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Aegeus 'Pivotal Plot Point In Euripides' Medea

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Aegeus, the King of Athens, shows a pivotal plot point in Euripides’s Medea (Greek). Aegeus passes through Corinth, Medea’s residence, after having visited the Oracle at Delphi for a cure to his sterility. Medea promises to restore his fertility in exchange for future sanctuary if she is in Athens. Aegeus’s distress gives Medea insight on how to deeply hurt Jason: eradicate his children and any hope of creating more. Euripides uses Aegeus to tempt Medea into murdering her children through giving her safe haven and showing her how it would cause the most pain to

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