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Medea by Euripides - review
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MEDEA BY EURIPIDES M EDEA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF KING AEETES OF COLCHIS, THE HOME OF the Golden Fleece. Medea was a witch and her grandfather was the Sun God, Helios and her aunt was the witch, Circe of 'Odyssey' fame. Jason sailed to Colchis on the Argo with his Argonauts in hope of stealing the Golden Fleece from Aeetes. The pair fell in love and Medea betrayed her father and helped Jason retrieve the fleece then escaped, with her brother, Absyrtus, back to Greece. However, Aeetes chased them and to delay him catching up with the Argo, she chopped her brother in little pieces and threw them over board. In order to give Absyrtus a proper burial, it was imperative that the body was complete, so Aeetes had to pick up all the pieces of his son. Back in Ioclus, where Jason's father was king, Jason's uncle, Pelias, had killed Jason's father...
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