Medea

Gender Feminine
Scripts მედეა (Georgian)
Pronounced Pron. /mə.ˈdiː.ə/ (English) /mɛ.dɛ.ɑ/ (Georgian) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Greek μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning" [1] . In Greek mythology Medea was a sorceress from Colchis (modern Georgia) who helped Jason gain the Golden Fleece. They were married, but eventually Jason left her for another woman. For revenge Medea slew Jason's new lover and also had her own children by Jason killed.

Related Names

Rootmedea
VariantMedeia (Greek Mythology)
Other Languages & CulturesMedeea (Romanian)
User SubmissionMédea

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classic mature formal upper class devious strong refined strange complex serious
  1. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry mh=dos1, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dmh%3Ddos1.

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