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Medea

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Me·de·a  (m-d)
n. Greek Mythology
A princess and sorceress of Colchis who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece, lived as his consort, and killed their children as revenge for his infidelity.
Medea [mɪˈdɪə]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a princess of Colchis, who assisted Jason in obtaining the Golden Fleece from her father
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Noun1.MedeaMedea - (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
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Medea [mɪˈdɪə] n → Medea
Medea [mɪˈdɪə] n → Medea


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In reply to this question, the wicked Medea put in her word.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
`Forthwith Medea made Aeson a sweet young boy and stripped his old age from him by her cunning skill, when she had made a brew of many herbs in her golden cauldrons.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
It is thus too that Euripides makes Medea slay her children.
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