Medea (Seneca)
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Medea is a fabula crepidata of about 1027 lines of verse written by Seneca the Younger. It is generally considered to be the strongest of his earlier plays. It was written around 50 CE. The play is ab
First page of Medea from a 15th-century Italian manuscript
Medea about to kill her children (Eugène Delacroix)
Duble herma of Socrates and Seneca Antikensammlung Berlin 03
Medea (play)
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Medea is a tragedy based on a myth, written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. It was first performed in 431 BC as part of a trilogy, the other plays of which have not survived. Its plot cente
Medea (Seneca)
…boys down. Jason ends the play by shouting after her that she should testify that there are no gods in heaven, where she is flying. (1026–1027). While Euripides' Medea shares similarities with Seneca's version, they are also different in significant ways. Seneca's Medea was written after Euripides', and arguably his…
Poster by Alfons Mucha for performance by Sarah Bernhardt in Medée at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris (1898)
Medea kills her son, Campanian red-figure amphora, c. 330 BC, Louvre (K 300).
Olivia Sutherland stars in MacMillan Films' Medea
Angelique Rockas as Medea, Theatro Technis directed by George Eugeniou