Medea Flashcards
Medea
Daughter of the king of Colchis, she possess magical prowess. She falls in love with Jason, and helps him take on his quest to take the Golden Fleece. As a result she betrays her kingdom, and kills her own brother. She is also the reason as to why Jason is able to kill many other monsters and obstacles that stand in his path. Jason betrays (blank) by wedding the king of Cronith’s daughter. Enraged (blank)conjures up a plan to hurt Jason immensely. She gives “presents” to Glauce through her sons, but they are poisoned and as a result kill Glauce and Creon. (blank) kills her two sons, and when Jason finds out he wishes to see them and wants to give them a burial. However, (blank) denies Jason both of these, and presumably runs away to Athens, as Aegeus has promised her sanction.
Jason
Married to Medea but is cheating on her with Glauce. (blank) accepts the banishment of Medea and his children, but tries to help her by giving money and resources. Ends up having his children killed by Medea. (blank) does not add much to the plot, but his actions of cheating on Medea cause the whole story to happen. After this there is not much he does or can do but sit back and watch the show.
Glauce
is the young daughter of King Creon who catches Jason’s eye and is the reason that he decides to leave his wife, Medea. She is much younger and more beautiful than Medea so Jason sees her as a great opportunity to not only have his current sons become part of the royal family, but also have more children with (blank) who will actually have royal blood in them. Out of rage, Medea has her children bring beautiful poisonous gifts to (blank) which immediately kill her and her father Creon who rushed in to try and save his dying daughter.
Aegeus
king of Athens; Medea meets him while he is in Corinth on the way home from Delphi, where he had been seeking a cure or advice from the Oracle for his and his wife’s inability to have children; makes a deal with Medea to provide sanctuary in Athens in exchange for some sort of fertility potion; he’s basically the only reason why Medea is able to get away with everything
