586 THE GREEK SAGAS: GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS
Medea, by Eduardo Paolozzi (b. 1924). Welded aluminum, 1964; height 81 in. The ma-
chine parts threateningly imply the destructive power of the barbarian princess. The
mythological title suggests an allegorical meaning for the work without precise narrative
content. (Courtesy of Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands.)in which Jason and Medea lived in Corinth as exiles from Iolcus. Jason divorced
Medea to marry Glauce (also called Creusa), the daughter of King Creon. In re-
venge, Medea sent her two children with a robe and a crown as wedding gifts
to Glauce. The magic ointment with which Medea had smeared the gifts burned
Glauce and Creon to death. After this, Medea killed her children as a final act
of vengeance against Jason and escaped to Athens in a chariot drawn by winged
dragons provided by her grandfather Helius. In the final scene of the drama,