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Medea is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the ancient myth of Medea. The film stars opera singer Maria Callas in her only film role and is largely a faithful portrayal of the myth of Jason and the Argonauts and the events of Euripides ' play Medea .
Euripides' play has been explored and interpreted by playwrights across the centuries and the world in a variety of ways, offering political, psychoanalytical, feminist, and many other original readings of Medea, Jason and the core themes of the play. [1] Medea, along with three other plays, [a] earned Euripides third prize in the City Dionysia.
Medea sacrifices her children from the roof of her house in order to hurt Jason (982-1025). [6] Medea escapes in a dragon chariot while she throws the bodies of the 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). [6]
Medea is a 1988 Danish tragedy television film directed by Lars von Trier. It is based on Carl Theodor Dreyer 's adaptation of Euripides ' play Medea . The setting is changed from the Mediterranean to a danish, vaguely iron age setting.
Fleeing from Jason, Medea made her way to Thebes, where she healed Heracles (the former Argonaut) from the curse of Hera (that led him to slay his sons). [33] After the murder of her children, Medea fled to Athens, where she met and married Aegeus. They had one son, Medus. Another version from Hesiod makes Medus the son of Jason. [34]
Many years later, the hero Jason and his wife the witch Medea (Circe's niece) arrive on Aiaia after having stolen the Golden Fleece from Circe's brother Aeëtes, murdering Medea's brother, Absyrtus, in the process. Circe cleanses them of the crime and warns Medea of Jason's waning interest in her but is rebuffed.
Medea – The main character, a former revolutionary who was forced into exile. She is bisexual and feminine. [1] She is Luna's lover, Jasón's wife, and mother to teenage son, Chac-Mool. Her character is based on Euripides' Medea. [3] Jasón – Medea's husband, a biracial man who now lives in Aztlán, [1] where he holds an important position. [2]
Medea is an enchantress. She creates potions and performs magic spells. In Medea The Enchantress, she helps making the sleeping potion to get the Golden Fleece from the python, so Jason can get the honor of King Aeson and rule Libya. Then, in the end, Medea and Jason fall in love with each other. Jason is Medea's friend-turned-crush.