ID: 901001839 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001839	Record Type: Literature

	Medea (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE)

Note: Tragedy by Euripides, performed in 431 BCE. In Euripides’ retelling of the legend, the Colchian princess Medea has married the hero Jason. They have lived happily for some years at Corinth and have produced two sons. As the play’s action begins, Jason has decided to cast off Medea and to marry the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth. After a dreadful struggle between her passionate sense of injury and her love for her children, Medea determines that she will punish Jason by murdering not only her own sons but also the Corinthian princess, leaving Jason to grow old with neither wife nor child. She carries out the murders and escapes in the chariot of her grandfather, the sun-god Helios. Despite the monstrosity of Medea’s deeds, Euripides succeeds in evoking sympathy for her.

Display Date: performed in 431 BCE

Names:

	Medea (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Mēdeia (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE) (Greek (transliterated),U,N)
	Μήδεια (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Drama (plays, etc.)> (P)
		............Medea (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Creusa
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Creusa (Greek character, wife of Jason)) [901000824]

	actor is .... Medea
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Medea (Greek character)) [901001943]

	actor is .... Jason
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Jason (Greek character)) [901000152]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... play (performing arts composition)
	.....(Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... tragedy (general genre)
	.....(genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	author is .... Euripides (Greek playwright, ca. 484-406 BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Medea (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	Mēdeia (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Μήδεια (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea_(play)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Mēdeia," accessed 13 June 2017
	................ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)