Greek · No. 011
Medea's Winged Dragons
Real myth
A gift from grandfather Sun to a granddaughter who had to flee.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 2500
- DEF
- 2100
- Level
- 7
- Type
- Dragon
- Element
- Fire
- Constellations
- Sun · Leviathan
The myth
Medea, granddaughter of the Sun, fled Corinth in a chariot drawn by winged serpents. In Euripides' tragedy Medea, staged in 431 BCE, she appears aloft in a chariot given by Helios, her grandfather, after her terrible revenge on Jason. Later authors such as Ovid and Apollodorus clearly describe winged dragons pulling the chariot, on which she also flew across Greece gathering magic herbs to rejuvenate Aeson, Jason's father. In Greek art, especially on South Italian vases, the serpents of Medea's chariot became a famous image.
Why it has this power
A Rare level-7 card with 2500 ATK and 2100 DEF, obtainable only by fusion: Medea of Colchis plus any Dragon, like the sorceress yoking serpents to her chariot. A Fire Dragon for the Sun's gift, it bears the Sun and Leviathan constellations, grandfather Helios and the flying serpents.
Did you know
The ending of Medea, with the heroine escaping through the air, is one of the most famous examples of the deus ex machina in Greek theater.
Connections
- Born from the fusion of: Medea of Colchis + Dragon
Where to get it
- Born from the fusion of: Medea of Colchis + Dragon
- It never joins the collection: you summon it mid-duel, by fusion or ritual.
Sources
- DRAGONS OF MEDEA (Drakones) - Serpents of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
- Medea (World History Encyclopedia) — Liana Miate
- Metamorphoses, Book 7 — Ovid (trans. Brookes More), Theoi Classical Texts Library