Facts about Greek Medea

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   After fleeing Corinth, Medea is said in some traditions to have taken refuge in Athens, where she married King Aegeus.

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   The myth of Medea was dramatized by Euripides in 431 BCE, portraying her as a foreign woman from Colchis on the eastern edge of the Greek world.

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   Before betraying her homeland, Medea helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece by using her magical skills to overcome the guardian serpent and fire-breathing bulls.

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   Medea is a sorceress and granddaughter of the sun god Helios in Greek mythology, a lineage that grants her powerful magical abilities.

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   In Euripides' famous tragedy, Medea kills her own children to exact revenge on her husband Jason for abandoning her.

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