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Medea

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Medea bi Evelyn De Morgan

In Greek meethologie, Medea (Greek: Μήδεια, Mēdeia, Georgie: მედეა) wis the dauchter o Keeng Aeëtes o Colchis,[1] niece o Circe, granddauchter o the sun god Helios, an later wife tae the hero Jason. In Euripides' play Medea, Jason abandons Medea when Creon, king o Corinth, offers his dauchter Glauce.[2] The play tells o Medea avengin her husband's betrayal bi killin thair bairns.

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  1. Colchis wis an auncient Georgie Kinrick
  2. Glauce is kent as Creusa in Seneca's Medea an in Propertius 2.16.30.