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How is medea capable of killing her sons?
In Corinth, Jason abandoned Medea for the king's daughter, Glauce.According to the tragic poet Euripides, Medea murdered her two children by Jason.Before the fifth century BC there seems to have been two variants of the myth's conclusion. According to the 7th-century BC poet Eumelus, Medea killed her children by accident.The poet Creophylus, however, blamed their murders on the citizens of Corinth. Medea's deliberate murder of her children, is Euripides' invention which later writers copied.
When was the Temple of Apollo at Corinth?
It was built there and was not moved until Corinth was destroyed. Corinth has been rebuilt as "Nea" or "New Corinth" but the Temple of Apollo in that location remains in ruins.
Where can you find the Rites of Medea the Witch?
While I have been unable to locate Rites of Medea the Witch, the stories of the Greek witch Medea seem to appear in many different myths. There are many websites that have information about Medea. See related link below.
Which city did Oedipus believe he had been born in?
Corinth
What are individuals called who have been forced to leave their country?
When you have to leave a country you are being deported or exiled.
Corinth was famous for making?
Corinth was famous for making bronze. It was very valuable and believed to have been made from an alloy of copper with silver or gold, or possibly both.
What were Jason's flaws?
Jason was hubristic and manipulative. He used Medea to get the Fleece, but then abandoned her at her great expense. Unfortuntely, the gods were on Medea's side, even though they had been on Jason's originally, and he paid the price for this--his sons were killed (in some accounts by Medea, in others by angry townspeople) and he died an old man alone.
What church in Revelation would the church of Corinth be categorized under?
The Book of Revelation appears to be addressed to seven churches in Asia: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. Corinth is in Greece, so the church in Corinth would not have been one of these.
What is the word origin of currant?
The word came from a small seedless raisin exported from southern Greece from the port of Corinth. The product became known as 'Raisins from Corinth' shortened to Corinth and the name Corinth eventually turned into Currant. This may well have been due to a mispronunciation of the French adopted word Corauntz, introduced into England in the 14th Century
What is the significance of the final scene in Euripides Medea?
At the end of Medea, Euripides ends it with a scene of contradictions and conundrums. Unlike most tragedies, Medea actually gets away with all the murders she has committed. It is questionable whether or not Medea took it too far by killing her children, but there is also the hint that it could've been just that she do so. Medea escapes in a chariot drawn by dragons with the corpes of her two sons. By taking their lives and not giving Jason the priveledge to give them a proper burial, she leaves Jason without love and accomplishes her revenge.
Why was Roger Williams founding a colony?
In part because he had been exiled from Massachusetts.
Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to western influences?
There have been many leaders throughout history who have had many radical ideas that ended with them being exiled. Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini was an exiled leader that lead religious opposition to western influences.Ê
