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Headword:
Mêdeia
Adler number: mu,878
Translated headword: Medeia, Medea
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A Colchian [woman],[1] the daughter of Aetes,[2] most venomous of women;[3] [it was she] who made it so Jason could yoke the fire-breathing bulls unharmed to plow the earth. And having taken the golden fleece he led Medea [away].
[Note] that the Greeks call naphtha "Medea's olive-oil".[4]
Greek Original:Mêdeia, Kolchis, hê Aiêtou thugatêr, pharmakistatê gunaikôn: hêtis asinôs epoiêse ton Iasona zeuxanta tous puripnoous taurous arosai tên gên. kai labôn to chrusomallon deras êgageto tên Mêdeian. hoti hoi Hellênes tên naphthan kalousi Mêdeias elaion.
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Keywords: aetiology; ethics; gender and sexuality; geography; mythology; science and technology; women; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 July 2000@19:24:23.
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