Medea

A princess from Colchis who enables Jason to get the Golden Fleece.

Genealogy

Idyia

Aeetes

Apsyrtus, Chalciope

Aegeus, Jason

Eriopis, Medeus, Medus, Mermerus, Pheres

Places
  1. Athens
  2. Colchis
  3. Corcyra
  4. Corinth
  5. Crete
  6. Iolcus
  7. Islands of the Blest
  8. Sea
Events
  1. Medea engineers Jason’s acquisition of the Golden Fleece
  2. Aeetes pursues Medea and the Argonauts
  3. Medea kills Apsyrtus, throws pieces of his body overboard
  4. Some pursuing Colchians catch up to the Argo and crew among the Phaeacians
  5. Jason and Medea marry
  6. Talos throws stones at the Argonauts
  7. Jason asks Medea to come up with a plan for revenge against Pelias
  8. Medea tricks Pelias’ daughters into cutting him up and boiling him
  9. Acastus expels Jason and Medea from Iolcus
  10. Jason and Medea have children
  11. Jason leaves Medea in order to get married to Glauce
  12. Medea kills Glauce
  13. Medea kills her children to revenge herself against Jason
  14. Medea flees from Corinth
  15. Medea deposits her children in the temple of Hera
  16. Medea marries and has a son with Aegeus
  17. Medea is expelled from Athens for plotting against Theseus
  18. Medea kills Perses to reinstate her father Aeetes as king
  19. Medea convinces Aegeus to send Theseus against Marathonian bull
  20. Medea gives Aegeus poison to administer to Theseus
  21. Achilles and Medea form a romantic connection in the afterlife
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.23
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.24
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.25
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.26
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.27
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.28
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.5
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.6
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.5
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.6
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.7
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.8
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.9
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.10
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.11
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 12.1
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 11.2
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