Corinth (in the Jason–Medea narrative)

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city in Greek mythology mythological place setting in Greek tragedy

Corinth in the Jason–Medea narrative is the Greek city where Jason abandons Medea to marry King Creon’s daughter, setting in motion Medea’s revenge and the tragic events of Euripides’ play.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological place ⓘ setting in Greek tragedy ⓘ
appearsIn	Euripides’ Medea NERFINISHED ⓘ later retellings of the Jason and Medea myth ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Creon of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ Glauce NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ Medea NERFINISHED ⓘ the children of Jason and Medea ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	betrayal ⓘ exile ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ revenge ⓘ status and power in Greek society ⓘ
associatedWithWork	Medea (play by Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith	Athens (Medea’s later refuge in some versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Colchis (homeland of Medea) NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	historical city of Corinth in classical Greece ⓘ
governedBy	King Creon of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMythicStatus	place where Medea is said to have killed her children in Euripides’ version ⓘ
hasResident	Glauce NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ Medea NERFINISHED ⓘ the children of Jason and Medea ⓘ
hasRuler	Creon of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySource	Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryStatus	dramatic setting rather than detailed geographic description ⓘ
locatedIn	Greece ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ
mythologicalContext	Argonautic cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFunction	arena for conflict between oaths of marriage and political advantage ⓘ space of Medea’s exile from her homeland ⓘ stage for Medea’s challenge to patriarchal authority ⓘ symbol of Jason’s political ambition ⓘ
precedesEvent	Medea’s flight to Athens ⓘ
primarySourceAuthor	Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySourceGenre	Athenian tragedy ⓘ
roleInPlot	city from which Medea escapes after killing her children in Euripides’ Medea ⓘ city where Jason plans to marry Creon’s daughter ⓘ location of Medea’s revenge against Jason ⓘ place where Jason abandons Medea ⓘ primary setting of Euripides’ Medea ⓘ site of the deaths of Creon and his daughter in Euripides’ Medea ⓘ
timeOfAction	mythic heroic age ⓘ

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