Medea by Euripides all Summary, Characters And Themes (Classics in Translation)
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- Honours 4th Year
- Subject: Classics in Translation
- Topics: "Medea" by Euripides
- Summary, Characters And Themes
āĻŦিঃāĻĻ্āϰঃ--(V.V.I āĻĻেā§া āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰāĻুāϞো āĻāĻāĻু āĻাāϞāĻাāĻŦে āĻĒā§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 āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻāĻāĻা tragedy. āύাāĻāĻেāϰ āĻļুāϰুāϤে āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻে āĻ্āϰāύ্āĻĻāύāϰāϤ āĻ
āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাā§ āĻĻেāĻা āϝাā§ āĻাāϰāĻŖ āϤাঁāϰ āĻŽাāϞāĻিāύ Medea'āϰ āĻŽāύে āĻ
āύেāĻ āĻĻুঃāĻ। āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āύাāĻŽ Iolcus. āϏেāĻাāύāĻাāϰ āϰাāĻা Aeson. āϤাঁāϰ āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻĒুāϤ্āϰ Jason āϝে "Medea" āĻĄ্āϰাāĻŽাāϰ protagonist. Jason āĻুāĻŦ āĻ
āϞ্āĻĒ āĻŦā§āϏেāĻ āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒিāϤাāĻে āĻšাāϰাā§৷ āϤāĻāύ Jason āĻāϤāĻ āĻোāĻ āĻিāϞো āϝে āϏে āϏিংāĻšাāϏāύে āĻŦāϏাāϰ āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻিāϞো āύা। āϤāĻāύ āĻĒিāϤাāϰ āĻ
āύুāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āϏিংāĻšাāϏāύে āĻŦāϏেāύ Jason āĻāϰ āϏ⧠āĻাāĻা Pelias. āĻĻীāϰ্āĻāĻĻিāύ āϝাāĻŦāϤ Pelias āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻাāϞāύা āĻāϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻে।
āϝāĻāύ Jason āĻŦā§ āĻšā§ āϤāĻāύ āϏে Pelias āĻāϰ āĻাāĻে āϰাāĻ্āϝāĻাāϰ āĻĻাāĻŦী āĻāϰে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤাāϞোāĻী Pelias āϏেāĻা āĻĻিāϤে āύাāϰাāĻ। āĻোāύো āĻāĻĒাā§ āύা āĻĒেā§ে Pelias āϤāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻা āĻৌāĻļāϞ āĻ
āĻŦāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦāύ āĻāϰে। āϏে Jason āĻে āĻŦāϞে Colchis āύাāĻŽāĻ āĻā§āĻ্āĻāϰ āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻĨেāĻে āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖেāϰ āϞোāĻŽ(Golden Fleece) āύিā§ে āĻāϏāϤে। āĻļুāϧু āϤাāĻšāϞেāĻ Jason āĻে āϰাāĻ্āϝāĻাāϰ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāϰা āĻšāĻŦে। Pelias āĻāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύে Jason āϰাāĻি āĻšā§ āϏেāĻ Golden Fleece āĻāύāϤে। Pelias āĻ
āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ āĻুāĻļী āĻšā§ āĻāϤে āĻাāϰāĻŖ āϏে āĻাāύে āĻাāϰো āĻĒāĻ্āώেāĻ āĻāĻা āĻāύা āϏāĻŽ্āĻāĻŦ āύā§। āĻāϰ āĻāĻে āϝাāϰা āĻāĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āĻāύāϤে āĻিā§েāĻে āϤাঁāϰাāĻ āĻŽাāϰা āĻĒā§েāĻে। āϝাāĻ āĻšোāĻ, Jason āĻŦেāĻļ āĻā§েāĻāĻāύ āϏাāĻšāϏী āϝোāĻĻ্āϧাāĻĻেāϰ āύিā§ে Agro(āĻāĻāĻা āĻাāĻšাāĻেāϰ āύাāĻŽ) āϤে āĻāϰে āϰāĻā§াāύা āĻšā§ āϏেāĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āĻāύাāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝে। āĻ
āύেāĻ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒাā§ি āĻĻিā§ে āĻ
āĻŦāĻļেāώে Jason āϏেāĻ Colchis āϰাāĻ্āϝে āĻĒৌঁāĻাā§। āĻ
āύিāĻ্āĻা āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ Colchis āĻāϰ āϰাāĻা Aeetes, Jason āĻে āĻāĻĻāϰ-āĻāĻĒ্āϝাā§āύ āĻāϰেāύ।
āϰাāĻা Aeetes āĻāϏāϞে āĻাāύāύি āĻেāĻ āϤাঁāϰ āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āύিā§ে āϝাāĻ। āύিā§āĻŽাāύুāϏাāϰে āϰাāĻা Aeetes, Jason āĻে āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āĻāĻĻ্āϧাāϰেāϰ āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি āĻŦāϞে। āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āĻāĻĻ্āϧাāϰে Jason āĻে āϏāĻŦāϰāĻāĻŽ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰে āϰাāĻা Aeetes āĻāϰ āĻŽেā§ে Medea. āĻাāϰāĻŖ Medea āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻাāϤেāĻ Jason āĻে āĻাāϞোāĻŦেāϏে āĻĢেāϞেāĻে। Jason āĻ āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰে Medea'āϰ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻাā§া āϏে āĻāĻāύোāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻিāϝাāύে āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻŦে āύা। Medea'āϰ āϏāĻšাā§āϤাā§ Jason āϏেāĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āĻāĻĻ্āϧাāϰ āĻāϰে āĻāĻŦং Medea āĻে āĻŦিā§ে āĻāϰে Colchis āĻĨেāĻে āĻĒাāϞিā§ে āϝাā§।
Medea āĻĒাāϞিā§ে āĻেāĻে āĻāĻা āĻļুāύে Medea āĻāϰ āĻাāĻ Apsyrtus, Jason āĻāϰ āĻাāĻšাāĻেāϰ(Argo) āĻĒিāĻāύ āĻĒিāĻāύ āϧাāĻā§া āĻāϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻে৷ āϤāĻāύ Medea āϤাঁāϰ āĻাāĻāĻে āϧোāĻা āĻĻিā§ে āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻāϰে। āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ Jason āĻāϰ Medea, Jason āĻāϰ āϰাāĻ্āϝ Iolcus āĻ āĻĒৌঁāĻাā§। Jason āϤাঁāϰ āĻাāĻা Pelius āĻে āϏেāĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāϞোāĻŽ āĻĻিā§ে āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻ
āϧিāĻাāϰ āĻাā§৷ āĻিāύ্āϤু Pelius āĻāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϤা āĻĻিāϤে āĻ
āϏ্āĻŦীāĻৃāϤি āĻাāύাā§। Medea āĻিāϞো āĻাāĻĻুāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাā§ āĻĒাāϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļী। āϏে āϤাঁāϰ āĻাāĻĻুāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰā§োāĻ āĻāϰে Jason āĻে āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻĢিāϰে āĻĒেāϤে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰে৷ āĻāĻ āϝā§āϝāύ্āϤ্āϰে Iolcus āĻāϰ āύাāĻāϰিāĻāϰা āĻিāĻুāĻা āĻ্āώুāĻŦ্āϧ āĻšā§৷ āϤাঁāϰা āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύেā§ Jason āĻে āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϏিāϤ āĻāϰāĻŦে Corinth āϰাāĻ্āϝে। āϝে āĻāĻĨা āϏেāĻ āĻাāĻ। Jason āĻāϰ Medea āĻে Corinth āĻ āĻĒাāĻ াāύোāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻāϰা āĻšā§। āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে Jason āĻāϰ Medea āĻāϰ āĻĻু'āĻĻুāĻো āĻেāϞে āĻšā§েāĻে।
āϏāĻŦাāĻ āĻŽিāϞে āϤাঁāϰা Corinth āĻ āĻāϞে āϝাā§। Corinth āĻ āϰাāĻা Creon āϤাঁāĻĻেāϰāĻে āϏাāĻĻāϰে āĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰে। āĻāϏ্āϤে āĻāϏ্āϤে Jeson āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে Creon āĻāϰ āĻŽেā§ে Glauce āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻā§ āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦং āĻĻু'āĻāύ āĻĻু'āĻāύাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽে āĻĒā§ে।
Jason āĻŦিā§েāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤাāĻŦ āĻĻেā§ āĻāĻŦং āϰাāĻা Creon āϤাāϤে āϰাāĻি āĻšā§। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻা āĻļুāύে āϤো Medea āĻ্āϰোāϧে āĻāύ্āĻŽাāĻĻ āĻšā§ে āĻĒā§ে। āĻŦিāĻ্āĻ āϰাāĻা Creon āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰে Medea āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤিāĻāϤি āĻāĻāĻুāĻ āĻাāϞো āύ⧠āϤাāĻ āϏে Medea āϏāĻš āϤাঁāϰ āĻĻুāĻ āĻেāϞেāĻে āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϏāύেāϰ āĻāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻেā§৷ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļোāϧেāϰ āĻāĻুāύে āĻ্āĻŦāϞāύ্āϤ Medea āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļোāϧ āύিā§ে āϝাāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ্āĻা āĻāϰে৷ āϏে āĻৌāĻļāϞে āϰাāĻা Creon āĻāϰ āĻাāĻে ā§§ āĻĻিāύেāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻাā§। āϝা āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāĻ ā§§ āĻĻিāύেāϰ।āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦে āϏে।
Medea āĻ িāĻ āĻāϰে āĻāĻ ā§§ āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāĻ āϰাāĻা Creon āĻāϰ āϤাঁāϰ āĻāĻĻāϰেāϰ āĻŽেā§ে āĻŽাāύে Jason āĻāϰ āĻšāĻŦু-āĻŦāĻ Glauce āĻে āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻāϰāĻŦে। Medea āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦাā§িāϤ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āύাāĻāĻেāϰ āĻাāύ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĨাāĻে।
āϏে āϤāĻāύ Jason āĻে āĻĄেāĻে āϤাঁāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻŦāϞে āϝে āϏে(Medea) āϏāĻŦ āĻুāϞে āĻেāĻে। āϤাঁāϰ(Medea) āĻāϰ āĻোāύো āĻĻুঃāĻ āύেāĻ āϝāĻĻি Jason āϝāĻĻি Glauce āĻে āĻŦিā§ে āĻāϰে āϤāĻŦুāĻ। Medea āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨাā§ Jason āĻ
āύেāĻ āĻুāĻļী āĻšā§। āϤāĻāύ Medea āϤাঁāϰ āĻেāϞেāĻĻেāϰ āĻšাāϤ āĻĻিā§ে Jason āĻāϰ āĻšāĻŦুāĻŦāĻ Glauce āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻĒāĻĸৌāĻāύ āĻĒাāĻ াā§। āĻāϏāϞে āϏেāĻুāϞো āĻিāϞো āϝাāĻĻুāϰ āĻāĻĒāĻĸৌāĻāύ।
āϝāĻāύ Glauce āϏেāĻুāϞো āĻĒāϰিāϧাāύ āĻāϰে āϤāĻāύāĻ āϏে āĻ
āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻšā§ে āĻĒā§ে। āĻāϰ āĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻŦাāϰ Athens āĻāϰ āϰাāĻা Aegeus āĻāϏে। āϤাঁāϰ āϏাāĻĨে Medea āĻāϰ āĻĻেāĻা āĻšā§৷ Aegeus āĻāϰ āĻোāύো āϏāύ্āϤাāύ-āϏāύ্āϤāϤি āĻিāϞো āύা āϤাāĻ āϏে Oracle of Delphi āĻāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻিā§েāĻিāϞো āϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻাāϰেāϰ āĻāĻĒাā§ āĻাāύāϤে। āϝāĻāύ Aegeus āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে Medea āĻāϰ āĻĻেāĻা āĻšā§ āϤāĻāύ Medea, Aegeus āĻে।āϏāĻŦ āĻুāϞে āĻŦāϞে। Aegeus āϤāĻāύ Medea āĻে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāϤে āϰাāĻি āĻšā§।
Aegeus āĻŦāϞে Medea āϤাঁāϰ āϰাāĻ্āϝে āĻেāϞে āϏে(Aegeus) āϤাঁāĻে(Medea) āĻে protect āĻāϰে āϰাāĻāĻŦে। āϤāĻāύ Medea āĻ āĻŦāϞে āϝে āϏে āĻাāĻĻুāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϰ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ Aegeus āĻে āϏāύ্āϤাāύ āĻāύে āĻĻিāĻŦে। āϝাāĻ āĻšোāĻ, āĻāĻĻিāĻে āϤো āĻšāĻŦুāĻŦāĻ Glauce āĻāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻুāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻāϤিāĻ। Medea āĻāϰ āĻĻেā§া āĻাāĻĻুāϰ āĻŦāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻĒāϰিāϧাāύ āĻāϰে Glauce āĻŽাāϰা āϝাā§। āĻŽেā§েāϰ āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻĻেāĻে āϰাāĻা Creon āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĻৌā§ে āĻāϏে āϤāĻāύ āϰাāĻা Creon āĻ āĻŽাāϰা āϝাā§ Medea'āϰ āĻŦিāώāĻ্āϰিā§াā§। Medea āϤāĻāύ āĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻšā§āϤো Jason āϤাঁāϰ āĻĻুāĻ āĻেāϞেāĻে āύিāϰ্āĻŽāĻŽāĻাāĻŦে āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻāϰāĻŦে।
āϤāĻāύ Medea āύিāĻেāĻ āϤাঁāϰ āĻেāϞেāĻĻেāϰ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻāϰে৷ āϏāĻŦ āĻšাāϰিā§ে Jason āĻāĻেāĻŦাāϰে āύিঃāϏ্āĻŦ āĻšā§ে āϝাā§। āĻļেāώāĻŽেāĻļ āϏে(Jason) āϤাঁāϰ āĻĻুāĻ āĻেāϞেāĻে āύিāĻāĻšাāϤে āĻāĻŦāϰ āĻĻেāĻŦাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĻুāĻ āĻেāϞেāϰ āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš āĻĻুāĻো āĻিāĻ্āώা āĻাā§ Medea āĻāϰ āĻাāĻে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļোāϧāĻĒāϰাā§āĻŖা Medea, Jason āĻে āϤাāĻ āĻĻেā§ āύা। Medea āĻĄ্āϰাāĻāύেāϰ āĻĒিāĻ ে āĻā§ে āĻĻুāĻ āĻেāϞেāϰ āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš āύিā§ে āĻāϞে āϝাā§ Aegeus āĻāϰ āϰাāĻ্āϝ Athens āĻ। āĻāĻাāύেāĻ tragedy āĻা āĻļেāώ āĻšā§।
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.