by "yuan.niu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <yuan.niu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 15, 2007 at 05:03 PM
On May 13, 2:19 am, Conrad <conradc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hey, guys,
>
> I'm trying to track down the Medea story: I've always been told she
> dices up her baby brother and throws him off the Argos to prevent her
> father from catching them; but the official version in the
> _Argonautica_ has Jason kill her full-grown warrior brother in a
> temple.
>
> Anybody know where the dismembered baby comes in? Is this a
> legitimate ancient Greek myth?
>
> Conrad.
The versions I've heard of always has an older brother. In one he's
lured to some location and killed; in another he's killed and
dismembered. The dismembering is a ploy to slow down Medea's father
and the pursuers, because they'd have to give her brother a proper
funeral. I've never heard of the baby brother though...
