FOOTNOTES:
[8] The text is corrupt here. The Ionian Sea, situated to the west of Greece, can have no possible connection with the region here described, i.e., the Hellespont.
MEDEA
MEDEA
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
| Medea | Daughter of Aeëtes, King of Colchis, and wife of Jason. |
| Jason | Son of Aeson, and nephew of Pelias, the usurping king of Thessaly; organizer and leader of the Argonautic expedition to Colchis in quest of the golden fleece. |
| Creon | King of Corinth, who had received into his hospitable kingdomMedea and Jason, fugitives from Thessaly, after Medeahad plotted the death of Pelias. |
| Nurse | Of Medea. |
| Messenger | |
| Two Sons | Of Medea and Jason (personae mutae). |
| Chorus of Corinthians | Friendly to Jason and hostile to Medea. |