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Exile

GCSE Classics · key term

Exile

Definition

A person living away from their homeland, often without the protection and support of their original community.

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OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199

Paper 2

Creon orders Medea into exile from Corinth. A meeting with Aegeus, king of Athens, offers her a way out. Aegeus is travelling after consulting Apollo’s oracle about his childlessness.
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