Médée

For other uses, see Medea (disambiguation).
Médée
Mademoiselle Clairon in Médée by Charles-André van Loo, 1759
Written byPierre Corneille
CharactersMédée
Créon
Ægée
Jason
Pollux
Créuse
SettingCorinth

Médée is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Pierre Corneille, first performed in 1635 at the Théâtre du Marais. Corneille was inspired by both the Seneca and Euripedes tellings.

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