Jason Flashcards
And the Argonauts
Jason is born to
Aeson, king of Iolcus, and Polymede.
Who is Aeson’s brother?
Pelias
What does Pelias do?
take over Aeson’s land
How does Aeson protect Jason?
He sends him to train under Charon so that he would not be killed
An oracle tells Pelias
Beware of the man with one shoe
Jason returns to Iolcus but on the way
He helps an old lady (Hera in disguise) cross a river, losing one sandal while doing it (man with one shoe)
Pelias cannot kill him due to
The people being happy about his return
Pelias suggests that Jason
gets the Golden Fleece
The golden fleece was originally
a flying golden ram that was flown to Colchis by Phrixus and his sister Helle.
Jason gathers
a crew for his ship, the Argo, and they go to Colchis to get the fleece
The fleece is sometimes said to
have had magical/healing powers and it is made of gold.
Who were the greatest of the Argonauts?
Heracles; Orpheus; Castor and Polydeuces (also known as Pollux), the Dioscuri (meaning sons of Zeus); Telamon, father of the Greater Ajax; Peleus, father of Achilles; and Argus
What evil king did Jason encounter?
Aeetees
What daughter of the king helped Jason?
Medea
How did this daughter help?
She gave him something to protect from the fire of the fire-bull things and then told him to throw a rock at the skeletons from the dragon teeth so they would fight each other
What happened after Jason overcome the kings challenges?
The king refused to give the fleece so they stole it and ran away, Medea killing her own brother to slow them down
What happens to Medea and Jason?
Jason falls in love with the princess Glauce and divorces Medea so she kills their children and Glauce
One day Jason returned to the Argo and
a part of the ship falls on and kills him
