That was Medea killing her own two sons by Jason with traumatizing detail. Jason had nothing to show for his accomplishments, his name had no weight to it. He had lost two kingdoms now and no beautiful wife, all he had left were his two sons to carry on his legacy and medea took that away from him. She knew how to hurt him and she did it, feeling like he got what he deserved she fled to Athens, leaving behind her a broken man, a hero with nothing to show for it. Heroism in myth is defined by a lot of motifs, but what shines above the rest is legacy. Leaving a name behind for generations to speak of and young men to look up to. Medea took all that away from Jason, whether it was indirectly by being the hero for the hero when she helped him with his tasks or by taking away all that was going to define his heroism when she killed his future bride and his two
That was Medea killing her own two sons by Jason with traumatizing detail. Jason had nothing to show for his accomplishments, his name had no weight to it. He had lost two kingdoms now and no beautiful wife, all he had left were his two sons to carry on his legacy and medea took that away from him. She knew how to hurt him and she did it, feeling like he got what he deserved she fled to Athens, leaving behind her a broken man, a hero with nothing to show for it. Heroism in myth is defined by a lot of motifs, but what shines above the rest is legacy. Leaving a name behind for generations to speak of and young men to look up to. Medea took all that away from Jason, whether it was indirectly by being the hero for the hero when she helped him with his tasks or by taking away all that was going to define his heroism when she killed his future bride and his two