Now That The Plan Has Begun - The Chorus Recognise That Medea Will Have To See It Through Because Of Her Ruthless Nature. They Sympathise With Glauce - Jason - And Then With Medea. They Make It Clear That The Whole Situation Is Due To The Disloyalty Of Jason.

An ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the "barbarian" kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason; she finds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Greek princess of Corinth. Medea takes vengeance on Jason by murdering Jason's new wife as well as her own children, after which she escapes to Athens to start a new life.