# Medea — Victory Odes character guide

> Medea in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

Colchian princess and sorceress, wife of Jason, central to the Argonaut myth.

## In the story

### [XIII For Xenophon of Corinth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/xiii)

Dared defy her father, chose a bridegroom, and saved Argo and the Heroes.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/iv)

Prophesies the founding of Kyrene and the lineage of Battus.

### [XII For Midas of Akragas, on his victory in flute-playing, 490 BC](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/xii)

Referenced indirectly as the Gorgon Medusa, slain by Perseus.

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