Word: corinths
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...home, Jason, Medeia, and the Argonauts brave many of the same perils Odysseus would a generation later. Back in Iolcus, Jason finds that his troubles have brought him only half the kingdom. Ironically, it is Medeia who kills Pelias. She and Jason are exiled. But after finding refuge in Corinth, Jason ignores his marriage vows to Medeia and vies for the hand of King Kreon's daughter, Pyripta. This classic betrayal's denouement is soon at hand, but Jason and Medeia is only beginning...
...poem also remains a testament to Gardner's virtuoso technique, his deft control of the cumbersome epic. Take, for example, his handling of the narrative point of view, his own relationship as writer to his story. The first person narrator is cast into an epic-dream, brought to Corinth by the gods to record for posterity the sad details of Jason's split from Medeia. While this anonymous poet is only a neutral observer, he tries desperately to alter the course of events by reconciling the couple. Only Medeia can see him, and she thinks he's a devil. Gardner...
...hero, wandering aimlessly through the Hellenic world so absolutely self-confident. He is a king without a country, a thinker with no outlet for his ideals. His cold, calculating mind obliterates any feelings he might have for Medeia or his two children. Pride and vanity urge him to gain Corinth. Jason has already won Pyripta's hand as Euripides's Medeia begins. But the greatest beauty of Jason and Medeia lies in its concentration on the imaginatively conceived contest for the princess of Corinth (an event which never occurred in ancient versions...
...first American-born general manager in 77 years. It was appropriate therefore that Chapin should take the opportunity to announce, as his first official act as manager, that at long last Soprano Beverly Sills will make her Met debut in 1975 in Rossini's Siege of Corinth...
...play proper begins in Corinth where Jason-mean, unloving and ungrateful-has become engaged to Glauce, the daughter of King Kreon. In a fury of revenge, Medea arranges the death of Glauce and Kreon through the device of a poisoned robe. Suppressing all motherly instincts, she hacks to death the two children she has had by Jason...