Medea tricks Pelias' daughters into murdering their father by deceiving them into believing she can rejuvenate him. She demonstrates her magical powers by cutting up a ram and boiling it, transforming it back to life. She convinces the daughters that if they do the same to Pelias, he will be restored to youth. Trusting her, they unwittingly kill their father instead of saving him.
Medea deceived Pelias's daughters into believing that if they cut him up and put the pieces into a special potion, he would become young.
His daughters cut Pelias into little pieces. Medea had tricked them into thinking that if they cut their father up and boiled him, she could bring him back to life at a younger age.
Jason brought his girlfriend Medea back, and medea showed king pelias' daughters how to make him young again, they had to kill him, and then sprinkle magic potion on him. but when they did. he didn't come back to life, in grief, they killed themselves. and Jason ruled over the land
Getting him back home
Medea conspired to have Pelias's own daughters kill him. She told them she could turn an old ram into a young ram by cutting up the old ram and boiling it. During the demonstration, a live, young ram jumped out of the pot. Excited, the girls cut their father into pieces and threw them in a pot. Pelias did not come back out of the pot.
She tricked Pelias's daughters into chopping him up and thus killing him.
Medea deceived Pelias's daughters into believing that if they cut him up and put the pieces into a special potion, he would become young.
His daughters cut Pelias into little pieces. Medea had tricked them into thinking that if they cut their father up and boiled him, she could bring him back to life at a younger age.
Medea believed that her magic powers could make old King Pelias young again. She convinced his daughters to cut him into pieces and put him in a cauldron with a magic potion, but the plan failed. This act ultimately led to Medea being banished from the kingdom.
Jason brought his girlfriend Medea back, and medea showed king pelias' daughters how to make him young again, they had to kill him, and then sprinkle magic potion on him. but when they did. he didn't come back to life, in grief, they killed themselves. and Jason ruled over the land
Getting him back home
Medea conspired to have Pelias's own daughters kill him. She told them she could turn an old ram into a young ram by cutting up the old ram and boiling it. During the demonstration, a live, young ram jumped out of the pot. Excited, the girls cut their father into pieces and threw them in a pot. Pelias did not come back out of the pot.
When Jason and Medea returned to Lolcus, they found out that Pelias had killed Jason's father and his mother had died later on due to mourning. - Morgahn Mulholland
Chalciope and Medea were daughters of Aeetes.
Chalciope and Medea were daughters of Aeetes.
In the myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece, the two primary villains are King Pelias and the sorceress Medea. King Pelias, who usurps the throne of Iolcus, sends Jason on the dangerous quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece, hoping he will never return. Medea, initially an ally who helps Jason succeed, later becomes a tragic antagonist due to her desperate actions stemming from betrayal and heartbreak.
Roxana Hidalgo Xirinachs has written: 'Die Medea des Euripides' -- subject(s): Mothers in literature, Women murderers in literature, Women and literature, Psychoanalysis and literature, Psychoanalysis and feminism, Medea (Greek mythology), Infanticide in literature