Medea, daughter of Aiêtês, King of Colchis .
Jason, chief of the Argonauts; nephew of Pelias, King of Iôlcos in Thessaly .
Creon, ruler of Corinth .
Aegeus, King of Athens .
Nurse of Medea .
Two Children of Jason and Medea .
Attendant on the children .
A Messenger.
Chorus of Corinthian Women, with their Leader.
Soldiers and Attendants.
The scene is laid in Corinth. The play was first acted when Pythodôrus was Archon, Olympiad 87, year 1 (B.C. 431). Euphorion was first, Sophocles second, Euripides third, with Medea, Philoctêtes, Dictys, and the Harvesters, a Satyr-play.