Medea's Magic Power In Greek Mythology

In Greek mythology, Medea was an enchantress and witch who used her magic powers to help Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. So later after Jason betrayed her, she used her witchcraft to take revenge. So she was the daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis, then when Medea first saw Jason when he arrived at the king’s palace to request the Golden Fleece. According to some accounts, Hera, queen of gods, persuaded Aphrodite, the goddess of love, to make Medea fall in love with the young hero. Aeetes had no intention of handing over the Golden Fleece but pretended that he would do so if Jason successfully performed a series of tasks.

So then he returned for his promise to marry her, so Medea gave Jason a magic ointment to protect him from the bulls’ fiery breath and told him how to
So Jason refused and killed Apsyrtus. So eventually the Argonauts arrived back at Iolcus, which was ruled by Jason’s uncle Pelias. So Pelias had gained the throne by killing Jason’s father, King Aeson. Then Medea brought Aeson back to life by boiling his remains in a pot with magical herbs. Then she tricked Pelias’s daughters into thinking that they could restore their father to youth by cutting him up and boiling him in a pot. Pelias died a gruesome death, and the furious inhabitants of Iolcus drove out Medea and Jason.

The couple married and settled in Corinth, where they raised several children. So their happy days ended when Creon, the king of Corinth, offered Jason his daughter Glauce in marriage. Anxious to please the king, but Jason decided to abandoned Medea and prepared to marry Glauce. So Medea took her revenge by sending Glauce a poisoned wedding gown that burned her alive. So before fleeing to Athens, she also killed the children she had bore to Jason.Aegeus, the king of Athens, agreed to protect Medea if she married him and bore his