\b0 Daughter of King \b \cf4 \ATXht10110 Aeδtes\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of Colchis, sister of \b \cf4 \ATXht10101 Absyrtus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , and niece of the sorceress \b \cf4 \ATXht10324 Circe\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . She helped \b \cf4 \ATXht110 Jason\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 overcome the trials which allowed him to win the \b \cf4 \ATXht10705 Golden Fleece\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . They married at
\b \cf4 \ATXht115 Drepane\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and she followed him to \b \cf4 \ATXht10911 Iolcus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . On the pretext of restoring his vigor and youth, she convinced the daughters of the usurper \b \cf4 \ATXht11611 Pelias\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to cut t
heir father's body into pieces and cook it, and for this was forced to flee to \b \cf4 \ATXht10329 Corinth\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 with her husband. Here, Jason left her for \b \cf4 \ATXht10331 Creusa\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , to whom Medea gave a robe that burst into
flames as soon as she put it on. To render her vengeance even more pitiless, she killed the two children she had born to Jason. She then fled to Athens on a chariot drawn by winged serpents and became the wife of King Aegeus. She was unmasked by Theseus
and went back to Colchis, where she ruled her father's kingdom.
