Médée is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Pierre Corneille, first performed in 1635 at the Théâtre du Marais.
Médée exacts her revenge on her husband by burning his new spouse and slitting the throats of her two children.
The final act of the play ends with Médée's escape in a chariot pulled by two dragons, and Jason's suicide.
Furthermore, the performances of Médée followed Corneille's expulsion from Richelieu's prestigious group of five authors.
The playwright no longer had the protection of Richelieu, who, resentful, greeted Corneille's first tragedy with disapproval.