Medea ***
By: Paulanne Simmons February 12, 2020: In Medea, a tragedy written by Euripides in the 5th century B.C.E., the eponymous princess from Colchis marries Jason, a Greek, who leaves her for a princess from Corinth. Medea takes revenge by killing the children she had with Jason and his new wife. Over the following centuries, the play has been interpreted from a psychological, political, cultural and feminist point o…