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Medea
A feature on the play by Euripides and Jason's foolish behavior towards his wife.

Jason
Resource on Jason, the Argonaut and husband of Medea.

Background of Medea by Euripides
Roger Blackwell Bailey describes the relationships and tasks involved in Jason's retrieval from Colchis of the golden fleece for Poseidon's son Pelias.

Circe
Subtitled "The Dread Goddess," this site details the portion of The Odyssey in which Odysseus, armed (by Hermes) against enswinging with the prophylactic moly plant, encounters the enchanting daughter of Helios.

Medea
Coleridge's translation of Euripides play (c. 431 B.C.) from Internet Classics Archive.

Study Guide for Euripides Medea
Robin Mitchell-Boyask's background and highlights for Euripides' Medea.

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