In ancient Greek stories, Medea is a princess from Colchis, a land far from Greece, and she knows magic. She helps Jason win the Golden Fleece: she uses her knowledge against the king’s tests and against the dragon that guards the fleece, then she runs away with him. They have children.

In ancient Greek stories, Medea is a princess from Colchis, a land far from Greece在古希臘故事裡，Medea是來自Colchis的公主，那是一個離希臘很遠的地方 and she knows magic而且她懂魔法 She helps Jason win the Golden Fleece她幫助Jason贏得金羊毛 she uses her knowledge against the king's tests and against the dragon that guards the fleece她運用自己的知識，對付國王設下的考驗、也對付守著金羊毛的龍 then she runs away with him然後跟他一起逃走 They have children他們有了孩子

Later Jason decides to marry another woman, a Greek princess, to make his own life safer and grander. Medea is left with almost nothing. In the famous telling she kills that woman, and then she kills the children she had with Jason — a revenge so terrible that her name still means a love that turns to something people can barely look at.

Later Jason decides to marry another woman, a Greek princess後來Jason決定娶另一個女人，一位希臘公主 to make his own life safer and grander好讓自己的生活更安穩、更風光 Medea is left with almost nothingMedea幾乎一無所有地被留下 In the famous telling she kills that woman在那個有名的版本裡，她殺了那個女人 and then she kills the children she had with Jason然後她殺了自己和Jason生的孩子 a revenge so terrible that her name still means a love that turns to something people can barely look at這樣可怕的復仇，讓她的名字至今仍代表一種愛，變成讓人幾乎不忍直視的東西

Though actually, she is not only a monster in every telling: early in the story she is the one who saves Jason, and some writers treat her as a foreign woman the Greeks used and then tried to throw away. The child-killing is the part later plays made unforgettable.

Though actually, she is not only a monster in every telling不過實際上，並不是每個版本裡她都只是個怪物 early in the story she is the one who saves Jason故事早期，是她救了Jason and some writers treat her as a foreign woman the Greeks used and then tried to throw away有些作家把她寫成一個被希臘人利用、然後想拋棄的外邦女子 The child-killing is the part later plays made unforgettable殺子的情節，是後來的戲劇讓它變得讓人難忘

People say the name when they talk about betrayal, rage, and a woman who will not go quietly.

People say the name when they talk about betrayal, rage, and a woman who will not go quietly人們在談到背叛、憤怒、以及一個不肯默默離開的女人時，會提起這個名字