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.

Pheres → killedBy → Medea ⓘ

Anselm Feuerbach → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea an der Urne

Liz Lochhead → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Fiona Shaw → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea (stage production)

Sybil Thorndike → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Sybil Thorndike → notableRole → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea in "Medea"

northern Algeria → contains → Medea ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Algeria

Simon Stone → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea (International Theater Amsterdam production)

Simon Stone → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medea (2014–2015 adaptation)

Dimitris Papaioannou → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Classical Greek literature → majorWork → Medea ⓘ

Diana Rigg → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Diana Rigg → portrayed → Medea ⓘ

Diana Rigg → workedOn → Medea ⓘ