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Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: S. Smith, William, Sir, 1813-1893
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l in magic. Themost important parts of her story are givenunder Absyrtus, Argonautae, and Jason. Itis enough to state here that when Jason cameto fetch the golden fleece, she fell in love withthe hero, assisted him in accomplishing the ob-! ject for which he had visited Colchis, and after-j wards fled with him as his wife to Greece; thatthey were driven from Iolcus because she haddeceived the daughters of Pelias into killingtheir father (see p. 458, b), and went to Corinth,where Medea, having been deserted by Jasonfor the youthful daughter of Creon, king ofCorinth, took fearful vengeance upon herfaithless spouse by murdering the two childrenwhom she had by him, and by destroying hisyoung wife by a poisoned garment; and thatshe then fled to Athens in a chariot drawn bywinged dragons. So far her story has beenrelated in the articles mentioned above. Herflight from Corinth is represented in the an-nexed cut. The old man on the left is Creon j; before him is his daughter Creusa falling to
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head, and painted their bodies with vermilion.(Hdt. iv. 191.) Mazaca. (Caesarea, No. 1.) Mazara (Ma(dpa: Ma(apa7os: Mazzara), atown on the W. coast of Sicily, situated on ariver of the same name, between Lilybaeumand Selinus, and founded by the latter city,was taken by the Romans in the first Punic war(Diod. xiii. 54, xxiii. 9). Mazices (Ma(j/ces), a people of N. Africa, inMauretania Caesariensis, on the S. slope of M.Zalacus (Ptol. iv. 2, 19 ; Lucan, iv. 681). They,as well as the Maxyes, are thought to be theancestors of the Amazirghs. Mecyberna (Wl-qKvfiepva: M7)icvf)epvaws:Molivo), a town of Macedonia in Chalcidice, atthe head of the Toronaic gulf, E. of Olynthus,of which it was the seaport. From this townpart of the Toronaic gulf was subsequentlycalled Sinus Mecybernaeus. (Hdt. vii. 122 ;Thuc. v. 39 ; Strab. p. 330.) Medaba (M7)5a/3a), a city of Peraea in Pales-tine. Medaura, Ad Medera, or Amedera (Haidra),a city of N. Africa, on the borders of Numidiaand Byzacena ; a Roman colony

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