In Greek mythology, Medea was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis.
After helping Jason, leader of the Argonauts, to obtain the Golden
Fleece from her father, the two were married and she returned with him
to Iolcos, where she killed the king who had deprived Jason of his
inheritance. Forced into exile, the couple settled in Corinth. In
Euripides' tragedy Medea, Jason later deserts her for the daughter of
King Creon, and Medea takes revenge by killing Creon, his daughter,
and her own two children by Jason before fleeing to Athens.

 

 

 

 

"Medea" is a movie that was released in 1969 about a man, Jason, who must win the kingdom his uncle stole from his father by stealing the golden fleece from the land of the barbarians where Medea is a powerful sorceress.

 

 

Jason and the Argonauts is a 1963 fantasy film about the titular mythical Greek hero and his quest for the Golden Fleece. Directed by Don Chaffey, in collaboration with stop motion animation expert Ray Harryhausen, this film is famous for its stop-motion animated monsters including Harpies, the bronze giant Talos, the crashing rocks, and the Hydra that guards the Golden Fleece. Medea is a powerful sorceress and was portrayed by Nancy Kovack.

 

  

 

Pictured here is a painting by Delacroix, Eugène Ferdinand Victor of the grotesque death of Medea's children, killed by their own mother (Medea) out of hate and spite for their own father (Jason). 

 

    



Vienna Teng included a song entitled "My Medea" on her 2004 album Warm Strangers.



 

 

The Sex Gang Children named their 1993 album Medea.

 

 

 

In the PS2 game Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, Medea is the princess of a ruined kingdom, Trodain. She was put under a curse by a jester named Dhoulmagus and was transformed into a horse. She is a horse throughout most of the game.