Medea’s dragons
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Medea’s dragons are mythical winged serpents that drew the chariot of the sorceress Medea in Greek legend. They are depicted as powerful, aerial creatures enabling swift travel through the air. In the context of early flight myths, they exemplify the imagination of winged beasts facilitating human-like aerial locomotion.
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- co occurs with
- Pegasus
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“in the legends or myths of men or animals which are supposed to have travelled through the air, such as Pegasus, Medea’s dragons and Daedalus, as well as in Egyptian bas-reliefs, wings appear as the means by which aerial locomotion is effected.”
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