in greek mythology, Medea was a sorceress who left her kingdom with a hero named Jason and her little brother. she had managed to help Jason in a situation and they left the kingdom, Jason promisded to marry Medea. However, medea's father was going after them and they had no time so medea killed her little brother and chopped him to pieces to get them sometime and threw the remians into the ocean. Jason was shocked by this event and he left her.
1. Why is Medea upset in the beginning of the play? 2. What do you think of Jason, that he is willing to leave Medea for the king's daughter? 3. What does Medea say to the Chorus about the plight of women? Is any of what she says relevant to today? 4. Is the Chorus willing to help Medea with what she plans to do? In your own words, what do they tell her? 5. Why does Jason say he went to marry the princess? 6. Do you get the impression Medea loves her children? What from the text makes you think as you do? 7. What does Medea do to the princess, and how does she do it? 8. What does Medea do to her children? Why does she do it? 9. Medea points out several times in the story that she is foreign. How does the story overall make you feel about Greek society? 10. In some versions of the story, Medea flees Corinth and Creon kills her children. Why do you think Euripides wrote the story the way he did instead?
Well the story goes is that Medea betrayed her father for Jason, but Jason didn't like Medea so ran away from her, but yeah he WAS married to her.
greek mythology
She is a part of Greek mythology.
Greek & Roman Mythology
Medea
Medea
Jason married Medea in Greek mythology. However, while married to her, he engaged himself to another princess. Medea killed her, and rode away on a chariot pulled by dragons.
Her death is never mentioned in Greek Mythology
Circe and Medea
Possibly you are asking about Jason and Medea.
Medea is a figure in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis and granddaughter to the sun god Helios. She marries the Greek hero Jason.
No, Medea did not kill her father, King Aeëtes. In fact, when her uncle took the throne from him, Medea killed her uncle.
Jason and the golden flecce
Medea
Marie-Luise Ehrhardt has written: 'Christa Wolfs Medea' -- subject(s): Medea (Greek mythology) in literature
Jason and Medea and the Argonauts stole the Golden Fleece.