Greek Mythology

1. What sources do we have for the story of Medea?

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Made by Zeus to create a box which once opened would create a plague to wipe out mankind, Prometheus stole it and gave it to men to hide
Made from clay to punish Prometheus for giving fire to men, opened a pithos jar to unleash evil spirits to plague mankind
Made by Zeus to punish Prometheus for unleashing evil spirits to plague mankind, she marries his brother and curses him
Made from the earth, married Prometheus then unleashed evil spirits from a box to plague mankind to punish Prometheus for giving fire to men

Panhellenic hero, King of Athens, famous for killing the Attic Bull and the Minotaur, started a tyranny in Athens
King of Athens, son of Zeus, famous for killing the Minotaur, set up a democracy in Athens
Mythical King of Athens, son of Poseidon, famous for defeating the Minotaur, heavily linked to democracy
Panhellenic hero, son of Zeus, famous for killing the Attic Bull, set up democracy in Athens

Pentheus, King of Thebes, refuses to worship Dionysis, God sends women crazy, Pentheus sneaks into female ritual dressed as a woman and is torn to pieces
Pentheus, King of Thebes, refuses to worship Dionysis, God sends him crazy and he kills his family and himself
Pentheus, King of Corinth, offers his daughter in sacrifice to Dionysis, Dionysis is insulted and sends him crazy
Dionysis sends a plague to Corinth after King Pentheus, his cousin, refuses to worship his as a god

Pelops, son of Poseidon is murdered by Tantalus, his brother
Tantalus told by oracle his son, Pelops, would murder him so cast him off, ends up killing him anyway and marrying his mother
Tantalus cooked his son, pelops, and served him to the gods, Tantalus punished in Mt. Tarttarus and Pelops brought back to life by fates
Tantalus murdered by Pelops for sacrificing sister then faces furies and a trial at Athens