famous sorceress, daughter of the king of Colchis, from Latin Medea, from Greek Medeia, literally "cunning," related to medos "counsel, plan, device, cunning," medein "to protect, rule over," from PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider" (see meditation).
权威例句
1. Gudrun , for example, is only a Norse Medea.
例如, 古德龙就是希腊美狄亚的北欧翻版.
2. The vcngcance formation in Medea belongs to that of love sctback.
摘要《美狄亚》的复仇形态类型属于爱情遇挫式复仇.
3. And Medea, too, gets her revenge on him.
而且密提阿也在这里报了仇.
4. The effect of social environment and the special character of Medea cause the vindictiveness.