Greek Mythology: Medea

  In the myth of Medea, Medea who is the daughter of King of Cholcis, helps Jason in the quest of the Golden Fleece, in order for him to give it back to the uncle as the deal was for him to get the throne back. In return though, Jason betrays Medea by going and agreeing to marry the  princess. Medea feels betrayed and furious that she decides to kill her sons since it reminded her of Jason, but to also for Jason to have no future generations. Medea also decided to poison the princess killing both the princess and her dad. The only reason Medea did all this crimes was not for Jason, but for her honor. Similar to Achilles and Paris, Medea also wanted her honor to stay high and respected, since she didn't want to become the clown of Greece, due to the betraying of Jason. Overall, I believe that the moral of the story was the role of women in ancient Greece. We see how bad she gets treated by Jason when he decides to leave her. Her reaction is the result of a male dominated society, since she didn't want to be another one of the many women of that time that couldn't speak up. She instead committed these horrendous sins in order to not let her honor go down.