Epimenides paradox
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The so-called Epimenides paradox has to do with self-reference in logic. It is named after the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos who said: "Cretans, liars always, evil beasts, idle bellies". A
Epimenides from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"
Medea
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In Greek mythology, Medea is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis. Medea is known in most stories as a sorceress, an accomplished pharmakís, a worker in pharmakeía, and is often depicted as a high p
Epimenides paradox
…to have spoken the truth, but in fact there is no paradox because it may simply be a false statement. According to Ptolemaeus Chennus, Thetis and Medea had once argued in Thessaly over which was the most beautiful; they appointed the Cretan Idomeneus as the judge, who gave the victory to Thetis. In her…
Medea and the daughters of Pelias, 2nd-century Roman copy of a 420 BC original, Antikensammlung Berlin
Medea in a c. 70 AD fresco from Herculaneum
Jason and Medea by John William Waterhouse (1907)
Bas relief of Medea, 2nd century BC, in the Ancient Agora Museum, Athens