She might thrust a sharp sword through the heart That in silence entering the house where the bed is laid40 She is a deep thinker, you know, and she will not put up with I’m afraid of her, in case she has some new plan in mind. What it means to have once had a homeland.35Īnd she hates her children, takes no pleasure in seeing them. To come here with this man who now holds her in contempt. When those who love her try to give advice Įxcept that sometimes she lifts up her pallid face 30 She won’t eat she just gives in to her grief,Įver since she realized her husband had abandoned her.įrom the ground. Howls out “the oaths he swore” and calls upon the right hand,Ī potent symbol of fidelity, and invokes the gods With the daughter of Creon who governs this land.Īnd Medea, in despair, rejected by her husband,20 Jason has cast aside his children and my mistress, It has all gone sour now, affection turned to hatred. When a woman does not challenge her husband.15
This is what brings the greatest stability at home: The citizens of the country she had come to as a refugee, With her husband and children, winning over Their father and would not have come to live here on Corinthian soil10 Have sailed to the fortress of Iolcus’ land,Īnd she would not have convinced the daughters of Pelias to kill Of the heroes who went after the golden fleece5įor Pelias. In the groves of Pelion, cut down to put oars in the hands The dark blue Clashing Rocks into the land of the Colchians How I wish the Argo’s sails had never swept through Medea’s old Nanny from her childhood in Colchis comes out of the house alone and addresses the elements. There are also several extras representing the entourages of Creon and of Aigeus. It is most likely to have used only two actors with speaking parts. The scene represents Medea’s house in Corinth. The Medea was first produced for the Greater Dionysia in the spring of 431 B.C.E. Refugee, former husband of Medea, recently married to Creon’s daughter Refugee from Colchis, former princess, former wife of Jason Or child-minder, in Greek, Paidagogos, a Slave who tends the children In Greek, Trophos, Medea’s old Nanny from her homeland
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