Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Sigurd, Deianira, Iolcos

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

From colchis (far edge of the black sea) Betrays her father/uses magic to help jason in his quest for the golden fleece. Kills her brother absyrtus in flight from home to distract her father. Jason marries her in return for these favours. Jason/medea settle in corinth and have 2 sons. Jason arranges a marriage with a greek princess of corinth. Medea feels betrayed by jason and plots her revenge. Nurse wishes the argo was never created because then medea would have never fallen in love with jason: nurse of medea"s family. Medea was left dishonoured (atimos) and feels it as much as achilles did when. Medea is in an impossible situation: she is betrayed but she has also forsaken all of her ties because of jason: for greeks, if a marriage didn"t work out, a woman would go back to her family. Medea says she wishes she was dead. The nurse tells her not to be extreme.