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There is a problem in the last part of the Medea article. There it is said that Aegeas is father of Medus who is father of Theseus, which is not right. Medus is a brother of Theseus and the hate of Medea against Theseus is due to a conflict for the throne. I would put this version but I do not remember which author supports it. Can someone confirm?

I can confirm this. Theseus and Medus are, in fact brothers.Firestorm 17:43, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

the whole myths-harking-back-to-matriarchy-and-mother-goddesses, etc- the whole "das mutterrecht" thing- is so outdated. Does it really belong here?

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2 Disambugation
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for this marvellous article! Am involved with the preparation of a performance of "Médé" by Milhaud at "Musikhochschule Hamburg" in January/Februery 2006. And this article is a great help. (2005 11 24 10:00 CET)ko

[edit] Disambugation

Somebody should put up a disambugation page for Medea. I came from the Algeria page looking for the province Medea and came across this. The top of the page lists at least 2 other possible entries the page could link to.

Daemon 14:21, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

"Excited, the girls cut their father into pieces and threw them into a pot. Pelias did not survive." This seems kind of laconic, and, although amusing, not very encyclopedic. Kranak

for all the statement that we have, where are the authors to back up the evidence? I saw in the discussion that Medea's child Medus is linked as a brother to Theseus, but where is the support to back up such horrendous statement?

[edit] Confusing line

"Medea is known in most stories as an enchantress and is often depicted as being a priestess of Hecate. She is the granddaughter of the sun god Helios and a niece of the witch Circe, famous for her encounter with Odysseus in his journey home from the Trojan War."

The last part "famous for her encounter with Odysseus..." is confusing in that the reader doesn't know if its talking about Medea or Circe. I'm going to delete it as I find that it's unnecessary anyway. Beowulf Lee 13:08 (GMT -05:00) Nov/04/2006