Medea lived in Colchis, which is an island in the Black Sea, and the Greeks considered it the "edge of the earth" and a "territory of barbarians". Medea is a sorceress and also a princess, she used her powers to help Jason protect the golden fleece, then ended up falling in love with him and left with Jason to live in Lolcus. Medea was a loyal wife and she and Jason have two children together. Jason betrays Medea and marries another woman, daughter of Creon, king of Corinth. Jason's weak rationalizations of his actions for what he did to Medea make him a weak and unlikable character. In Medea's tirade against Jason I found Medea innocent. Although he killed four people, he believed it was justified and only did it out of anger at Jason's mistake. Medea's actions were justified and she kills those four people because Jason needed to suffer for his actions. Medea did everything necessary to make Jason suffer for what he put her through. Medea was wronged by Jason, she was a loyal wife and mother who was betrayed by her husband and reacted in a way...