Euripides' Medea

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:author Euripides
gptkbp:award no
gptkbp:basedOn myth of Medea and Jason
gptkbp:firstPerformed 431 BC
gptkbp:genre tragedy
gptkbp:hasChorus women of Corinth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Euripides' Medea
gptkbp:influenced Western literature
psychoanalytic criticism
feminist criticism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Jason
gptkb:Medea
gptkb:Children_of_Medea
gptkb:Aegeus
gptkb:Creon
gptkb:Glauce
gptkbp:notableAdaptation gptkb:Medea_(film,_1969)
gptkb:Medea_(opera,_Cherubini)
gptkb:Medea_(play,_Robinson_Jeffers)
gptkbp:notableFeature Medea kills her own children
gptkbp:notableQuote I understand what evil is and am not ignorant of what is good, but the passion is the master of my counsel.
gptkbp:numberOfActs three
gptkbp:numberOfChoralOdes five
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:Μήδεια
gptkbp:partOf Euripides' works
gptkbp:performedAt gptkb:City_Dionysia
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Corinth
gptkbp:structure prologue, parodos, episodes, stasimon, exodos
gptkbp:survived yes
gptkbp:theme betrayal
exile
justice
revenge
passion
foreignness and xenophobia
power and helplessness
role of women in society
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jason
gptkb:Medea
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5