Mario, you're right that it would make a perfect Gil Brewer
book (or Joel and Ethan Coen movie). But the story I
remembered had Medea killing her brother, cutting him into
pieces, and throwing them in the water to slow down her
father's pursuit. Then, when Jason starts ogling the young
princess, Medea rigs up a poison dress for her. At the end,
she kills her TWO sons by Jason and flies away in a magic
chariot (this part might be a bit hard to translate), while
Jason stands below, impotently cursing her and shaking his
fist (actually, this part fits the noir picture pretty well,
since many noir heroes tend to be impotent men undone by
their women). I just wasn't aware of a version wherein Jason
kills himself.
Craig Larson Trinidad, CO
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