Medea’s fiery chariot drawn by winged dragons, by S. van Abbé 1966

"The Medes were formerly called by everyone Arians, but when the Colchian woman Medea came from Athens to the Arians they changed their name, like the Persians. This is the Medes' own account of themselves."

-Herodotus, The Histories 7.62.1

Medea’s fiery chariot, drawn by winged dragons. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales, illustrated by S. van Abbé (London and New York; JM Dent & Sons, 1966).


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