Medea
Medea is the daughter of Aeëtes and niece of Circe. In alternate accounts by Dionysius of Miletus and Diodorus Siculus, she is made the daughter of Hecate by Aeëtes, making her and Circe sisters.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Prominent figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Aeëtes and central to the Argonautica.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Talos, Zeus Laphystius, Phrixus, Helle, Aegeus, Minthe, Calaïs, Zetes, Minotaur, Pasiphaë, Perse, Calypso, Perses, Asterope, Circe, Apollo, Scylla, Charybdis, Sirens, Poseidon, Hesperides, nymphs, Dioscuri, Zeus, Amphitrite, Eos, Persephone, Atropos, Melinoe, Hyperion, Nyx, Calliope, Clotho, Lachesis, Triton, Hera, Naiads
- sibling of
- Absyrtus
- allied with
- Jason
- enemy of
- Aeëtes, Jason, Dragon (guardian of the fleece), Glauce, Creon
- consort of
- Jason
- served by
- Helios
Mentioned by
- Minotaur
- Pasiphaë
- Perse
- Calypso
- Perses
- Asterope
- Circe
- Apollo
- Scylla
- Charybdis
- Sirens
- Poseidon
- Hesperides
- nymphs
- Dioscuri
- Zeus
and 20 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Her brothers were Aeëtes, keeper of the Golden Fleece and father of Medea”
#27922 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Catulle Mendès adapted Medea into his play Medée in 1898, in three acts and in verse. Alfons Mucha drew a poster for a performance of this play starring Sarah Bernhardt. Jean Anouilh adapted the Medea story in his French drama Médée in 1946.”
#41440 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Medea is an enchantress. She creates potions and performs magic spells. In Medea The Enchantress, she helps making the sleeping potion to get the Golden Fleece from the python, so Jason can get the honor of King Aeson and rule Libya.”
#43290 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Medea a goddess akin to Hera”
#44443 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“Medea, and not Jason, who kills Pelias”
#45401 · extracted by nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free