Delightfully cogent reply, CK! I'm no bible scholar, but I seem to remember that a Christian husband is supposed to look after his wife, not just inseminate her.

Yes, Helen et al, she did have some small latitude for choice, but in the milieu that CK aptly describes, she was as much chattel as any woman in the tenth century BC. She made Medea's choice, though outwardly for different reasons.