Medea
Daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis in Greek mythology
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| 2024 | Awarded the McClelland Trophy with his team and recognized as the most courageous player. |
| 2023 | In Round 11, Sicily achieved a career-high 43 disposals in a 10-point win against St Kilda. |
| February 2023 | Appointed as the 38th captain of Hawthorn at age 28, succeeding the retired Ben McEvoy. |
| 2022 | Won the Peter Crimmins Medal, a significant individual achievement. |
| May 16 2022 | Announced a 5-year contract extension with Hawthorn, tying him to the club until at least the end of 2027. |
| 2020 | Sustained an ACL injury that caused him to miss the entire 2021 season. |
| 2020 | Represented the Victoria Australian rules football team. |
| 2019 | Selected in the extended All-Australian squad, the only Hawthorn player to do so. Re-signed with the club until at least 2022. |
| 2018 | Sicily was suspended for one match for kneeing Geelong captain Joel Selwood. He broke bones in his wrist in Round 17 but returned during the finals series. |
| 2018 | A main character in Pat Barker's novel The Silence of the Girls, much of which is narrated by his slave Briseis. |
| 2017 | Selected in the 22under22 team, highlighting his early career potential. |
| August 22 2017 | Sicily signed a three-year contract extension, keeping him at Hawthorn until 2020. |
| 2016 | Considered Sicily's breakout season. He was named round 13 Rising Star nominee after kicking a career-high five goals and recording 13 disposals and 5 marks. |
| 2016 | Nominated for the AFL Rising Star award and recognized as the most promising player in the same year. |
| 2015 | Sicily made his AFL debut, coming on as a substitute in the first quarter, replacing the injured James Frawley and kicking a goal. He played three games for the year. |
| 2014 | Sicily was considered Box Hill's best player in the losing grand final, kicking a team-high three goals, and finishing with 15 disposals and five marks. |
| 2013 | James Sicily was drafted by the Hawthorn Football Club with the fifty-sixth pick in the AFL draft. |
| 2012 | Appears as the Rider of Red in the light novel series Fate/Apocrypha. |
| 2011 | Main character in Madeline Miller's debut novel The Song of Achilles, which explores his relationship with Patroclus and won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. |
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