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(Latin Medea) In Greek myth, the daughter, skilled in magic, of King Aietes of Colchis, and the grand-daughter of the sun-god → Hélios. When Jason arrives with the Argonauts, she helps him to steal the Golden Fleece.
When Jason proves unfaithful to her, after their marriage, she punishes him by slaying her own children. It is likely that Medeia is a later version of an ancient Thessalian goddess reminiscent of → Hekáte.
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