Medea
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Summary
Medea is a mythological Greek character[1]. She ranks in the top 0.83% of mythological greek character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,964 views/month, #11 of 1,333).[2]
Key Facts
- Father: Aeëtes[3]
- Mother: Eidyia[4], Clytia[5], Hecate[6], Eurylyte[7]
- Spouse: Jason[8], Aegeus[9]
- Child: Mermerus[10], Pheres[11], Medus[12], Alcimenes[13], Tisander[14], Thessalus[15], Eriopis[16]
- Sex or gender: female[17]
- Commons category: Medea (mythology) esquenta esquenta plocc ploc ploc[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Medea[19]
- Depicted by: Vision of Medea[20], Red-Figure Calyx-Krater (Mixing Vessel): Medea in Chariot (A); Telephos with Baby Orestes (B)[21]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], 1870 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Pauly–Wissowa[30]
- Partially coincident with: Medusa[31], Meditrine[32]
- Present in work: Argonautica[33], Medea[34]
- Name in native language: Μήδεια[35]
- Sibling: Absyrtus[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Medea include she hypothesis[38], a hypothesis[39]; Médée[40], a literary work[41], written by Pierre Corneille[42]; Medeola[43], a taxon[44]; 212 she[45], an asteroid[46]; and Medea Dome[47], a mountain[48].
Why It Matters
Medea has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] She is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for her include she hypothesis[38], a hypothesis[39]; Médée[40], a literary work[41], written by Pierre Corneille[42]; Medeola[43], a taxon[44]; 212 she[45], an asteroid[46]; and Medea Dome[47], a mountain[48].
FAQs
Who were Medea's parents?
Medea's father was Aeëtes[3]. Medea's mother was Eidyia[4].