Painting #C13 - Medea

Medea about to Kill Her Children
- Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863, French)
- oil (260 x 165 cm) in 1838
- Palis des Beaux-Arts (Lille)
+ reduced to (122 x 84 cm) in 1862
+ Louvre (Paris)

Greek mythology: Medea was about to kill her children, fathered by Jason, who deserted Medea so as to marry another princess.

Medea knew that Jason must be coming back to get her, because not long ago Medea had killed the bride-to-be.

I still recall studying, in secondary school, an abridged version of "The Argonauts", in which hero Jason led the Argonauts to mission completion, going through various great difficuties.

…… and watching the movie with some classmates in one 12:30 PM special holding.

I always wondered why the 'great difficulties' did not recur on the return trip.