AP. The passing of one of the greatest down home actors of all time -- Andy Griffith -- brings to mind that, sadly, many of the actors who lived in the fictional town of Mayberry, NC are no longer with us.
The Medes were an people of Indo-Iranian (Aryan) origin who inhabited the western and north-western portion of present-day Iran. By the 6th century BC (prior to the Persian invasion) the Medes were able to establish an empire that stretched from Aran (the modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan) to Central Asia and Afghanistan.
Medea in English. Medea Daughter of AEetes of Colchis, skilled in witchcraft. Helped Jason, then fled with the Argonauts and later was betrayed by Jason; married Theseus in Athens, fled with her son Medus to Colchis, where she restored her father to the throne after killing her usurping uncle Perses.