Medea
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Medea (; ; ) is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis. Medea is known in most stories as a sorceress, an accomplished pharmakís, a worker in pharmakeía (medicinal magic), and is often depicted as a high priestess of the goddess Hecate. She is a mythical granddaughter of the sun god Helios and a niece of Circe, an enchantress goddess. Her mother may have been Idyia.
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Medea is a figure from Greek mythology, the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, who is primarily known as a powerful sorceress and priestess of the goddess Hecate, skilled in medicinal magic. She matters as a significant character in classical mythology, being a divine descendant of the sun god Helios and appearing in important mythological narratives, though this source does not detail which specific stories or why she became culturally important beyond her magical abilities.
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- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Medea
- Deity.image
- File:Relief of Medea and the Peliades Antikensammlung Berlin.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Medea and the daughters of Pelias, 2nd-century Roman copy of a 420 BC original, Antikensammlung Berlin
- Deity.god_of
- Princess and sorceress of Colchis
- Deity.consort
- Jason, Aegeus
- Deity.parents
- Aeëtes and Idyia
- Deity.siblings
- Absyrtus, Chalciope
- Deity.children
- Vary according to tradition (names include Alcimenes, Thessalus, Tisander, Mermeros, Pheres, Eriopis, Medus)
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11 sectionsContents
- Genealogy and divinity
- Mythology
- Jason and Medea
- Various myth endings
- ''Personae'' of Medea<!--'Medea (Seneca)' redirects here-->
- Modern references
- Cultural depictions
- Written sources
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
In Greek mythology, Medea (; ; ) is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis. Medea is known in most stories as a sorceress, an accomplished pharmakís, a worker in pharmakeía (medicinal magic), and is often depicted as a high priestess of the goddess Hecate. She is a mythical granddaughter of the sun god Helios and a niece of Circe, an enchantress goddess. Her mother may have been Idyia.
She first appears in Hesiod's Theogony around 700 BC, but is best known from Euripides's 5th-century BC tragedy Medea and Apollonius of Rhodes's 3rd-century BC epic Argonautica. In the myth of the Argonauts, she aids Jason in his search for the Golden Fleece. Medea later marries him, but eventually kills their children and his other bride according to some versions of her story.