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|Text=[[Μήδεια]], ἡ, or say, [[daughter of Aeetes]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Mēdēa</b>: ae ([[arch]].<br /><b>I</b> gen. Medeaï, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; v. Enn. p. 127, v. 292 Vahl.; nom. Mēdē, acc. to id. p. 130, v. 311 Vahl.), and Mēdīa, f., = Μήδεια, a [[celebrated]] [[sorceress]], [[daughter]] of Æetes, [[king]] of [[Colchis]]. She assisted her [[lover]], [[Jason]] the Argonaut, in [[obtaining]] the [[golden]] [[fleece]], accompanied him to [[Greece]], and prevented her [[father]], [[who]] [[was]] in [[pursuit]], from overtaking [[them]], by strewing the [[sea]] [[with]] her [[brother]]'s limbs. When [[Jason]] [[afterwards]] repudiated her, in [[order]] to [[marry]] [[Creusa]], she killed the children she had had by him, and burned the [[bride]] to [[death]] in her [[palace]]: [[item]] ut [[Medea]] Peliam concoxit senem, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; Ov. M. 7, 9 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. 21, 22, 25: ne pueros [[coram]] [[populo]] [[Medea]] trucidet, Hor. A. P. 185.—The [[subject]] of tragedies by [[several]] authors, v. Quint. 10, 1, 98.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Medea]] Palatina, i. e. [[Clodia]], Cic. Cael. 8, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Medea]] nigra, a [[precious]] [[stone]], so named [[after]] [[Medea]], Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Mēdēis, ĭdis, f. adj., Medean, magical ([[poet]].): Medeides herbae, Ov. A. A. 2, 101.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Mēdēa</b>,¹¹ æ, f. (Μήδεια),<br /><b>1</b> Médée [fille d’Éétés, fameuse magicienne] : Cic. Cæl. 18 ; Hor. P. 185 ; Ov. M. 7, 9 &#124;&#124; [titre de tragédie] Quint. 10, 1, 98<br /><b>2</b> sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 173. [[Media]] Plin. 37, 173.||[titre de tragédie] Quint. 10, 1, 98<br /><b>2</b> sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 173. [[Media]] Plin. 37, 173.
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{{Georges
|georg=Mēdēa, ae, f. ([[Μήδεια]]), I) [[Tochter]] [[des]] Königs Äetes in Kolchis, eine [[Zauberin]], die dem Argonauten [[Jason]], ihrem Geliebten, zum goldenen [[Vlies]] verhalf und [[mit]] ihm entfloh, [[wobei]] [[sie]] ihren [[Bruder]] [[Absyrtus]] mitnahm, den [[sie]] [[aber]] [[unterwegs]], [[als]] [[sie]] [[ihr]] [[Vater]] verfolgte, tötete u. in Stücke zerschnitten ins [[Meer]] warf. Während Äetes diese Stücke sammelte, entkamen [[Medea]] u. [[Jason]] [[nach]] Jolkos, wo [[sie]] [[sich]] heirateten. Später verstieß [[Jason]] [[Medea]], um Krëusa od. Glauke, die [[Tochter]] Kreons, [[des]] Königs [[von]] Korinth, zu [[heiraten]], Cic. de imp. [[Pomp]]. 22. Ov. [[met]]. 7, 9 sqq.: Nbf. Medīa fabulosa, Plin. 37, 173. – übtr., [[Medea]] [[Palatina]], d.i. Klodia, Cic. Cael. 18. – Häufig [[als]] [[Stoff]] zu Tragödien benutzt, [[bei]] den Griechen [[von]] [[Euripides]], [[bei]] den Römern [[von]] [[Ennius]] u. Seneka, [[auch]] [[von]] Ovid, Quint. 10, 1, 98. – II) (Nbf. Medīa) [[ein]] schwarzer, [[uns]] unbekannter [[Edelstein]], Plin. 37, 173.
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{{wkpen
|wketx=In Greek mythology, [[Medea]] (/mɪˈdiːə/; Ancient Greek: [[Μήδεια]], Mēdeia) is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, appearing in Hesiod's Theogony around 700 BC, but best known from Euripides's tragedy Medea and Apollonius of Rhodes' epic Argonautica. Medea is known in most stories as a sorceress and is often depicted as a priestess of the goddess Hecate.
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