, he plans a terrible story to kill Jason. Jason's uncle tells Jason to bring the golden fleece. King Aeetes, lord of Colchis and Medea's father, kept the Fleece under guard. The traps set by Aeetes made the Golden Fleece all but impossible to obtain. By Medea's aid, Jason overcame these obstacles, and Medea herself killed the giant serpent that guarded the Fleece. Then, to buy time during their escape, Medea killed her own brother and tossed the pieces of his corpse behind the Argo as they sailed for Greece.

Medea and Jason returned to his hereditary kingdom of Iolcus. Jason's father had died, and his uncle Pelias sat, without right, on the throne. Medea helps Jason to obtain the throne.  Rather than win Jason his throne, this move forced Jason, Medea, and their children into exile. Finally, they settled in Corinth, where Jason eventually took a new bride. But Medea couldn’t bear this audacity of Jason. She becomea furious. The Chorus of Corinthian women enters, full of sympathy for Medea.

They ask the Nurse to bring Medea out so that they might comfort her; the unfortunate woman's cries can be heard even outside the house. But Medea announces her intention to seek revenge. She asks the Chorus, as follow women, to aid her by keeping silent. Creon, king of Corinth and Jason's new father-in-law, enters and tells Medea that she is banished. She and her children must leave Corinth immediately. Medea begs for mercy, and she is granted a reprieve of one day.

The old king grants Medea's appeal and later leaves, and Medea tells the Chorus that one day is all she needs to get her revenge. Jason enters and scolds Medea for her loose tongue, telling her that her exile is her own fault. Medea accusing Jason of cowardice, reminding him of all that she has done for him, and condemning him for his faithlessness. Jason rationalizes all of his actions, with neatly enumerated arguments. He offers Medea money and aid in her exile, but she proudly refuses. Jason exits. After a while, Aegeus, king of Athens and old friend of Medea's, enters.

Aegeus is childless. Medea tells him of her problems, and asks for safe haven in Athens. She offers to help him to have a child; she has thorough knowledge of drugs and medicines. Aegeus eagerly agrees. If Medea can reach Athens, he will protect her. Medea makes the old king vow by all the gods. Then Medea plans to kill Jason's new bride and father-in-law by the aid of poisoned gifts. To make her revenge complete, she will kill her children to wound Jason and to protect them from counter-revenge by Creon's allies and friends.

The Chorus begs Medea to reconsider these plans, but Medea insists that her revenge must be completed. The Tutor soon returns with the children, telling Medea that the gifts have been received. Medea then waits anxiously for news from the palace. She speaks lovingly to her children, in a scene that is both moving and chilling, even as she steels herself so that she can kill them. A few moments later a messenger comes bringing the awaited news. The poisoned dress and diadem have worked: the princess is dead.

When Creon saw his daughter's corpse, he embraced her body. The poison then worked against him. The deaths were brutal and terrifying. Both daughter and father died in excruciating pain, and the bodies were barely recognizable. Medea now prepares to kill her children. She rushes into the house with a shriek. We hear the children's screams from inside the house; the Chorus considers interfering, but in the end does nothing. Jason re-enters with soldiers. He fears for the children's safety, because he knows Creon's friends will seek revenge; he has come to take the children under guard.

The Chorus sorrowfully informs Jason that his children are dead. Jason now orders his guards to break the doors down, so that he can take his revenge against his wife for these atrocities. Medea appears above the palace, in a chariot drawn by dragons. She has the children's corpses with her. She mocks Jason pitilessly, foretelling an embarrassing death for him; she also refuses to give him the bodies. There is nothing Jason can do; with the aid of her chariot, Medea will escape to Athens. The Chorus closes the play, musing on the terrible unpredictability of fate.

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