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"I am what time,
circumstance, history,
have made of me,
certainly,
but I am also,
much more than that.
So are we all."
by Euripides
"To me a wicked man who is also eloquent
seems the most guilty of them all.
He'll slit your throat as bold as brass
because he knows
he can dress up a murder in handsome words"
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We chose Medea this month because her plight is still relevant to what many good
women experience today. Please try to overlook the creepy killing her children part
of the story (and all the other crazed killings) and remember that a man did write this.
OK - Maybe she is a poster Beeatch, but she is worth knowing more about. Also,
don't you wonder if she could have used the PMS defense and if so, how many
times would it have worked?
Medea was a devotee of the goddess Hecate,
and one of the great sorceresses of the ancient world.
She was the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, a
nd the granddaughter of Helios, the sun god. King Aeetes'
most valuable possession was a golden ram's fleece.
When Jason and the crew of the Argo arrived at Colchis
seeking the Golden Fleece, Aeetes was unwilling to relinquish
it and set Jason a series of seemingly impossible tasks as the
price of obtaining it. Medea fell in love with Jason and
agreed to use her magic to help him, in return for
Jason's promise to marry her.
After the Argo returned safely to Iolcus, Jason's home, Medea continued using her
sorcery. She restored the youth of Jason's aged father, Aeson, by cutting
his throat and filling his body with a magical potion. She then offered to do
the same for Pelias the king of Iolcus who had usurped Aeson's throne. She tricked
Pelias' daughters into killing him, but left the corpse without any youth-restoring
potion.
After the murder of Pelias, Jason and Medea had to flee Iolcus; they settled next in
Corinth. There Medea bore Jason two children before Jason forsook her
in order to marry the daughter of Creon, the king of Corinth. Medea got
revenge for Jason's desertion by killing the new bride with a poisoned
robe and crown which burned the flesh from her body; King Creon died as
well when he tried to embrace his dying daughter.
Jason fled in the Argo after
obtaining the golden fleece,
taking Medea and her younger
brother, Absyrtis, with him.
King Aeetes pursued them.
In order to delay the pursuit,
Medea killed her brother and
cut his body into pieces,
scattering the parts behind the
ship. The pursuers had to stop and
collect Absyrtis' dismembered body
in order to give it proper burial,and
so Jason, Medea and the Argonauts
escaped.
Medea fled Corinth in a chariot, drawn by winged dragons, which
belonged to her grandfather Helios. She took with her the bodies of her
two children, whom she had murdered in order to give Jason further pain.
Medea then took refuge with Aegeus, the old king of Athens, having promised him
that she would use her magic to enable him to have more children. She married
Aegeus and bore him a son, Medus. But Aegeus had another son, Theseus.
When Theseus returned to Athens, Medea tried to trick her husband into poisoning
him. She was unsuccessful, and had to flee Athens, taking Medus with her. After
leaving Athens, Medus became king of the country which was later called Media.
This is what Medea has to say for herself.....
(click here) - it's worth it to hear her side of the story
