Medea

Medea in Wikipedia

Medea (Greek: Μήδεια, Mēdeia, Georgian: მედეა, Medea) is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis,[1] niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children: Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of Cor...

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Medea in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Mh/deia), a daughter of Aeetes by the Oceanid Idyia, or, according to others, by Hecate, the daughter of Perses (Apollod. 1.9 § 23; Hes. Theog. 961; Diod. 4.45). She was the wife of Jason, and the most famous among the mythical sorcerers. The principal parts of her story nave already been given under ABSYRTUS, ARGONAUTAE, and JASON. After he...

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