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Medea
Daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis in Greek mythology
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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.
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Date: [1563]
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Reference: 3006455i
Part of: Livre de la conqueste de la toison d'or par le prince Iason de Tessalie.
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Medea : and other plays / Euripides ; translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott.
Euripides.
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Date: [1963], ©1963
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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.
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Date: [1827]
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Reference: 27310i
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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.
Hayter, John, 1800-1895.
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Date: [1827]
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Reference: 35473i
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Many figures including a woman identified as Venus gambling with Cupid, evidence of torture and tumult. Engraving.
Bandinelli, Baccio, 1493-1560.
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Reference: 37651i
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