... in the expository soliloquy of the Nurse and later in the various dialogues of Medea, especially the ones uttered at the occasion of her first and then the last encounter with Jason. Medea, a barbarian' in the eyes of the civilised' Greeks, was the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis - an Asian land - and the granddaughter of Helios, the Sun god. Jason, a Thessalian hero, was the rightful inheritor of the ... it adds diversity to his exposé, on the other, it takes in the Feminist perspective quite effectively. For instance, the nurse, the tutor, the chorus, Creon and Jason give voice to ...

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