MAGNA PERSEIS: A NOTE ON VALERIUS FLACCUS, ARG. 7.238.

The article presents an analysis of the real reference and identity of the phrase magna perseis which is depicted in the conversation between Venus-Circe and Medea in the Book 7 of the epic poem "Argonautica," by Valerius Flaccus. It cites the scene where Venus disguised as Circe when she visited Medea to persuade Medea to help and marry Jason. It explores the possibilities that the phrase might refer to Perse, the grandmother of Medea or to Hecate, the daughter of Perses. Nevertheless, it highlights the argument that the phrase refers to Circe based on the implied quote of Medea in which she said that she would not follow the footsteps of her aunt Circe whose married life became miserable with a local man.