Medea (play)

Medea is a tragedy written by Euripides, based on the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. Along with the plays Philoctetes, Dictys and Theristai, which were all entered as a group, it won the third prize at the Dionysia festival. The plot largely centres on the protagonist in a struggle with the world, rendering it the most Sophoclean of Euripides' extant plays.

Dramatis Personae

• Medea
• Creon
• Jason
• Aegeus, king of Athens
• Medea's two children
• Nurse
• Tutor
• Messenger
• Chorus of Corinthian women