Medea (disambiguation)

Medea is a figure in Greek mythology.

Medea may also refer to:

Arts

Ballet

• Medea (ballet), a ballet by Samuel Barber

Cinema and television

• Medea (1969 film), a 1969 film by Pier Paolo Pasolini
• Medea (1988 film), a 1988 film by Lars von Trier
• Médée (2001 film), a 2001 French film
• Medea (TV serial), a 2005 TV serial by Theo van Gogh

Literature

• Medea: Harlan's World (1985), a collection of short science-fiction stories by various authors
• Medea, a novel by Christa Wolf
• Medea (The Icemark Chronicles), a character from the book series The Icemark Chronicles, created by Stuart Hill

Music

• Medea (EP), an EP by Michou
• "Medea", a song by Khoma on the album The Second Wave

Opera

• Médée (Charpentier), a 1693 opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
• Medea (Benda), a 1775 opera by Georg Benda
• Médée (Cherubini), a 1797 opera by Luigi Cherubini
• Medea (Pacini), an 1843 opera by Giovanni Pacini
• Medea, an 1851 opera by Saverio Mercadante
• Médée (Milhaud), a 1939 opera by Darius Milhaud
• Medea, a 1988 opera by Mikis Theodorakis
• Medea (Reimann), a 2010 opera by Aribert Reimann, premiered in Vienna

Painting

• Medea (Sandys painting), an 1868 painting by Frederick Sandys
• Medea, an 1870 painting by Anselm Feuerbach

Sculpture

• Medea statue (2007), a statue of Medea in Batumi, Georgia

Theatre

• Medea (play), an Ancient Greek play by Euripides
• Medea, a 1st-century AD play by Seneca the Younger
• Médée, a 1635 play by Pierre Corneille
• Medea, an 1821 play by Franz Grillparzer
• Medea, a 1946 play by Jean Anouilh
• Medea, a 1946 Broadway stageplay, translated by Robinson Jeffers and starring Judith Anderson
• Medea, the Musical, a 1994 musical comedy by John Fisher

Government

• MEDEA (Measurement of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis), a CIA initiative in operation from 1992-2001

Places

• Médéa Province, Algeria
  • Médéa, the capital city of the Médéa Province
• Medea, Italy
• Medea or Medeia (Μήδεια), the Greek name of Kıyıköy, Turkey
• Medea, the realm of the Medes, an ancient Iranian people

Science

• 212 Medea, an asteroid
• Medea gene, the Drosophila melanogaster common mediator Smad gene
• Medea hypothesis, the hypothesis that life, understood as a superorganism, is suicidal
• Croton (genus), a plant genus

Vessels

• Medea (ROV), a remotely operated underwater vehicle
• Medea (yacht)
• Medea class destroyer
• HMS Medea, the name of several Royal Navy ships
• SS Medea, a French coaster

Other uses

• MEDEA Collaborative Media Initiative, new media research centre at Malmö University, Sweden
• Caster, a Fate/stay night character

See also

• Madea, a fictional character created by Tyler Perry