The same is true of Medea who meets many problems on her way to Greece with Jason. Odysseus chooses to rationally fix his problems with wit. “Here, Cyclops, try this wine . . . ‘this is nectar, ambrosia – this flows form heaven’” (Od, 9. 388-403). Odysseus gives the Cyclops wine and the Cyclops gets drunk making it easier to defeat the Cyclops and escape the vault. When Medea was helping Jason escape her brother and father were chasing after them. Medea knew that if she killed her brother her father would have to give him a proper burial which would give them enough time to escape and be on their way to Greece. Medea then proceeded to kill her own brother to help Jason the one she was forced to love by
The same is true of Medea who meets many problems on her way to Greece with Jason. Odysseus chooses to rationally fix his problems with wit. “Here, Cyclops, try this wine . . . ‘this is nectar, ambrosia – this flows form heaven’” (Od, 9. 388-403). Odysseus gives the Cyclops wine and the Cyclops gets drunk making it easier to defeat the Cyclops and escape the vault. When Medea was helping Jason escape her brother and father were chasing after them. Medea knew that if she killed her brother her father would have to give him a proper burial which would give them enough time to escape and be on their way to Greece. Medea then proceeded to kill her own brother to help Jason the one she was forced to love by