Give an easy and short plot summary of the play 'Medea'.

This summary will try to address both the version of the
Medea staged by Euripides in 431 BCE and the play written by Seneca
in the middle of the first century CE.

The play begins with
the news that Jason will divorce Medea and marry the daughter of Creon, who is the king
of Corinth. Creon tries to banish Medea from Corinth, but Medea succeeds in managing to
get Creon to allow her to stay for one more day in
Corinth.

In Euripides' version of the play, Medea
encounters Aegeus, the king of Athens, who is passing through Corinth. Aegeus agrees to
grant Medea asylum in exchange for her help with his childlessness. As a "witch," Medea
knows all sorts of magic potions that can remedy Aegeus' childlessness. Seneca omits the
scene with Aegeus.

Of course, Medea is furious with Jason
for divorcing her, but she pretends to make up with Jason so that she can gain access to
Creon's daughter to destroy her. Medea creates some poisoned garments and uses her own
children to deliver these garments to the princess.

When
Creon's daughter puts on the poisoned clothing, she is killed, as is her father Creon,
who also becomes stuck in the deadly garment.

Before Medea
flees from Corinth, she also kills the children that she has had by Jason. The play ends
with Jason left to live out what is left of his miserable life.