Y9 Classics 3: Medea

Definition: the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.

• Aegeus

• Jason

• Medea

• Creon

Definition: stage building used to hang scenery.

• Skene

• Theatron

• Orchestra

• Parodos

"Seeing place" where the audience sat.

• Orchestra

• Skene

• Parodos

• Theatron

Definition: one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)

• Jason

• Creon

• Sophocles

• Euripides

Definition: sorceress or enchantress; from Medea who helped Jason and the Argonauts capture the Golden Fleece; known for her revenge against Jason when he spurned her for the princess of Corinth

• Euripides

• Medea

• Aegeus

• Colchis

Definition: daughter of Creon

• Jason

• Aegeus

• Medea

• Glauce

Setting of Medea:

• Sparta

• Colchis

• Creon

• Corinth

How Medea escapes:

• Dragon-Wagon

• Skene

• Theatron

• Medea

Distant town on the Black Sea; kingdom of Aeëtes, who had the golden fleece Jason seeks in the Argonautica:

• Colchis

• Thebes

• Corinth

• Iolcus

King of Athens, father of Theseus:

• Theatron

• Aegeus

• Creon

• Jason