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Course Hero. "Medea Study Guide." Course Hero. 4 Oct. 2016. Web. 24 Sep. 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Medea/>.
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Course Hero. (2016, October 4). Medea Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved September 24, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Medea/
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Course Hero. "Medea Study Guide." October 4, 2016. Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Medea/.
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| Scene | Summary |
|---|---|
| Prologos | The prologos consists of the Nurse's monologue, the dialogue between the Nurse and the Tutor, and the bellows of Medea f... Read More |
| Parados | This section includes the entrance of the Chorus and the dialogue between the Chorus and the Nurse. Summoned by Medea's ... Read More |
| Episode 1 | Episode 1 includes the entrance of Medea, dialogue between Medea and Creon, and dialogue between Medea and the Chorus. M... Read More |
| Stasimon 1 | The Chorus comments that Medea has reversed the usual flow of history. The man is no longer in control, no longer the on... Read More |
| Episode 2 | Episode 2 is Medea's first encounter with Jason. Throughout the play they fight bitterly, casting names and insults at e... Read More |
| Stasimon 2 | After Jason leaves the Chorus extols moderation in love in a choral prayer to Aphrodite, goddess of love. It asks her no... Read More |
| Episode 3 | Medea's next visitor is Aegeus, who has just seen the oracle to ask why he is unable to have children. The oracle has to... Read More |
| Stasimon 3 | In response to Medea's plot, the Chorus sings the praises of Athens and asks Medea to consider how "this city of sacred ... Read More |
| Episode 4 | Jason returns and demands to know what Medea wants from him. Medea begins by asking his forgiveness, saying she was fool... Read More |
| Stasimon 4 | In this stasimon the choral ode focuses on the sorrow of the coming tragedy, detailing the agony and destruction that wi... Read More |
| Episode 5 | This episode includes the Tutor's dialogue with Medea, in which he recounts how the gifts were presented to and received... Read More |
| Stasimon 5 | When Medea has disappeared into the house with her sons, the Chorus sings about the advantages of not having children. I... Read More |
| Episode 6 | In the last episode of the play, Medea receives the news she has been awaiting. A messenger arrives and relates in detai... Read More |
| Stasimon 6 | The Chorus begs the Earth and the Sun to keep Medea from carrying out the final act in her revenge. It warns of the wrat... Read More |
| Exodos | Jason arrives, knocking on the door, cursing Medea for what she has done to Creon and the princess and demanding his chi... Read More |
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