Intermediate field extensions of $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)/\mathbb{Q}$

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I'm trying to determine the intermediate field extensions of $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)/\mathbb{Q}$. The minimal polynomial of $\zeta_3$ is $x^3+1$, which has roots $\zeta_3, \zeta_3^2$ and $-1$. Therefore, the automorphisms are given by sending $\zeta_3 \mapsto \zeta_3$, $\zeta_3 \mapsto \zeta_3^2$ and $\zeta_3 \mapsto -1$. The first automorphism trivially fixes the entire field $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)$, thus we need to do nothing more for that. For the second automorphism, we consider that $\zeta_3 + \zeta_3^2$ is invariant under this automorphism. Therefore, we find that $(\zeta_3+\zeta_3^2)=-1 \implies$ this automorphism fixes $\mathbb{Q}$. Thus, we need only consider that $\zeta_3 -1$ is invariant under the third automorphism. But we find that $(\zeta_3 - 1)^2 = \zeta_3 - 2\zeta_3 + 1=-\zeta_3+1 = \frac{3}{2}-\frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}i$... What do I do here?

Is the intermediate extension $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3}i)$?

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The minimal polynomial of $\zeta_3$ is in fact $x^2+x+1$, since $x^3-1$ has $1$ as a root. Therefore $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)$ is a quadratic extension of $\mathbb{Q}$, so there are no intermediate subfields.