See also:

• MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)

MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, a famous sorceress, daughter of Aeetes, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• COLCHIS

Colchis . Having been thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison by her See also:

• FATHER

father, who was afraid of being injured by her See also:

• WITCHCRAFT

witchcraft, she escaped by means of her See also:

• ART

art and fled to the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Helios the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

Sun-See also:

• GOD

god, her reputed grandfather . She See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love with See also:

• JASON ('Iaacov)

Jason the Argonaut, who reached Colchis at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and exacted a terrible revenge for his faithlessness (see See also:

• ARGONAUTS ('Apyovavrat, the sailors of the "Argo ")

ARGONAUTS and JASON) . After the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Jason's second wife and her own See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, she fled from See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth in her See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car See also:

• DRAWN

drawn by dragons, the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of Helios, to See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, where she married king See also:

• AEGEUS

Aegeus, by whom she had a son, Medus . But the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt on the See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• THESEUS

Theseus, the son of Aegeus, forced her to leave Athens (See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus i . 9, 28; See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias ii . 3, 6-11; Diod . Sic. iv . 45, 46, 54-56) . Accompanied by her son, she returned to Colchis, and restored her father to the See also:

• THRONE

throne, of which he had been deprived by his own See also:

• BROTHER

brother Perses . Medus was regarded as the See also:

• EPONYMOUS

eponymous See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero and progenitor of the Medes . See also:

• MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)

Medea was honoured as a goddess at Corinth, and was said to have become the wife of See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles in the Elysian See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields .

The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seat of her cult, however, was See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly, which was always regarded as the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of magic . As time went on her See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character was less favourably described . In the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of Jason and the Argonauts, she plays the See also:

• PART

part of a kindly, See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good-natured See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy; See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides, however, makes her a barbarous priestess of See also:

• HECATE (Gr. 'EKa-rrl, " she who works from afar "1)

Hecate, while the Alexandrian writers depicted her in still darker See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours . Some authorities regard Medea as a lunar divinity, but the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient conception of her as a Thessalian sorceress is probably correct . The popularity of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Jason and Medea in antiquity is shown by the large amount of literature on the subject . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original story was probably contained in an old epic poem called Manias aotrlols, the authorship of which was ascribed to Prodicus of See also:

• PHOCAEA (mod. Fukia or Fokha)

Phocaea . It is given at some length in the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth Pythian See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode of See also:

• PINDAR (Gr. HivSapos, c. 522–443 B.c.)

Pindar, and forms the subject of the Argonautica of See also:

• APOLLONIUS

Apollonius Rhodius . There is a touching See also:

• EPISTLE

epistle (Medea to Jason) in the Heroides of See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid . Medea is the heroine of extant tragedies of Euripides and See also:

• SENECA

Seneca; those of See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus and See also:

• ENNIUS, QUINTUS (239-170 B.c.)

Ennius (adapted from Euripides) are lost . Neophron of See also:

• SICYON, or SECYON (the latter being the older form used by the natives)

Sicyon and See also:

• MELANTHIUS

Melanthius wrote plays of the same name . Among See also:

• MODERN

modern writers on the same theme may be mentioned T . See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille, F .

See also:

• GRILLPARZER, FRANZ (1791-1872)

Grillparzer and M . See also:

• CHERUBINI, MARIA LUIGI CARLO ZENOBIO SALVATORE (1760-1842)

Cherubini (See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera) . The See also:

• DEATH

death of Glauce and the murder of her children by Medea Was frequently represented in ancient art . In the famous picture of Tomomachus of See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium Medea is deliberating whether or not she shall kill her children; there are copies of this See also:

• PAINTING

painting in the mural decorations of See also:

• HERCULANEUM

Herculaneum and See also:

• POMPEII

Pompeii . See See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon Mallinger, Medee: etude sur la litterature comparee, an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Medea in Greek, See also:

• ROMAN

Roman, See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age and modern literature (1898); and the articles in Daremberg and Saglio's Dictionnaire See also:

• DES

des antiquites and See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie .