Ancient History
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The Witch Who Wasn’t a Witch: Medea’s Story Reclaimed in a Brutal, Bloody Retelling

Rosie Hewlett’s The Witch of Colchis re-centers the myth of Jason and the Argonauts through the eyes of Medea. This powerful, humanizing retelling explores her not as a monster, but as a priestess, a witch, and a woman betrayed, offering a poignant and psychologically rich reclamation of a classical villain.