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Medea. The more closely I follow her story in Ovid, the better I understand why she inspired so many works of literature and painting. In a time when women worked the looms and managed households (Penelope, for example) Medea was a strong woman in every phase of her life. She seduced Jason and literally brought new life to Aeson, his father.<\/p>\n
She is a magician, a sorceress, a witch, one who walks alone in the night. She banishes the clouds and calls for the clouds to return. She shatters living rock with a word and calls the winds, then bids them go. She is the female equivalent of the heroes of the age of heroes.<\/p>\n
I’ve not yet gotten to the portion of Ovid’s account where she kills her children, so I won’t comment on it.<\/p>\n
More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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