The Medea Sarcophagus — a complete tragedy with love, jealousy, betrayal, conspiracy, several murders most foul, and revenge depicted on a single sarcophagus side in Rome (marble, 140 – 150 AD).
Many versions exist of the Medea tragedy. The basics as illustrated on the sarcophagus the Altes Museum in Berlin:
Jason decides to divorce Medea and marry the daughter of Creon, the king of Corinth. Medea decides to go on a killing spree. The two sons of Medea and Jason carry the ring of poison as a gift in the first scene.
Creon and his daughter are killed by fire / poison.
The children of Jason and Medea are killed, depending on the version by Medea (often by accident while trying to make the immortal) or the people of Corinth.
Medea fled on a chariot pulled by dragons sent by her grandfather, Helios the sun god. The body of the one child over her shoulder, the legs of the second peaking out from the floor of the chariot.