Medea

E200045

figure in Greek mythology mythological figure princess sorceress tragedy character

Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Medea canonical	45
Euripides’ Medea	2
Euripides’ Medea (as one of Medea’s sons)	1
Euripides’ Medea (under the name Creusa in some traditions)	1
Medea (2014–2015 adaptation)	1
Medea (International Theater Amsterdam production)	1
Medea (in Jason’s quest)	1
Medea (indirectly)	1
Medea (play by Euripides)	1
Medea (stage production)	1
Medea (stage)	1
Medea (starring Diana Rigg, 1992)	1
Medea an der Urne	1
Medea in "Medea"	1
Medea in Cherubini's "Medea"	1
Medea’s revenge against Pelias	1
Médée, H.491	1
the Medea myth cycle	1
tragedy of Medea	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ princess ⓘ sorceress ⓘ tragedy character ⓘ
appearsIn	Argonautica ⓘ Medea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medea (play by Euripides) Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ surface form: Metamorphoses
associatedWith	Athens ⓘ Colchis ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Golden Fleece ⓘ
aunt	Circe ⓘ
creatorOf	poisoned robe of Glauce ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
deityAncestor	Helios ⓘ
father	Aeëtes ⓘ
fleeTo	Athens ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
grandfather	Helios ⓘ
helps	Argonauts ⓘ Jason ⓘ
kills	Apsyrtus ⓘ Creon ⓘ Glauce ⓘ her children ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Ancient Greek ⓘ
motivatedBy	Jason's betrayal ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
notableFor	helping Jason obtain the Golden Fleece ⓘ killing her own children ⓘ sorcery ⓘ
parent	Medeus ⓘ Mermerus ⓘ
parentOf	children of Jason ⓘ
protectedBy	Aegeus ⓘ
relative	Apsyrtus ⓘ Pasiphaë ⓘ
spouse	Jason ⓘ
theme	betrayal ⓘ maternal infanticide ⓘ revenge ⓘ
timePeriod	mythic age of heroes ⓘ
title	Princess of Colchis ⓘ
uses	magic ⓘ potions ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederic Sandys → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Colchis → associatedWithHeroine → Medea ⓘ

Euripides → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Jason → spouse → Medea ⓘ

Jason → lover → Medea ⓘ

Jason → helpedBy → Medea ⓘ

Jason → betrayed → Medea ⓘ

Jason → abandoned → Medea ⓘ

Jason → appearsIn → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euripides’ Medea

Argonautica → featuresCharacter → Medea ⓘ

Seneca the Younger → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

The Legend of Good Women → containsStoryOf → Medea ⓘ

Helen McCrory → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Almeida Theatre → notableProduction → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea (starring Diana Rigg, 1992)

Maria Callas → notableRole → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea in Cherubini's "Medea"

Maia Morgenstern → notableRole → Medea ⓘ

Aeëtes → child → Medea ⓘ

Aeëtes → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Pier Paolo Pasolini → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Marc-Antoine Charpentier → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Médée, H.491

Argonautic expedition → hasKeyFigure → Medea ⓘ

Argonautic expedition → hasSource → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euripides’ Medea

Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableWork → Medea ⓘ

Judith Anderson → actedIn → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea (stage)

Kingdom of Colchis → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Sandys → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederic Sandys

Medea → appearsIn → Medea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea (play by Euripides)

land of the Golden Fleece → associatedWithCharacter → Medea ⓘ

land of the Golden Fleece → helpedBy → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea (in Jason’s quest)

Colchians → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Golden Fleece → involvesCharacter → Medea ⓘ

Golden Fleece → retrievedWithHelpOf → Medea ⓘ

Heroides → mainCharacter → Medea ⓘ

Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Aeson → revivedBy → Medea ⓘ

Aeson → rejuvenatedBy → Medea ⓘ

Iolcus → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Iolcus → hasMythicEvent → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea’s revenge against Pelias

Pelias → relative → Medea ⓘ

Pelias → killedBy → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea (indirectly)

Glauce → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Glauce → killedBy → Medea ⓘ

Glauce → appearsIn → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Medea myth cycle

Glauce → appearsInWork → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euripides’ Medea (under the name Creusa in some traditions)

Glauce → opposedBy → Medea ⓘ

Mermerus → childOf → Medea ⓘ

Mermerus → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Mermerus → literaryTradition → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: tragedy of Medea

Mermerus → associatedWork → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euripides’ Medea (as one of Medea’s sons)

Pheres → mother → Medea ⓘ