Medea, daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, is a character from Greek mythology, most notably in Euripides play from 431 BC, which is named after her.
Background[]
Medea comes from Colchis, but left her home after meeting Jason. Jason was a Greek hero, and led the Argonauts. He was trying to find the golden fleece, and as Medea was already in love him, she decided to help him. Jason took her with them on their journeys, and eventually they went home to the city of Corinth to get married.
After ten years of marriage, Jason abandoned her to marry Creusa, and declares that he never even loved her, and only needed her for his quest. Devastated, Medea arranges to poison Creusa, as well as Creusas father, and force Jason to stay with her. This does not work, and Medea gets exiled. In rage and revenge, she murders her own two sons, and the play ends.
Yandere traits[]
Medea is an early example of a character who can be classified as a yandere. She is not quite as obsessive as a lot of modern yanderes, and her two first murders are just as motivated by wanting to stay in Corinth where she has built a life for herself, as by wanting to keep Jason. However, she murders four whole people because her husband left her, and it is difficult to argue that she isn't some form of proto - yandere