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Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
431 BC as part of a trilogy, the other plays of which have not survived. Its plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the kingdom of Colchis
Medea_(play)
Daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis in Greek mythology
mythology, Medea (/mɪˈdiːə/; Ancient Greek: Μήδεια, romanized: Mḗdeia; lit. 'planner, schemer') is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis. Medea is known
Medea
1969 Italian film
Medea is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the ancient myth of Medea. The film stars opera singer Maria Callas
Medea_(1969_film)
1988 Danish film
Medea is a 1988 Danish tragedy television film directed by Lars von Trier. It is based on Carl Theodor Dreyer's adaptation of Euripides' play Medea. The
Medea_(1988_film)
Roman tragic play
considered to be the strongest of his earlier plays. It was written around 50 CE. The play is about the vengeance of Medea against her betraying husband Jason and
Medea_(Seneca)
The dramatic episodes in which Greek mythology character Medea plays a role have ensured that she remains vividly represented in popular culture. Titles
Cultural_depictions_of_Medea
Topics referred to by the same term
Medea is a figure in Greek mythology. Medea may also refer to: Medea (1959 film), a film of Dame Judith Anderson's stage play Medea (1969 film), a film
Medea_(disambiguation)
1954 Australian radio play by Ray Mathew
The Medea of Euripides is a 1954 Austraslian radio play by Ray Mathew. It was his adaptation of Medea by Euripides. The play was written for Sydney John
The Medea of Euripides (radio play)
The_Medea_of_Euripides_(radio_play)
Ballet by Samuel Barber
the Martha Graham Dance Company. Although loosely based on Euripides' play Medea, neither Barber nor Graham desired to use the legend literally in the
Medea_(ballet)
1730 play
Medea is a 1730 play by the British writer Charles Johnson. It is about Medea from Greek mythology and based on the play Medea by Euripides. The original
Medea_(Johnson_play)
1995 play by Cherrie Moraga
The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea is a 1995 American play by Cherríe Moraga. The play was published by West End Press. It includes aspects of Coatlicue
The_Hungry_Woman
Orchestral composition by Samuel Barber
and loosely based on the play Medea by Euripides. Barber first created a seven-movement concert suite from this ballet (Medea, Op. 23), and five years
Medea's_Dance_of_Vengeance
Medea is a 1959 American TV play. It is based on the adaptation of the play by Euripides. Judith Anderson plays the title role, which she had performed
Medea_(1959_film)
1994 American musical comedy
Medea, the Musical is a 1994 musical comedy by American playwright John Fisher. The play, a farce, concerns a theater director's attempt to recast Medea
Medea,_the_Musical
Georgian–Soviet actor (1923–1994)
Medea Japaridze (Georgian: მედეა ჯაფარიძე; 20 February 1923 – 31 March 1994) was a Georgian and Soviet actress. In 1960 she was awarded the People's Artist
Medea_Japaridze
Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts
of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea, the granddaughter of the sungod Helios. Jason appeared in various literary
Jason
Opera composed by Giovanni Pacini
Geltrude Bortolotti in the title role. The libretto is based on the plays Medea by Euripides and Médée by Pierre Corneille. Following its premiere on
Medea_(Pacini)
2001 film
directed by Don Kent and starring Isabelle Huppert. It is based upon the play, Medea, by Euripides. Isabelle Huppert as Médée Pierre Barrat as Créon Jean-Quentin
Médée_(2001_film)
the plays are presented in the following order: "iphigenia in orem" followed by "a gaggle of saints" and concluding with "medea redux". The plays premiered
Bash:_Latter-Day_Plays
Play by Marina Carr
Hester Swane. The play takes place in the Irish Midlands in an unspecified time in the modern era. It is loosely based on the Greek myth Medea. In this myth
By_the_Bog_of_Cats
1797 French opera by Cherubini
(Nicolas Étienne Framéry) was based on Euripides' tragedy of Medea and Pierre Corneille's play Médée. It is set in the ancient city of Corinth. The opera
Médée_(Cherubini)
Opera by Aribert Reimann
Medea is a German-language opera by Aribert Reimann after the play by Franz Grillparzer. It was premiered at the Vienna State Opera in February 2010. The
Medea_(Reimann)
Indian actor (born 1993)
Brecht’s play Mother Courage and Her Children in 2017. He then played the lead role of a slave in his sister, Ira's theatre production of Medea, at the
Junaid_Khan_(Indian_actor)
Dutch television series
screenplay was written by Theodor Holman and is a take on Euripides' play Medea, with the story moved to contemporary Dutch politics. The serial was produced
Medea_(TV_serial)
Australian actress (1933–2020)
Featured Actress in a Play for Slapstick Tragedy (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968), Medea (1982), and Master Class
Zoe_Caldwell
Lost tragedy by Sophocles
BC. The play is lost but for few fragments that do not give a definite view of the drama's contents and plot. It is known that it featured Medea, Jason
Women_of_Colchis
Trilogy of plays by Franz Grillparzer
Apollonius of Rhodes and Medea by Euripides. The three plays were first staged at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 26 and 27 March 1821. Medea was published in English
The Golden Fleece (trilogy of plays)
The_Golden_Fleece_(trilogy_of_plays)
Painting by John William Waterhouse
and Medea is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style created by John William Waterhouse in 1907. The painting depicts the Colchian princess, Medea, preparing
Jason_and_Medea_(painting)
1978 film directed by Jules Dassin
Jules Dassin. The story follows Melina Mercouri as Maya, an actress playing Medea, who seeks out Brenda Collins, portrayed by Ellen Burstyn, a woman who
A_Dream_of_Passion
Device to resolve the plot of a dramatic work
Euripides's Medea in which the deus ex machina is a dragon-drawn chariot sent by the sun god Helios, used to convey his granddaughter Medea away from her
Deus_ex_machina
British actress (1968–2021)
which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and Medea in the eponymous play at the Royal National Theatre. McCrory is known for her film
Helen_McCrory
Irish actress (born 1958)
Broadway debut playing the title role in Medea (2002) for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to
Fiona_Shaw
Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)
to Medea, this time playing the Nurse opposite Zoe Caldwell in the title role. Caldwell had appeared in a small role in the Australian tour of Medea in
Judith_Anderson
British actor
the touring production of Medea. Hollington's breakthrough performance was as Nathan in the West End and National Tour play of The Full Monty. His television
Jack_Hollington
2007 film
Medea Miracle (French: Médée Miracle) is a 2007 French-Italian drama film directed by Tonino De Bernardi and starring Isabelle Huppert and Tommaso Ragno
Medea_Miracle
date Notes Medea 1959 United States - TV play of the week Le Baccanti 1961 Italy Phaedra 1962 Greece Electra 1962 Greece Troyanas, Las 1963 Medea 1963 Troerinnen
List of films based on Greek drama
List_of_films_based_on_Greek_drama
Algerian football club
Olympique de Médéa (Arabic: أولمبي المدية), also known as 'O Médéa or simply OM for short, is an Algerian football club based in Médéa. The club was founded
Olympique_de_Médéa
British academic (1943–2017)
for three volumes in the series: Medea and other plays, Bacchae and other plays, and The Trojan Women and other plays. He also provided notes for the other
James_Morwood
Lost tragedy by Euripides
the daughters of Pelias murdering their father under the instruction of Medea, who claims to be able to make him young again, working on behalf of Jason
Peliades
Musical
LaChiusa. It opened on Broadway in 1999. While loosely based on the Greek play Medea, it is set in the 1890s, in New Orleans and Chicago, and draws heavily
Marie_Christine
Opera by Simon Mayr
acts. The libretto, by Felice Romani, is based on the Greek myth of Medea and the plays on the theme by Euripides and Pierre Corneille. The same subject
Medea_in_Corinto
Band of heroes in Greek mythology
with Medea; Theseus is frequently depicted meeting Medea early in his adventures, yet many years after the Argonauts completed their adventure. Medea, by
Argonauts
Legendary king of Athens who slayed the Minotaur
adventures on the way. When he reaches Athens he finds that Aegeus is married to Medea (formerly wife of Jason), who plots against him. The most famous legend
Theseus
American actress
has also acted in Off-Broadway productions of Euripides's Medea (2020) and the Itamar Moses play The Ally (2024). Weinstein was born to a secular Jewish
Madeline_Weinstein
2018 novel by Madeline Miller
encounters with mythological figures such as Hermes, the Minotaur, Jason, and Medea and ultimately, her romance with Odysseus and his son Telemachus. Circe
Circe_(novel)
Greek political cartoonist, playwright, lyricist, and painter (1918–1995)
1963: "Don Quixote" (play) 1963: "Beautiful city" (play) 1964: "Fausta" (play) 1993: "Medea" (play) 1995: "Romeo and Juliet" (play) 1972: "Sketches and
Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou
Chrysanthos_Mentis_Bostantzoglou
Play by William Shakespeare
farewell to magic is an invocation by the sorceress Medea found in Ovid's poem Metamorphoses. Medea calls out: Ye airs and winds; ye elves of hills, of
The_Tempest
English actress and narrator (born 1968)
she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in Medea at the @sohoplace. Okonedo has one daughter, from a relationship
Sophie_Okonedo
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
435 BC) Philoctetes (431 BC with Medea) Dictys (431 BC with Medea) Theristai (Reapers, satyr play, 431 BC with Medea) Stheneboea (before 429 BC) Bellerophon
Euripides
BC) Philoctetes (409 BC) Oedipus at Colonus (406 BC) Alcestis (438 BC) Medea (431 BC) Children of Heracles (430 BC) Hippolytus (428 BC) Andromache (425
List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays
List_of_extant_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_plays
English actress (1938–2020)
eponymous turn in Medea, one of which she performed in both London and New York productions, won her the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, as well as
Diana_Rigg
Opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
at Lille. A celebration of the glory of King Louis XIV. Jason and Médée (Medea), pursued by the people of Thessaly because of Médée's crimes, have sought
Médée_(Charpentier)
Indian poet
Euripides's Medea (play)) Pach Diwas, Popular Prakashan, 1991 ISBN 9788171852598 ISBN 8171852599 (Marathi translation of Henry Zeiger's play 'Five Days'
Sadanand_Rege
Greek epic poem dated to the 3rd century BC
adventures and Jason's relationship with the Colchian princess/sorceress Medea were already well known to Hellenistic audiences, which enabled Apollonius
Argonautica
American actor (born 1970)
his real-life partner Rose Byrne in the play Medea, written and directed by Simon Stone. In 2021, Cannavale played Tony Hogburn in the Nicole Kidman-led
Bobby_Cannavale
Pecong is a 1990 play by American playwright Steve Carter. Set "well in the past" on a fictional Caribbean island, the play tells the story of a sorceress
Pecong_(play)
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
presented The Trojan Women as the last fragment of a trilogy (which included Medea and Electra). With staging by Romanian-born theatre director Andrei Serban
The_Trojan_Women
Painting by Frederick Sandys
contemporary critic it shows the enchantress Medea "...in the act of incantation, the baleful light of her chafing-dish playing in the folds of her robe, and making
Medea_(Sandys_painting)
President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000
and Shavings (short stories, 1991), Hungarian Medea (play, 1979), Iron Bars (play, 1979), Balance (play, 1990). Göncz worked incredibly hard for ten hours
Árpád_Göncz
Ancient Roman tragedies
myths (such as Medea or Agamemnon). According to Vitruvius, Seneca's tragedies could be staged using a similar set-up to Greek plays, with a slightly
Senecan_tragedy
Ancient Greek-language play series
Aeschylus and Frogs by Aristophanes (2013) Agamemnon by Aeschylus (2010) Medea by Euripides(2007) Oedipus the King by Sophocles (2004) Electra by Sophocles
Cambridge_Greek_Play
American actress (b. 1971)
1995 in The Play's the Thing. Wisocky later performed in many stage productions, primarily playing strong women, like Lady Macbeth and Medea. In 2008, she
Rebecca_Wisocky
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from rational support to militant support for Medea. In reality, the chorus of the play supported Medea's speeches and overturns traditional Athenian masculine
Women_in_Euripides
Cino production had Medea played by a man (Charles Stanley) in drag. When Koutoukas submitted the script to Genesis, the role was played by a woman (Linda
Theatre_Genesis
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Lost satyr play by Euripides
lost satyr play by Attic playwright Euripides. It was initially performed at the Dionysia in Athens in 431 BCE along with the tragedies Medea, Philoctetes
Theristai
Character in Shakespeare's The Tempest
generally agree that Sycorax, a foil for Prospero, is closely related to the Medea of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Postcolonialist writers and critics see Sycorax
Sycorax
Ancient state in West Asia
available evidence in Babylonian and biblical sources indicates that the Medes played a significant political role in the ancient Near East after the fall of
Median_kingdom
4th-century BC Greek philosopher and geographer
the Life of Greece, Dicaearchus also stated that Euripides' Medea plagiarised the Medea play of the obscure tragedian Neophron. On Musical Contests (Περὶ
Dicaearchus
One-act melodrama
Medea is a melodrama in one act with five scenes by Bohemian composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter. The work was first
Medea_(Benda)
Dionysian rite of sacrifice
died when he was dismembered by raging Thracian women.[citation needed] Medea is said to have killed and dismembered her brother whilst fleeing with Jason
Sparagmos
Adoptive father of Amphilocus and Tisiphone; figure in the legend of Jason
Glauce, whom Jason would marry if not for the intervention of Medea. According to a lost play by Euripides summarized in the Bibliotheca, Alcmaeon entrusted
Creon_(king_of_Corinth)
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Classical Athenian tragedy by Sophocles
Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou makes a parody of the tragedy in his comedy Medea (1993). In episode ten of the second season of the Australian satirical
Oedipus_Rex
Belgian poet and playwright (born 1958)
2001 – Tekst & uitleg/Woorden met vleugels (criticism) 2001 – Mamma Medea (play, after Euripides and Apollonius of Rhodes) 2002 – Niemands Land. Gedichten
Tom_Lanoye
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Index of ancient Greece-related articles
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American sci-fi comic book series
had walked into a party on Rec Station 97!" Queen Glorianna / Mary Medea: The Medea family were revolutionaries who overthrew The Great Dictator, P.A.H
Starstruck_(comics)
Tragedy by Sophocles
the opposite direction, with Sophocles' play influencing Euripides. Jenny Marsh believes that Euripides' Medea did come before Sophocles' Tereus, based
Tereus_(play)
Greek epic attributed to either Homer or Creophylus of Samos
epic. It is debated, based on a scholium from a line in Euripides' Medea whether Medea's poisoning of Creon may have been another feature, which Franz Stoessl
Capture_of_Oechalia
Figure from Greek mythology
Publishing. ISBN 0-440-20848-3. Vellacott, Philip (1963). Euripides: Medea and Other Plays. London: Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-044129-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN
Electra
Legendary war in Greek mythology
Io was taken from Mycenae, Europa was taken from Phoenicia, Jason took Medea from Colchis, and the Trojan princess Hesione had been taken by Heracles
Trojan_War
English actress (born 1950)
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard 1993, Queen Elizabeth Hall, title role in Benda's Medea, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Iván Fischer
Harriet_Walter
English actress (born 1979)
upon leaving RADA was as Medea in Neil LaBute's Bash: Latter-Day Plays at the Union Theatre in London. She then went on to play Perdita in The Winter's
Juliet_Rylance
American actress (1928–2014)
for the stage, Seldes made her Broadway debut in 1948 in a production of Medea. She went on to an illustrious career in which she earned five Tony Award
Marian_Seldes
Son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology
Press. ISBN 9780198030614. Euripides (1994). Euripides. Cyclops. Alcestis. Medea (Loeb Classical Library No. 12). Translated by Kovacs, David. Harvard University
Polyphemus
Hepburn was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, but lost to Zoe Caldwell (Medea). The production then went on tour, running at the Shubert
The_West_Side_Waltz
Figure from Greek mythology
sympathetic antihero. Author and classicist Madeline Miller wrote "[a]fter Medea, Queen Clytemnestra is probably the most notorious woman in Greek mythology"
Clytemnestra
English actress (born 1934)
The Promise (New York 1967), The Night of the Tribades (New York 1977), Medea (Young Vic 1985), A Delicate Balance (Haymarket, West End 1997) and Doubt
Eileen_Atkins
American actress (born 1936)
roles in films with one of her notable early roles being the high priestess Medea in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). She continued with several film roles
Nancy_Kovack
Australian actress (born 1979)
starred opposite her husband Bobby Cannavale playing the title role in a revival of the greek tragedy Medea at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Adam Feldman
Rose_Byrne
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
2003. Medea and Other Plays. By Euripides. London and New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044929-9. Walton, J. Michael, and Kenneth McLeish, eds. 1997. Plays: V
Children_of_Heracles
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Algerian footballer (born 1976)
Belatrèche continued to play for Olympique de Médéa until 2011, after which he joined CA Bordj Bou Arreridj to conclude his playing career. Over his career
Mouloud_Belatrèche
Indian actress
and drama critic. Acting in plays staged in both Kannada and English, she is noted for her solo performances in Eddelu, Medea, Kittalemane Kaveri, Lady
Lakshmi_Chandrashekar
1948 Soviet film
an aristocrat himself) and is going to give his beautiful daughter Keto (Medea Japaridze) for the old, vicious and ruined prince Levan Palavandishvili
Keto_and_Kote_(film)
Dramatic tragedy by Pierre Corneille
was inspired by both the Seneca and Euripedes tellings. The heroine of the play is the sorceress Médée. After Médée gives Jason twin boys, Jason leaves her
Médée
Australian actress (born 1972)
recurring role in the second season of the TV series Suits (2012–2013), playing a love interest of her husband's character. Barrett was previously engaged
Jacinda_Barrett
Australian actress
the Ensemble Theatre in 2025, She playe Medea in Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks's reinterpretaion of Medea at the Belvoir Downstairs Theatre in 2012
Blazey_Best
Jason's betrayal of Medea. Euripides wrote the play Medea, which depicts Medea killing Jason's bride and their two children. This play has nine characters
Jason_in_popular_culture
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