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Jason et Médée

The story of Jason and Medea was familiar in many dramatic treatments in France, beginning with Pierre Corneille's version of Euripides in 1635.

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The precious object becomes his when a powerful sorceress named Medea helps him conquer the dragon guarding it Jason has two children by Medea, but he abandons her for the nymph Creusa.

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As early as 1454 however, the myth was presented as a dumb show in Lille, and, in 1489, the dancing master Bergonzio di Botta of Tortona adapted the tale of the Argonauts to a version that then became a model for subsequent danced entries in a variety of styles and tastes.

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