#jason of iolcus

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

[ilions-end]

Did you know that Jason, Odysseus, and Sinon are cousins?

it all makes sense now

[galusandmalus]

underrated Medea information in Bibliotheca Historica

Book by Diodorus Siculus

 "Medea, the tale goes on, fashioning a hollow image of Artemis secreted in it drugs of diverse natures, and as for herself, she anointed her hair with certain potent ointments and made it grey, and filled her face and body so full of wrinkles that all who looked upon her thought that she was surely an old woman." "and showing herself to the king, she amazed those who gazed upon her, and they thought that a kind of Providence of the gods had transformed her old age into a maiden's youth and striking beauty" "Also, by means of certain drugs, Medea caused shapes of the dragons to appear"  "made her way safely to Heracles in Thebes. Her reason for doing so was that Heracles had acted as a mediator in connection with the agreements​ which had been entered into in the land of the Colchians and had promised to come to her aid if she should ever find them violated" "Thessalus, they say, who had escaped being murdered by his mother, was reared as a youth in Corinth and then removed to Iolcus, which was the native land of Jason; and finding on his arrival that Acastus, the son of Pelias, had recently died, he took over the throne which belonged to him by inheritance and called the people who were subject to himself Thessalians after his own name." "Now as for Medea, he says, on finding upon her arrival in Thebes that Heracles was possessed of a frenzy of madness and had slain his sons,​ she restored him to health by means of drugs. But since Eurystheus was pressing Heracles with his commands,​ she despaired of receiving any aid from him at the moment and sought refuge in Athens with Aegeus," "but certain writers give the account that, when her person was demanded by Hippotes, the son of Creon, she was granted a trial and cleared of the charges he raised against her."

[awnrii]

do you have any Epic ships?

yeah the Argo, the ship built with the help of the gods that Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcus to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece.

in all seriousness i like odypen a lot! i also think polycrew is really funny

[spineless-lobster]

EEEEEEEE Okay so if you’re like me and closely examining every single thing on each of the arcana cards, you’ve probably wondered who all these kiddos are that chiron’s got with him

I’m sure most of us have gathered that the one getting head pats is achilles, considering he’s got curly blond hair, wearing green and holding a spear. But who are the others? And whose baby is that???

Well wonder no more! Hopefully! If I’m right! Because a quick look at a short list of chiron’s apprentices on wikipedia has provided me answers! (This ended up being incredibly long-winded I apologize in advance)

Let’s start at the bottom from left to right. On the far left we a boy draped in blue and holding a staff, a bronze snake wrapped around it. If you know anything about the origin of medical symbols you’ll know that this is asclepius and his famous rod (ha) that, at some point in history, got mistaken for hermes’ caduceus. Thus that’s why it’s the caduceus and not the rod of asclepius we see on hospitals and stuff. But I digress!

Asclepius is the god of medicine and the son of apollo, who was trained in the art of medicine by chiron. So it makes sense why he’s here!

In the middle we have a boy clad in red and wearing golden laurels. I believe that this could be jason of argonaut fame. Long story short, jason’s uncle pelias overthrew his half-brother aeson (jason’s father) and killed all his descendants. Alcimede, jason’s mother, saved her newborn son by having the nursemaids cry over him as if her were stillborn. She then managed to sneak away and give jason to chiron, who raised and trained him. Eventually jason does who whole golden fleece thing and becomes the king of iolcus, though he and medea were quickly exiled afterwards.

On the far right we see a boy clearing purple with deer antlers on his head. If you’re a big artemis fan like me you’ll recognize this guy pretty easily. This is actaeon, a theban hero trained by chiron who’s most famous for earning the wrath of artemis. While out hunting one day he came across the goddess and her nymphs bathing, instead of minding his damn business he decides to peep on her. Rightfully enraged, artemis curses him and forbade him from speaking another word, lest he be transformed. Upon hearing his hunting party he calls out (in some versions he tries whistling for his dogs) and he transforms into a stag. His hunting party finds him, and, seeing a stag in his place, his own dogs tear him a part and kill him.

FINALLY, we have the newborn baby chiron is holding. Now, chiron does have a few children of his own, so it’s possible it could be any one of them. But I think instead it’s a lad named medus, or polyxenus, or medeus it really depends. He’s the son of jason and medea, and like his father, he was also trained by chiron. But honestly that baby could be anyone lmao

Oh god I yapped on for more than I should have WHOOPS 😭 I hope you all enjoyed this quick mythology lesson lol

[rightwheretheyleftme]

Compiling every ancient source where Medea doesn’t kill her children

Disclaimer: I’m not doing this to delegitimize Euripides’ play, only to bring attention to alternative tellings of the story

Scholia to Euripides’ Medea 9.1-11 (C1st A.D)

“There’s a story from the philosophers that is much repeated—one Parmeniskos also offers—that Euripides changed the murder of the children to Medea because he accepted five talents from the Korinthians. [He claims] that the children of Medea were killed by the Korinthians because they were angry over her ruling the city and they wanted there to be an end of her ruling in Korinth, because it was her paternal [right]. For this reason he changed the [responsibility] to Medea. Hippus presents [accounts] about her residency in Korinth, as does Hellanikos. Eumelos and Simonides report that Medeia ruled Korinth. In his work called On Isthmian Affairs, Mousaios reports that Medeia was immortal, and he explains this also in his work on The Festivals of Hera Akraia.”

264.1-11

“Parmeniskos writes the following for this line: “Because the Korinthian women did not want to be ruled by a barbaric, potion-pouring woman, they conspired against her and [planned] to kill her children, seven boys and seven girls. [Euripides says that she only had two]. They fled, pursued, into the temple of Hera Akraia and they stayed there. But even then the Korinthians did not hold back: they slaughtered all of them at the altar. Then a plague fell over the city, and many bodies were perishing because of a sickness. They received an oracle that the god must be propitiated for the hunt of Medeia’s children. This is why each year during the appointed time seven girls and boys from the noblest families return to the precinct of the goddess and appease their rage—and the anger of the goddess on their behalf—with sacrifices.””

Pausanias, Description of Greece, book 2, chapter 3 (C2nd A.D.)

“As you go along another road from the market-place, which leads to Sicyon, you can see on the right of the road a temple and bronze image of Apollo, and a little farther on a well called the Well of Glauce. Into this they say she threw herself in the belief that the water would be a cure for the drugs of Medea. Above this well has been built what is called the Odeum (Music Hall), beside which is the tomb of Medea's children. Their names were Mermerus and Pheres, and they are said to have been stoned to death by the Corinthians owing to the gifts which legend says they brought to Glauce.

[7] But as their death was violent and illegal, the young babies of the Corinthians were destroyed by them until, at the command of the oracle, yearly sacrifices were established in their honor and a figure of Terror was set up. This figure still exists, being the likeness of a woman frightful to look upon but after Corinth was laid waste by the Romans and the old Corinthians were wiped out, the new settlers broke the custom of offering those sacrifices to the sons of Medea, nor do their children cut their hair for them or wear black clothes.

[8] On the occasion referred to Medea went to Athens and married Aegeus, but subsequently she was detected plotting against Theseus and fled from Athens also; coming to the land then called Aria she caused its inhabitants to be named after her Medes. The son, whom she brought with her in her flight to the Arii, they say she had by Aegeus, and that his name was Medus. Hellanicus, however, calls him Polyxenus and says that his father was Jason.

[9] The Greeks have an epic poem called Naupactia. In this Jason is represented as having removed his home after the death of Pelias from Iolcus to Corcyra, and Mermerus, the elder of his children, to have been killed by a lioness while hunting on the mainland opposite. Of Pheres is recorded nothing. But Cinaethon of Lacedaemon, another writer of pedigrees in verse, said that Jason's children by Medea were a son Medeus and a daughter Eriopis; he too, however, gives no further information about these children.

[10] Eumelus said that Helius (Sun) gave the Asopian land to Aloeus and Epliyraea to Aeetes. When Aeetes was departing for Colchis he entrusted his land to Bunus, the son of Hermes and Alcidamea, and when Bunus died Epopeus the son of Aloeus extended his kingdom to include the Ephyraeans. Afterwards, when Corinthus, the son of Marathon, died childless, the Corinthians sent for Medea from Iolcus and bestowed upon her the kingdom.

[11] Through her Jason was king in Corinth, and Medea, as her children were born, carried each to the sanctuary of Hera and concealed them, doing so in the belief that so they would be immortal. At last she learned that her hopes were vain, and at the same time she was detected by Jason. When she begged for pardon he refused it, and sailed away to Iolcus. For these reasons Medea too departed, and handed over the kingdom to Sisyphus.”

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca (C2nd A.D.)

“Another tradition is that on her flight she left behind her children, who were still infants, setting them as suppliants on the altar of Hera of the Height; but the Corinthians removed them and wounded them to death.”

Semi-relevant bonus:

Scholia to Pindar’s Olympian 13.74g. (C4th-C5th A.D)

"Medea is mentioned because she lived in Corinth and ended a famine that afflicted the Corinthians by sacrificing to Demeter and the Lemnian nymphs. There Zeus fell in love with her, but Medea did not yield, avoiding the anger of Hera. Therefore, Hera promised to make her children immortal. After their deaths, the Corinthians honored them, calling them 'μιξοβαρβάρους' [mixed-barbarians]."

To conclude, some scholarly wisdom:

“Some scholars have argued that Euripides was the first to make Medea directly responsible for killing her children in an act of revenge for Jason’s infidelity, an issue discussed by McDermott (1989, 9–24). Others, such as Michelini (1987), have argued that the innovation in this respect came from an earlier playwright, Neophron, and that Euripides was following a new variant rather than inventing it.”- Medea, Emma Griffiths

P.S: I’m not a classicist, if you know of any source that I’ve missed, please let me know!

[blue-lotus333]

Children of Autolycus

Anticlea - Queen of the Cephallenians, mother of Odysseus & Ctimene.

Polymede - Queen of Iolcus, mother of Jason.

Neaera - Mother of Hippothous

Aesimus - Father of Sinon

[community-gardenss]

uh lets see if Medea has any other surviving sons... what do you think of Thessalus, the last king of Iolcus?

honestly there's a LOT less information about Thessalus, especially compared to Medus. I'm fairly certain he's only truly mentioned in a single bit of Diodoros Siculus' bibliotheca historica. So any thoughts I have about him are less about his character and more about my own interpretation I guess.

I think it's interesting that he's sort of narratively the opposite to Medus, dealing with his father's line rather than Medus with his mother's. As well as the idea that he succeeds where Jason failed in regaining control of his father's homeland, the land which is his by birthright. Especially since his return to iolcus is generally quite peacefull, the old ruler dead and the throne waiting for him. It sort of feels like he takes a more stereotypically Greek role where Medus follows his mother in her 'foreign' values. But even then, his story isn't one of revenge against his mother for what she did to his brothers, which is interesting to me. It feels like Thessalus and Medus both break the cycle of tragedy their parents existed under by refusing to seek vengeance against them. Medus in refusing to seek out his father, and Thessalus in refusing to seek out his mother.

Logically the stories of both Thessalus and Medus existed as one way to explain the origin of Thessaly and Medes but there's at least a little bit of interesting info to think about there in the margins.

[fleurbleedinghearts]

Diodorus Siculus, the source that claims Medea's mother is Hekate, also notes that Medea's son Thessalus moved to the region of Thessaly after surviving his mother's filicide

but here's a fun little piece of information about Thessaly from another source, Propertius:

"Brimo [Hekate], who as legend tells, by the waters of Boebeis [lake in Thessaly] laid her virgin body at Mercurius' [Hermes'] side."

Boebeis lake is located at Iolcus, the kingdom Thessalus, Hermes and Hekate’s first shared descendant through Jason being a great grandson of Hermes and Medea being a daughter of Hekate, becomes the king of.

Jason and Medea named their son after the region where their ancestors first f-ed (probably not intentionally but it's hilarious in hindsight)

[writingamongther0ses]

Dedicated to Hera

Summary: Jason is Hera's favorite hero and Medea's husband. When Creon offers his daughter's hand in marriage, Jason decides to go down the path his patron would prefer.

AO3/Ko-Fi

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The palace of Corinth was buzzing.

For ten years, a hero had lived in their city. Jason the Argonaut, captain of the Argos, was known far and wide for his many deeds in his quest to rescue the Golden Fleece. It helped that he was handsome, with a charming smile and golden curls that resembled the Fleece that had won him such fame.

For ten years, a witch had lived in their city. Medea the witch, foreigner, was known far and wide for her many deeds in her quest to carve a path of destruction and chaos. It helped that she was beautiful, with an angular face and dark eyes that resembled the magic she used to ruin Jason's life in his home kingdom.

King Creon preferred the former. So did his daughter, Glauce.

So he had invited Jason for dinner. It wasn't the first time he had invited the hero over, but today was special.

Today was the day...

"Absolutely not."

Today was apparently the day Jason rejected his offer.

"Excuse me?" Creon said, sitting up on his couch. The hall had gone quiet, eager to hear what the wonderful hero would say to the king's offer. "You're...refusing?"

Jason sat up as well, his charming smile gone from his face. "Yes," he said. "Let me be honest, Creon-" Everyone flinched at the lack of title, of decorum. Jason slipped up sometimes, something he chalked up to living in the mountains and living on a giant ship for most of his life, but this was personal. "I would not have accepted your invitation if I knew you were going to make me cheat on my wife."

"Cheating?" He scoffed. "I would hardly call it cheating. I would call it thinking of your future." Medea had already gotten Jason banished from Iolcus, taking away his rightful throne. Jason's marriage to Glauce would grant him another throne. If he stayed married to the witch, the hero would drown. "Besides, I very much doubt you're actually married to that thing."

"Actually, I am married to her," Jason's eyes darkened. "In the eyes of Hera, she is my wife, and I will bade you to treat her with the respect she deserves."

Creon only saw a flash of purple before his daughter rushed up from the doorway she was hiding in, hoping to perhaps watch her engagement. Instead, she gripped her purple dress with white knuckles. "Jason, please. Think of your future," Her words were delicately sweet, and Creon's chest warmed. Any man would fold to sweet words and shiny, about to cry, eyes. "My father and I just want what's best for you-"

"And what about you?"

"...What about me?"

Jason leaned away from Glauche, staring her down. Creon had seen that look in soldiers' eyes before, figuring out how to best attack the enemy. "Aphrodite made Medea and I fall in love. Hera witnessed our union. Hera, beyond that, is my patron and the goddess of marriage." Glauce reached out, but he only let her slender fingers stroke his hand before he pulled away. "By leaving Medea and marrying you, I would be entrapping you in a cursed marriage. Hera is not fond of those who break their oaths." A cold breeze whistled through the hall as if to make a point.

Glauce somehow dared to speak, going, "But-"

"Think of what is best for you, princess, and forget this offer." Jason stood before Creon could figure out what to say next, to try and figure out how to make the offer sweeter. "Goodnight, King Creon, and Princess Glauce. I apologize for leaving so soon, but it is Tisander's birthday, and I skipped the celebrations."

He turned and marched out.

The servants would later whisper that Medea, the witch and wife, was waiting for him at the doorway to the palace, a warm smile across her face and a warm embrace waiting for Jason.

According to them, she had never looked more beautiful.

[brimo5]

Ehhhh, I find this myth about Orpheus in my notes. After returning from Colchis, Jason took his twin sons to Iolcus. (Sons of Jason and Hypsipyle are descendants of Dionysus and Ariadne through their grandfather Thoas in some sources!) After Jason's death, Orpheus, out of friendship, educated the boys in Thrace. Years later, Hypsipyle's grown sons, reunited with Thoas, found Hypsipyle in Nemea. One son trained in war, while the other, Euneus mastered the cithara like Orpheus. Euneus was related to an Athenian family, what the priest of Dionysus Melpomenus was chosen from this lineage, though no link between Orpheus and Dionysus is suggested.

source:The Arts of Orpheus by Ivan Mortimer Linforth

[krimusings]

JASON: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE AUDACITY OF THIS MAN

Jason, the son of Aeson and the rightful king of Iolcus, was exiled by his uncle Pelias, who had seized the throne. Fearing that any surviving relatives of Aeson might one day challenge his rule, Pelias sought to eliminate them all. However, Aeson managed to secretly send his newborn son, Jason, to the wise centaur Chiron, who raised and trained him in the art of leadership, combat, and wisdom.

Still living in constant fear that his stolen kingdom would be taken from him, Pelias consulted the Oracle of Delphi. The prophecy warned him to beware of "a man with one sandal." Years later, when Pelias hosted grand games in Iolcus, Jason traveled there to reclaim his rightful throne. On his way, he encountered an old woman struggling to cross a river. Unbeknownst to him, this was the goddess Hera in disguise, testing his kindness. Jason carried her across, but in the process, he lost one of his sandals.

When Jason arrived at the games wearing only one sandal, Pelias immediately recognized the prophecy unfolding before him. Fearing Jason’s claim to the throne, he devised a seemingly impossible challenge—a quest to retrieve the legendary Golden Fleece. He promised Jason that, should he succeed, the throne would be his. However, in truth, Pelias never intended to step down, sending Jason on what he believed to be a doomed journey.

MEDEA

Medea was a powerful sorceress, the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, and granddaughter of the sun god Helios.

Jason met Medea during his quest for the Golden Fleece, which was guarded by her father, King Aeetes of Colchis. Medea, deeply in love and swayed by Jason’s promises of marriage, chose to betray her own family to help him succeed. She used her magic to protect him from the fire-breathing bulls, armed warriors, and even the dragon that guarded the Fleece. 

When her father discovered her betrayal, Medea helped Jason and the Argonauts (Jason’s crew) escape. In a desperate attempt to slow their pursuers, she killed her own brother and scattered his remains at sea. Her sacrifice ensured Jason’s survival, but it also severed her ties to home forever.

The couple eventually arrived in Iolcus, where Jason sought to reclaim his throne from King Pelias. Once again, Medea played a key role. She tricked Pelias’ daughters into believing they could restore their father’s youth, only for the plan to end in his death. Though she had secured Jason’s revenge, the act turned public opinion against them, leading to their exile.

Seeking refuge in Corinth, Jason and Medea built a life together, raising their children. But Jason’s ambitions soon took precedence over his loyalty. He abandoned Medea to marry Glauce, the daughter of King Creon, securing a politically advantageous alliance. For Medea, who had given up everything for him, the betrayal was devastating.

By choosing the throne over his wife and children, he prioritized political ambition over the family Medea had sacrificed everything for. When Medea retaliated, Jason skillfully manipulated the narrative to cast himself as the victim and Medea as the villain. As a foreign woman and a sorceress, Medea was already viewed with suspicion in Greek society, making it easy for Jason to frame her as dangerous and unhinged. 

He gaslighted her, dismissing her sacrifices and justifying his actions as necessary for his future, portraying her as an irrational, vengeful woman instead of a betrayed wife. His actions reinforced the societal biases that saw non-Greek women as outsiders and witches as threats, ensuring that Medea, rather than his own deceit and ambition, bore the blame for the tragedy that unfolded.

Jason’s betrayal of Medea, is a stark reflection of the patriarchal values that dominated ancient Greek society. Jason’s pursuit of power and political advantage over his loyalty to Medea highlights the way in which men often valued personal gain over emotional or moral bonds. Despite Medea’s immense sacrifices, Jason’s actions reveal how easily men could discard women once their usefulness or appeal was no longer aligned with their ambitions.

Medea, in this context, is not just a wronged lover; she is a victim of a system that repeatedly undermines women, reducing them to tools for men’s success or means of securing their positions. Jason’s decision to marry Glauce is a reflection of the societal norm that women were seen as objects to be traded, with their worth often tied to their connections, beauty, and the benefits they could bring to men’s political or social standings. [Credits: "Let's talk about Myths, Baby!" Podcast by Liv Albert]

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[galusandmalus]

collective list or random shit medea did outside the whole child murdering/famous argonaut feats/saving medus stuff

just a collective list of all da fun facts of medea I've found so far cuz shes so interesting and weird and retellings and modern medea don't do her justice, shes like a BIG hero guys. disguise statue drug cache

 "Medea, the tale goes on, fashioning a hollow image of Artemis secreted in it drugs of diverse natures, and as for herself, she anointed her hair with certain potent ointments and made it grey, and filled her face and body so full of wrinkles that all who looked upon her thought that she was surely an old woman." tricked others into thinking she was blessed by the gods "and showing herself to the king, she amazed those who gazed upon her, and they thought that a kind of Providence of the gods had transformed her old age into a maiden's youth and striking beauty" made dragons appear probably via illusions. "Also, by means of certain drugs, Medea caused shapes of the dragons to appear" asked heracles to act as a mediator  "made her way safely to Heracles in Thebes. Her reason for doing so was that Heracles had acted as a mediator in connection with the agreements​ which had been entered into in the land of the Colchians and had promised to come to her aid if she should ever find them violated" her son lived and became king "Thessalus, they say, who had escaped being murdered by his mother, was reared as a youth in Corinth and then removed to Iolcus, which was the native land of Jason; and finding on his arrival that Acastus, the son of Pelias, had recently died, he took over the throne which belonged to him by inheritance and called the people who were subject to himself Thessalians after his own name." Cured heracles of his madness "Now as for Medea, he says, on finding upon her arrival in Thebes that Heracles was possessed of a frenzy of madness and had slain his sons,​ she restored him to health by means of drugs. But since Eurystheus was pressing Heracles with his commands,​ she despaired of receiving any aid from him at the moment and sought refuge in Athens with Aegeus," Found innocent/in the right of murdering her children in court "but certain writers give the account that, when her person was demanded by Hippotes, the son of Creon, she was granted a trial and cleared of the charges he raised against her." - Diodorus Siculus

Possibly a creator for GREEK FIRE/ some other type of chemical fire weapon.

"And they had filled pots with sulphur and bitumen and the substance which the Persians call "naphtha" and the Greeks "Medea's oil," "so the flame rising little by little, fed by the oil which bears Medea's name " -Procopius, History of the Wars

cursed the people of Crete/has beef with thetis

"says that Thetis and Medea had a dispute in Thessaly as to which was the most beautiful; their judge was Idomeneus, who gave the victory to Thetis; Medea in anger said that the Cretans were always liars and in revenge she made the curse that he would never speak the truth, just as he had lied in his judgement" -Photius, Bibliotheca excerpts Being a freak in the sheets saved her.

"Alcinous at once allowed the armed ships to lead the girl away so that she could receive her punishment. The famous Queen Arete felt sympathy for Medea, and coaxed her husband, speaking thusly: "It is not pleasing to break a marriage, to disturb the nuptial bed, to extinguish the torch of love. Aphrodite, daughter of Dionaea, will become violently angry at the man or woman who undertakes such an effort

(weird speech about virginitty i cut out for length) …Alcinous absorbed this speech in his soul, and ordered that everything should be done as the queen had said" -Orphic Argonautica

Magic water powers saved the day "the Argonauts were at a loss about the passage when Triton, the son of Poseidon, appeared and guided them, to whom Medea gave a golden mixing bowl as a reward, which she had from her father's spoils. Or, being a sorceress, Medea saved the situation by using her magic to water the place where the ship was stuck, so that it was as it had been at first" john tzetzes

has winged dragons

Ovid, Metamorphoses "[Medea flees Thessalia (Thessaly) after the murder of King Pelias :] Had she [Medea] not soared away with her winged Serpents (Serpentes), she surely must have paid the price. Aloft, over the peak of shady Pelion . . . she fled, and over Othrys . . . [Until] at last, borne on her Vipers' (Vipereae) wings"

Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica "[Medea] with Winged Serpents cleaves the air, dripping with murder"

discovered the herb that would resurrect her cousin "and she observed the herbs by Ossa born, the weeds on lofty Pelion, Othrys, Pindus and vast Olympus — and from here she plucked the needed roots, or there, the blossoms clipped all with a moon-curved sickle made of brass — many the wild weeds by Apidanus, as well as blue Amphrysus' banks, she chose, and not escaped Enipeus from her search; Peneian stretches and Spercheian banks all yielded what she chose: — and Boebe's shore where sway the rushes; and she plucked up grass, a secret grass, from fair Euboean fields life-giving virtues in their waving blades, as yet unknown for transformation wrought on Glaucus" -ovid

she went to persia "of Medea in Greece, and of her flight thereafter into Persia,"-Lucian: Of Pantomime, Of Dancing Invented hair dye

'The Carthaginians were the first to fit out a quadrireme, and it was built off hand by Bosporus. Medea of Colchis, the daughter of Aeetes, first devised the dyeing of the hair.- Eusebius: Preparation for the Gospel Book 10 thicc also medus got raised by charon.

"he came to Iolcus after long toil bringing the coy-eyed girl with him on his swift ship, and made her his buxom wife. And she was subject to Iason, shepherd of the people, and bare a son Medeus whom Cheiron the son of Philyra brought up in the mountains. And the will of great Zeus was fulfilled."-Hesiod: Theogony HYMN TO THE MUSES

ENGINEEERRRR????!!! (if this is the same Medea)

"For it is said that a woman, Medea, was formerly queen of those parts, who spanned the river underneath in a manner in which no river was ever bridged before; for she got stones, it is said, and copper and pitch and all that men have discovered for use in masonry under water, and she piled these up along the banks of the river. Then she diverted the stream into lakes; and as soon as the river was dry, she dug down two fathoms, and made a hollow tunnel, which she caused to debouch into the palaces on either bank like a subterranean grotto; and she roofed it on a level with the bed of the stream. The foundations were thus made stable, and also the walls of the tunnel; but as the pitch required water in order to set as hard as stone, the Euphrates was let in again on the roof while still soft, and so the junction stood solid."-Philostratus: The Life of Apollonius built a temple to venus to stop him from loving THETIS?? THE BEEF

"For it was a thing divulged abroad, concerning which Simonides made an epigram to be inscribed on the brazen image set up in that temple of Venus which is said to have been founded by Medea, when she desired the Goddess, as some affirm, to deliver her from loving her husband Jason, or, as others say, to free him from loving Thetis. The tenor of the epigram follows: For those who, fighting on their country’s side, Opposed th’ imperial Mede’s advancing tide, We, votaresses, to Cythera pray’d; Th’ indulgent power vouchsafed her timely aid, And kept the citadel of Hellas free From rude assaults of Persia’s archery." -Plutarch: Of Herodotus' Malice can cure infertility

"Aegeus also, and his whole private family, laboring under the same distemper; for Medea, having fled from Corinth, and promised Aegeus to make him, by her art, capable of having children, was living with him."-Plutarch: Life of Theseus

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"It is remembered of Medea that she lived in Corinth and stopped the famine afflicting the Corinthians by sacrificing to Demeter and the Lemnian nymphs. There Zeus fell in love with her, but Medea did not yield, turning aside the wrath of Hera. Therefore Hera promised to make her children immortal. And after they died, the Corinthians honor them, calling them Mixobarbaroi ("mixed-barbarians")." "But that Medea was loved by Sisyphus, Theopompos says." -scholia to pindar

"is also expounded . But since Medea was the queen of Corinth , Eumelus [frg. 3] Simonides also tells [frg. 48] that Medea was also immortal

"Pelias' daughter : Medea , the daughter of Peleus , persuaded her father to slaughter and roast him as if he were a younger son , she roasted an older ram and made him a lamb with the medicines " BRO WHAT THE FUCK

"She was pleasing indeed: She was pleasing to the Corinthians, since when they were starving she healed them with certain incantations, and she herself also was pleased with Corinth, since the Corinthians are also said to be skilled in drugs. And we know that like things are dear to like things, and that they take delight in one another." -scholia to pindar yo ngl I really like this version like of course they would like medea she is magic

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[neator]

I have had Zero free time bc holy fuck shit has been happening.

In the past 48 hours:

I go to a frat party at the Pelion house (ew)

Frat bro leader (Jason) invites me on a “quest”

I think he is joking. It’s an actual quest

Apparently his uncle?? Idk they’re the same age- wants him to get “the Golden Fleece” to protect his house-iolcus house? I think the fleece is weed ngl

Actually thinking about it this might be the one Jason was barred from for some reason despite being a legacy? Fuck if I know

Apparently the weed might be haunted. Fun.

I say ok, leave only slightly high, and make plans to come back the next day

I get there at 8 the next morning. Despite seeing all these guys blackout drunk 5 hours ago they are all fully functioning.

They are loading up the pontoon bus, which I did not hallucinate as part of a weird LSD trip

It actually exists, and has “the Argo” spray painted on the side

Ok whatever

We get going and I try to get an idea of how many people I am traveling with

It’s like 50 frat guys

Actually nvm 2 of them are 15??

There is exactly 1 (one) girl and if it were anyone else I would be concerned But.

She has a shotgun

And like 10 other weapons.

I think I’m a little bit in love

She says it’s just pre-concussion symptoms

Erginus hits on her. She makes a joke about his name and a separate joke about scissoring. Both went over everyone’s heads

I guess we’re going to a frat house called Lemnos now? It’s like a town over