Medea

E200045

figure in Greek mythology mythological figure princess sorceress tragedy character

Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Medea canonical	45
Euripides’ Medea	2
Euripides’ Medea (as one of Medea’s sons)	1
Euripides’ Medea (under the name Creusa in some traditions)	1
Medea (2014–2015 adaptation)	1
Medea (International Theater Amsterdam production)	1
Medea (in Jason’s quest)	1
Medea (indirectly)	1
Medea (play by Euripides)	1
Medea (stage production)	1
Medea (stage)	1
Medea (starring Diana Rigg, 1992)	1
Medea an der Urne	1
Medea in "Medea"	1
Medea in Cherubini's "Medea"	1
Medea’s revenge against Pelias	1
Médée, H.491	1
the Medea myth cycle	1
tragedy of Medea	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1768126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Medea
Context triple: [Frederic Sandys, notableWork, Medea]

A. Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a classical drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with an emphasis on humanism, moral conflict, and reconciliation.
B. Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
C. Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women is a tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and despair of the women of Troy in the aftermath of the city's destruction in the Trojan War.
D. Bacchae
Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes the arrival of the god Dionysus in Thebes and the devastating consequences of resisting his cult.
E. Antigone
Antigone is a tragic heroine from Greek mythology and Sophocles’ Theban plays, known for defying royal authority to honor her family and the gods.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Medea
Target entity description: Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.

A. Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a classical drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with an emphasis on humanism, moral conflict, and reconciliation.
B. Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
C. Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women is a tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and despair of the women of Troy in the aftermath of the city's destruction in the Trojan War.
D. Bacchae
Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes the arrival of the god Dionysus in Thebes and the devastating consequences of resisting his cult.
E. Antigone
Antigone is a tragic heroine from Greek mythology and Sophocles’ Theban plays, known for defying royal authority to honor her family and the gods.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ princess ⓘ sorceress ⓘ tragedy character ⓘ
appearsIn	Argonautica ⓘ Medea (play by Euripides) ⓘ linked to: Medea Metamorphoses ⓘ linked to: Ovid’s Metamorphoses
associatedWith	Athens ⓘ Colchis ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Golden Fleece ⓘ
aunt	Circe ⓘ
creatorOf	poisoned robe of Glauce ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
deityAncestor	Helios ⓘ
father	Aeëtes ⓘ
fleeTo	Athens ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
grandfather	Helios ⓘ
helps	Argonauts ⓘ Jason ⓘ
kills	Apsyrtus ⓘ Creon ⓘ Glauce ⓘ her children ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Ancient Greek ⓘ
motivatedBy	Jason's betrayal ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
notableFor	helping Jason obtain the Golden Fleece ⓘ killing her own children ⓘ sorcery ⓘ
parent	Medeus ⓘ Mermerus ⓘ
parentOf	children of Jason ⓘ
protectedBy	Aegeus ⓘ
relative	Apsyrtus ⓘ Pasiphaë ⓘ
spouse	Jason ⓘ
theme	betrayal ⓘ maternal infanticide ⓘ revenge ⓘ
timePeriod	mythic age of heroes ⓘ
title	Princess of Colchis ⓘ
uses	magic ⓘ potions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederic Sandys → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Colchis → associatedWithHeroine → Medea ⓘ

Euripides → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Jason → spouse → Medea ⓘ

Jason → lover → Medea ⓘ

Jason → helpedBy → Medea ⓘ

Jason → betrayed → Medea ⓘ

Jason → abandoned → Medea ⓘ

Jason → appearsIn → Euripides’ Medea ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Argonautica → featuresCharacter → Medea ⓘ

Seneca the Younger → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

The Legend of Good Women → containsStoryOf → Medea ⓘ

Helen McCrory → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Almeida Theatre → notableProduction → Medea (starring Diana Rigg, 1992) ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Maria Callas → notableRole → Medea in Cherubini's "Medea" ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Maia Morgenstern → notableRole → Medea ⓘ

Aeëtes → child → Medea ⓘ

Aeëtes → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Pier Paolo Pasolini → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Marc-Antoine Charpentier → notableWork → Médée, H.491 ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Argonautic expedition → hasKeyFigure → Medea ⓘ

Argonautic expedition → hasSource → Euripides’ Medea ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableWork → Medea ⓘ

Judith Anderson → actedIn → Medea (stage) ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Kingdom of Colchis → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Frederic Sandys → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

subject linked to: Sandys

Medea → appearsIn → Medea (play by Euripides) ⓘ

linked to: Medea

land of the Golden Fleece → associatedWithCharacter → Medea ⓘ

land of the Golden Fleece → helpedBy → Medea (in Jason’s quest) ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Colchians → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Golden Fleece → involvesCharacter → Medea ⓘ

Golden Fleece → retrievedWithHelpOf → Medea ⓘ

Heroides → mainCharacter → Medea ⓘ

Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys → notableWork → Medea ⓘ

Aeson → revivedBy → Medea ⓘ

Aeson → rejuvenatedBy → Medea ⓘ

Iolcus → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Iolcus → hasMythicEvent → Medea’s revenge against Pelias ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Pelias → relative → Medea ⓘ

Pelias → killedBy → Medea (indirectly) ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Glauce → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Glauce → killedBy → Medea ⓘ

Glauce → appearsIn → the Medea myth cycle ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Glauce → appearsInWork → Euripides’ Medea (under the name Creusa in some traditions) ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Glauce → opposedBy → Medea ⓘ

Mermerus → childOf → Medea ⓘ

Mermerus → associatedWith → Medea ⓘ

Mermerus → literaryTradition → tragedy of Medea ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Mermerus → associatedWork → Euripides’ Medea (as one of Medea’s sons) ⓘ

linked to: Medea

Pheres → mother → Medea ⓘ

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