person
Medea
also: Medea, Colchis
Colchian princess and sorceress who helped Jason win the Golden Fleece, then took savage vengeance on her rival; archetype of poisoning witchcraft.
Reading notes
- The Art of Poetry §119-130 Medea
Colchian sorceress who killed her own children; the type of the fierce, unconquered woman of tragedy.
- The Epodes §3 Medea
Colchian sorceress who used fiery drugs to help Jason and to destroy her rival; archetype of poisoning magic.