Mermerus
Role: son of Medea · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 3
In Book 2, Chapter 3, Mermerus is named as a son of Medea and Jason, and as the elder of their sons. He and Pheres are said to have been stoned by the Corinthians after carrying Medea’s gifts to Glauce; another account says Mermerus was torn to pieces by a lioness.
Relationship record
Life events
- Mermerus and Pheres are stoned by the Corinthians after carrying Medea’s gifts to Glauce.(Book 2 · Chapter 3)
Book 2 · Chapter 3
- parent: Medea “the tomb of the sons of Medea, whose names were Mermerus and Pheres”
- with Glauce (Mermerus took gifts to Glauce.) “the sons of Medea, whose names were Mermerus and Pheres, who are said to have been stoned by the Corinthians because of the gifts which they took Glauce”
- parent: Jason “Jason is represented as having migrated from Iolcus to Corcyra after the death of Pelias, and Mermerus (the elder of his sons) is said to have been torn to pieces by a lioness”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.