The Washington times., 1920-09-19

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,roJINI Gus sorceress whose name is linked
o.,,1A with the Golden Fleece and many
rarrcother myths of ancient Greece, and much
sh. new light may be thrown on her surpris-
9"; ing history by the recent discovery of the
ruins of what is believed TO be the palace
S-.. where this extraordinary woman lived
hre loved and practised the strange magic
~! arts which filled her enemies with dread.
or This important discovery was made in
be- 1.-The land which in ancient times was
2Tot7Known as Colchs, but which is now called
Mingrelia. 1t is bounded on the north by
the Caucasus, on the south by Armenia
rar~ and on the west by the Euxine Sea. The
So R'find is direct result of the war, which
-. =" has now opened up for the first time this
,ro,ninteresting part of Asia to the spades Of
archaelogists.
A party of British scientists have been
~. ranging over this region for the past six
l., months, and by following the clues sup
.G.St piled by natives they have succeeded in
N's 1ihcovering what is undoubtedly Medeas
vi '"old home-the magnificent palace which
-" King Aetes built and where he and his
~ - sorceress daughter lived in royal state.
"ai aOf all the myths which have come down
Ito us from distant ages none is more ap-
, pealing to modern minds than those which
ctcentre around Medea. Hers, Homer
man relates it in his poems, was life
TG.SGsfowded from start to finish with more
- thrills of love and adventure than any
So. heroine later history has ever known.
Sc And over the whole of her romantic career
"'-r hangs the dark, mysterious shadow of
- Supernatural power-the sorcery which
priced as life itself. and her enmity cor
.respondingly dreaded.
g. ~ Jason's bold expedition to Colchis. as
>, described by the poet Homer In quest OF
, the Golden Fleece would have ended in
IIS S,S fajure had it not been for Medea's timely
=. aid. She fell in love with the bold leader
= of the Argonauts and brought to his as
-. distance in this desperate venture all the
49,. Skill of her arts.
II was Medea's charms that protected
., Jason from the fierce bulls, breathing fire
,"... and hoofed with brass, which he was
az, Obliged in order to obtain the fleece, to
yoke TO the plow. II was her magic that
- -- enabled him to outwlt the armed men who
-ao oSprang from the dragons teeth he was
t,,., required to SOW. For his escape from
~, many other deadly perils Jason. was in.
>,ss ,rebted to Medea's devotion to him and his
80 cause. At least so runs the old story.
When the Golden Fleece finally won
Cd, -Nedoa fled with her lover TO Corinth Like
49,, many another woman who has sacrificed
everything for a man, her reward was
=ons broken heart Jason loVe lor ner soon
grew cold. At last, when he was on the
,;,,; point of abandoning her for Creusa, the
80 beautiful daughter OF King Creon Medea
-, took terrible revenge on him and his
new sweetheart by killing Creusa
.,,,; -. After the murder Medea fled from
So Corinth to Athens. There the wounds Of
W s,Aer heart eventually healed enough to per.
,ac nit her marrying Aegeus by him she had
ao.y afson, Medus, whom the Greeks regarded
" ..,as the ancestor of the Medes
o,IS ayBut Mcdeas new love brought little more
bo, lasting happiness than the old one had
" done She vas caught plotting against
the life OF Theseus her husbands son by