Medea (play)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:ballet
gptkb:film
gptkb:opera
gptkbp:author Euripides
gptkbp:award third prize at City Dionysia
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece
gptkbp:firstPerformed 431 BC
gptkbp:genre gptkb:tragedy
gptkbp:hasChorus women of Corinth
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Medea (play)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jean_Anouilh's_Médée
gptkb:Seneca's_Medea
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Jason
gptkb:Medea
gptkb:Aegeus
gptkb:Creon
gptkb:Glauce
gptkbp:notablePerformance Maria Callas (film, 1969)
Diana Rigg (West End, 1992)
Judith Anderson (Broadway, 1948)
gptkbp:notableQuote 'I understand what evil I am about to do, but my wrath is stronger even than my thoughts.'
gptkbp:openToPublic true
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:partOf Euripides' trilogy for the City Dionysia
gptkbp:plotSummary Medea takes revenge on her unfaithful husband Jason by killing their children.
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Medea_(film,_1969)
gptkb:Medea_(Seneca)
Medea (Cherubini)
Medea (Corneille)
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Corinth
gptkbp:structure prologue, parodos, episodes, stasimon, exodus
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkb:marriage
gptkb:Argonauts
feminism
infanticide
gptkbp:theme gptkb:passion
betrayal
exile
justice
revenge
motherhood
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Rex_Warner
gptkb:Philip_Vellacott
gptkb:Gilbert_Murray
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quest_for_the_Golden_Fleece
gptkb:Euripides:_Medea_(Duckworth_Companions_to_Greek_and_Roman_Tragedy)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7

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