: an enchantress noted in Greek mythology for helping Jason gain the Golden Fleece and for repeatedly resorting to murder to gain her ends
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Natalie Haynes fleshes out the backstories of her cast—Jason, a handsome ship captain on a quest for the Golden Fleece, the scheming sorceress Medea, and Olympian deities toying with mortals like marionettes—and imbues them all with contemporary vibes.
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Hamilton Cain, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Months later, Gershon was hanging from the ceiling, dressed in bondage gear, reflecting upon her early acting goals to perform Chekhov, portray Medea and stun audiences into silence.
—Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
The pair first collaborated on the 1987 TV movie Medea.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
In Aeschylus’s The Suppliants or Euripides’ Medea the chorus of women stands as witness—voicing sorrow, rage, warning.
—Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
Especially with ‘Medea’ as the film within the film.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
The film explores how trauma can foster dangerous rage while building a powerful parallel between that anger and the classic tale of Medea.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Technologically, the company leans on its proprietary Medea dispatch platform to manage its portfolio with minute-by-minute optimization for safe and efficient operation.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Most memorably, perhaps, Erdem’s recent fall-winter 2024 collection took place in front of the British Museum’s Parthenon marbles to a soundtrack of Callas speaking Greek and offered a theatrical reinterpretation of her Medea wardrobe.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
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Hamilton Cain, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Months later, Gershon was hanging from the ceiling, dressed in bondage gear, reflecting upon her early acting goals to perform Chekhov, portray Medea and stun audiences into silence.
—Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
The pair first collaborated on the 1987 TV movie Medea.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
In Aeschylus’s The Suppliants or Euripides’ Medea the chorus of women stands as witness—voicing sorrow, rage, warning.
—Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
Especially with ‘Medea’ as the film within the film.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
The film explores how trauma can foster dangerous rage while building a powerful parallel between that anger and the classic tale of Medea.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Technologically, the company leans on its proprietary Medea dispatch platform to manage its portfolio with minute-by-minute optimization for safe and efficient operation.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Most memorably, perhaps, Erdem’s recent fall-winter 2024 collection took place in front of the British Museum’s Parthenon marbles to a soundtrack of Callas speaking Greek and offered a theatrical reinterpretation of her Medea wardrobe.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Medea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Medea. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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