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''Medea'' was first produced in Athens in 431 BCE.  According to legislation passed, twenty years earlier, a foreign woman could not legally marry an Athenian male.  Any children begotten through such a union would not be considered legitimate heirs in the eyes of the law (Vandiver 217-16).
''Medea'' was first produced in Athens in 431 BCE.  According to legislation passed, twenty years earlier, a foreign woman could not legally marry an Athenian male.  Any children begotten through such a union would not be considered legitimate heirs in the eyes of the law (Vandiver 217-16).


==== Works Cited ====
=== Works Cited ===


Crystal, David.  ''The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.''  Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.  New York.  1995.
Crystal, David.  ''The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.''  Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.  New York.  1995.
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