Medea isn’t the kind of girl that most guys would want to bring home to Mom. Not only is she a sorceress with a thing for black magic, she’s also a total serial killer with many a victim to her name. Most famously, she killed her two sons, after her husband, Jason, left her for a pretty young princess. Sure, Medea had a right to be ticked off—she was the one who’d made Jason famous by helping him get the Golden Fleece—but most people would probably agree that executing your children because of your husband’s betrayal is a bit of an overkill.
Basic Information
Name
Medea
Nickname
Black Magic Woman
Sex
Female
Current city
The Underworld
Work & Education
Occupation
Sorceress
Education
Hecate’s School of Witchcraft
Beliefs
Political views
I really ought to be queen of everything.
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents
King Aeetes (Dad) Eidyia (Mom) Helios (Granddad)
Siblings
Absytrus (Who I killed) Chalciope
Children
Mermeros, Pheres (Who I had by Jason and then killed) Medus (by Aegeus)
Friends
Hecate (My beautiful goddess of choice) Circe (My lovely aunt)
Enemies
King Aeetes (My father, who never forgave me for helping Jason get the Golden Fleece) Abytrus (My brother, who I killed) King Pelias (Who I had killed) King Pelias’s daughters (Who I tricked into killing their father) King Creon (Who I accidentally killed—not that I feel bad about it) Glauce (Who I killed) Jason (Who hates me, because I killed our kids) Eros and Aphrodite (Who made me fall in love with Jason) Theseus (Who I tried to kill)
Whew.
Relationships
Relationship status
Married to Jason (Until he dumped me and I killed our kids.) Married to Aegeus (Until I tried to kill his son, Theseus.)
“I’m breaking dishes up in here, all nights I ain’t gonna stop until I see police lights I’ma fight a man tonight” – Rihanna
“In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Now and then I think of when we were together, Like when you said you felt so happy you could die, Told myself that you were right for me, But felt so lonely in your company, But that was love and it’s an ache I still remember.” – Gotye
“Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.” – Joachim Du Bellay (Yeah, think about that one, Jason.)
