Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Glauce.
The gallery
Medea's Gift to Creusa (Louvre CA 2193)
Unknown (Apulian red-figure), c. 390 BC
Apulian red-figure crater in the Louvre: Creusa (Glauce) receives Medea's fatal bridal gifts while the children stand by. The vase freezes Euripides' Corinthian murder — the princess who put on poisoned robes and burned.
Creusa Receiving the Burning Jewelry from Medea
Unknown (French illuminator), c. 1413–1415
Medieval illumination of Glauce/Creusa as Medea's jewels catch fire — the Corinthian bride's death staged for a manuscript audience. The Latin name Creusa stands for Creon's daughter whom Euripides called Glauce.
Medea, or the Marriage of Jason and Creusa
Rembrandt, 1648
Rembrandt's etching for Jan Six's Medea stages the Corinthian wedding: Jason and Creusa (Glauce) before the altar while Medea's tragedy gathers offstage. National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Medea Sarcophagus (Berlin)
Unknown (Roman), c. 140–150
Roman sarcophagus in Berlin: among Medea's Corinthian crimes, the children bring poisoned wedding gifts to Creusa/Glauce. Marble narrative that fixed the princess's death beside the infanticide for later ages.
In play
Medea
Euripides
Euripides' Corinthian tragedy makes Glauce the new bride whose poisoned robe and diadem kill her — and Creon who clasps her burning body.
Creusa (daughter of Creon)
Also called Glauce — Creon's daughter, Jason's intended, Medea's victim; Latin tradition kept the name Creusa.