That same audience would also see how much Medea suffered not only for killing her own children, but also for deceiving her own father, killing her brother, and fleeing from her homeland. Not only that, but Medea aided in ridding Jason of other enemies. She had committed these crimes for love of Jason, who had no problem with her sorcery so long as he benefited. In understanding the context, it is fair to say that the faults of Medea would be perceived by Greek society as having more vindication than the faults of
