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Medea is an enchantress and the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis (a city on the coast of the Black Sea). In Greek mythology, she is best known for her relationship with the Greek hero Jason, which is famously told in Greek tragedy playwright...

The tragedy Medea was written in 431 BCE by Euripides (c. 484 – 407 BCE). Euripides authored at least 90 plays of which 19 have survived intact. As with the plays by Sophocles and Aeschylus, the audience was already well aware of the myth...

Roman sarcophagus with relief depicting four scenes from the myth of Medea following the homonymous tragedy by the Athenian poet Euripides. Topics from Greek mythology were a popular motif in Rome for sarcophagus reliefs, especially when...

Medea killing one of her sons, side A from a Campanian (Capouan) red-figure neck-amphora, from Cumae, c. 330 BCE. Louvre, Paris.

Medea about to Murder Her Children, oil on canvas by Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix. 1862. Louvre Museum, Paris.

Medea flying on her chariot, red-figure calyx-krater (mixing vessel), South Italian, Lucanian, c. 400 BCE. Cleveland Museum of Art.

Wall painting depicting Medea just before murdering her children. Discovered in the peristyle of the House of the Dioscuri in Pompeii. 1st century CE. Naples National Archaeological Museum, Italy.

When looking at Ancient Greek literature, one can see the importance family plays in Greek culture. We see this displayed in the Greek works Medea by Euripides and Antigone by Sophocles. Throughout these literary works we see that family...

More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=wE7_9Xce6LM Medea Sarcophagus, 140 - 150 C.E., marble, 65 x 227 cm (Altes Museum, Berlin) View this work up close on the Google Art Project: http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/altes-museum-berlin/artwork/medea-sarcophagus-unknown/530004/...

Jason and Medea, oil on canvas by John William Waterhouse, 1907. Private collection.