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god. But after ten years, Kreon the king of the land spake to Jason, saying, "Lo, I will give thee my daughter to wife, and thou shall reign after me, if thou wilt put away thy wife Medea; but her and her two sons will I banish from the land." So Jason consented. And of this befell things strange and awful, which are told herein.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Nurse of Medea's Children.
Children's Guardian[1]
Medea.
Chorus of Corinthian Ladies.
Kreon, King of Corinth.
Jason.
Aigeus, King of Athens.
Messenger.
Children of Medea.
The Scene is in front of Jason's House at Corinth.
- ↑ Pædagogus.—A trusted servant, responsible for keeping the boys out of harm's way: he was present at their sports, accompanied them to and from school, and never let them be out of his sight. A similar institution is familiar to Englishmen resident in India.
