THE FLIGHT OF MEDEA, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Ware: Lucanian Red Figure Shape: Krater, calyx Painter: -- Date: ca 400 BC Period: Late Classical SUMMARY Medea flees Korinthos in a flying chariot drawn by a pair of serpent Drakones and encircled by the aureole of the sun. Her children lie dead, slain on the altar, to be discovered by their father Jason (left). A pair of winged Poinai (Retributions personified) oversee the entire scene.