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The dictionary defines a wife as a women who joined to a man in marriage, or the female spouse, but the definition doesn’t tell you what exactly a wife is or rather should be in order to be a good wife. However, everyone has his or her own opinion of what makes a good wife. Aristotle even wrote and essay on his view on the subject. He list many things that would make a lady a good spouse, a few of them are common with the traits the Medea, a legendary Greek witch, displays in her legend and in the novel written by Euripides. Although, she does some things that would contradict Aristotle’s view of a good wife. She serves Jason as Aristotle says a wife should, but she does not obey her husband; gives no heed to public affairs, nor is she discreet with her own family affairs. But then he also sort of defends her actions by saying the husband needs to be faithful in order to have a faithful and righteous wife. Aristotle says “she will serve him more assiduously than if she had been a slave bought and taken home.” (Ancient history Sourcebook: