Euripides Medea Outline
Prologue (1-130) Nurse, Nurse and Paidagogos (Child-Minder), Medea (inside) children
Kommetic Parodos (131-213) Chorus, Nurse, Medea (inside)
First Episode (214-409) Medea and Chorus, Creon and Medea
First Stasimon (410-445) Reversals
Second Episode (446-626) Jason and Medea betrayal
Second Stasimon (627-662) love and exile
Third Episode (663-823) Aigeus and Medea; Medea asylum > plans
3rd Stasimon (824-865) Athens where it is always spring; child-murderess
Fourth Episode (866-975) Jason and Medea persuasion children
Fourth Stasimon (976-1002) loss of hope, the picture of the bride, sorrow
Fifth Episode (1003-1080) Medea and Paidagogos Medeas farewell to her children
Choral interlude (1081-1115) the sorrows of being a parent
Fifth Episode continued (1116-1250) Medea and messenger deaths
Fifth Stasimon (1251-1292) the deaths of the children with their voices as part of the ode!
Exodos (1293-1414) Medea (from the mechane) and Jason
Choral tag (1415-1419) cf choral tags of Alcestis and Bacchae