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Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)

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  • Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea and Alberico Curioni in the role of Jason: Medea professes her love for Jason. Lithograph by J. Hayter, 1827.
  • Medea draining the blood of Aeson in order to rejuvenate him with her special brew. Engraving.
  • Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea: she embraces her children (left) and then throws her arms up in anticipation of  murdering them (right). Lithograph by John Hayter, 1827.
  • Many figures including a woman identified as Venus gambling with Cupid, evidence of torture and tumult. Engraving.
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Catalogue

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    Jason and Medea return to Iolcus in Thessaly and stand before king Pelias. Engraving by R. Boyvin, 1563, after L. Thiry.

    Thiry, Leonard, approximately 1500-approximately 1550. | Date: [1563] | Reference: 3006455i
    Part of: Livre de la conqueste de la toison d'or par le prince Iason de Tessalie.
    • Books

    Medea : and other plays / Euripides ; translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott.

    Euripides. | Date: [1963], ©1963
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea: she embraces her children (left) and then throws her arms up in anticipation of murdering them (right). Lithograph by John Hayter, 1827.

    Hayter, John, 1800-1895. | Date: [1827] | Reference: 27310i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea and Alberico Curioni in the role of Jason: Medea professes her love for Jason. Lithograph by J. Hayter, 1827.

    Hayter, John, 1800-1895. | Date: [1827] | Reference: 35473i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Many figures including a woman identified as Venus gambling with Cupid, evidence of torture and tumult. Engraving.

    Bandinelli, Baccio, 1493-1560. | Reference: 37651i
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