person
Medea
Daughter of Aeetes of Colchis and granddaughter of the Sun, sorceress who helped Jason win the Golden Fleece and fled with him; deserted, she takes revenge by killing their children. The title figure.
Reading notes
- Hercules on Oeta §860 wife of Phasis
Medea, called 'of Phasis' from her Colchian river; Deianira ranks her own crime above Medea's murders of brother and children.
- Medea §1 Medea
The speaker: Colchian princess, sorceress, granddaughter of the Sun, deserted wife of Jason.
- Phaedra §561 Aegeus' wife
Medea, who as the wife of Aegeus, Theseus' father, plotted to poison the young Theseus.