Μήδεια

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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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Medea (Ancient Greek: Μήδεια, Mēdeia) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides based on a myth. It was first performed in 431 BC as part of a trilogy, the other plays of which have not survived. Its plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the kingdom of Colchis and the wife of Jason; she finds her position in the world threatened as Jason leaves her for a princess of Corinth and takes vengeance on him by murdering his new wife and her own two sons, before escaping to Athens to start a new life.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
Médée, n. de f.
Étymologie: DELG μήδομαι.

English (Slater)

Μήδεια (-είας, -ειαν.) daughter of Aietes, king of Kolchis, carried off by Jason, and revered esp. at Korinth. οὐ ψεύσομ' ἀμφὶ Κορίνθῳ, Σίσυφον μὲν καὶ τὰν πατρὸς ἀντία Μήδειαν θεμέναν γάμον αὐτᾷ (O. 13.53) καὶ τὸ Μηδείας ἔπος ἀγκομίσαι, Αἰήτα τό ποτε ζαμενὴς παῖς ἀπέπνευσ (P. 4.9) ἧ ῥα Μηδείας ἐπέων στίχες (P. 4.57) ὄφρα Μηδείας τοκέων ἀφέλοιτ' αἰδῶ (sc. Ἀφροδίτα) (P. 4.218) κλέψεν τε Μήδειαν σὺν αὐτᾷ, τὰν Πελίαο φονόν (P. 4.250) τὸν Ἰάσονος εὔδοξον πλόον ἐκτελέσαις εἷλε Μήδειαν ἐν Κόλχων δόμοις (sc. Πηλεύς) fr. 172. 7.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Μήδεια: ион. Μηδείη ἡ Медея
1 дочь колхидского царя Ээта (Αἰήτης), с помощью которой Ясон овладел золотым руном Hes., Eur. etc.;
2 жена последнего мидийского царя Астиага Xen.

Translations

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