She gave it all up and he left her behind — The story of Medea

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Medea is one of the most complex and tragic figures in Greek mythology. She was not simply a sorceress, but a princess of Colchis and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios, giving her both royal and divine lineage. This telling is based primarily on the Argonautica, an epic poem written by Apollonius of Rhodes in the 3rd century BCE (around 250 BCE), which recounts Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece. In the poem, Hera asks Aphrodite for help, and Eros, the god of love, strikes Medea with an i

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