Mede′a. Wife of Jason, chief of the Argonauts. See Jason.
“Now to Medæa’s dragons fix my reins.”
F. Lewis.
“Let not Medea draw her murdering knife,
And spill her children’s blood upon the stage.”
Lord Roscommon.
Medicine, see Apollo.
Meditation, see Harpocrates.
Medu′sa. One of the Gorgons. Minerva changed her beautiful hair into serpents. She was conquered by Perseus, who cut off her head, and placed it on Minerva’s shield. Every one who looked at the head was turned into stone.
Ulysses, in the Odyssey, says he wished to see more of the inhabitants of Hades, but was afraid, as he says—