Hellenic Saga ii Jason and the Argonauts

Hellenic Saga ii
Jason and the Argonauts
Hellen = Orseis
Dorus Aeolus = Enarete
Cretheus, Sisyphus,
Athamas, Salmoneus,
Deion, Magnes, Perieres
Xuthus
Canace, Alcyone,
Pisidice, Calyce,
Perimede
Cretheus = Tyro = Poseidon
Polymede = Aeson
Pelias
Medea = Jason
• Pelias, king of Iolcus
• Sent Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
• Jason enlisted Argus, son of Phrixus
• He build a ship, called the Argo
• Assembled 44 heroes
Jason and the Argonauts
• 44 heroes including:
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Jason s.o. Aeson
Argus s.o. Phrixus
Castor and Polux, s.o. Zeus and Leda
Telamon and Peleus, s.o. Aeacus
Heracles, s.o. Zeus
Theseus, s.o. Aegeus (Athens)
Atalanta, d.o. Schoeneus
Meleager, s.o. Oeneus
Severin, Tim. 1985. The Jason Voyage: the Quest
for the Golden Fleece.
Voyage of the Argo
• Lemnos
• Where they repopulated the Island
• Jason and Hypsipyle
• Cyzicus
• Where they killed everyone by accident
• Mysia
• Where they lost Heracles and Polyphemus
• Bebryces
• Where they killed everyone
Voyage of the Argo ii
• Sailed through the Bosporus
• Landed at Colchis
• Aeetes, king of Colchis
• Agreed to give the fleece if Jason could yoke the bronze bulls and sow
dragon’s teeth in the earth.
• Medea
• Daughter of Aeetes
• A witch
• Fell in love with Jason
Georgia
Colchis
Jason in Colchis
• Medea gave Jason a magic potion:
• Jason yoked the bulls and sowed the teeth
• Some of the dragon’s teeth from Cadmus
• Jason fought the soldiers who sprung up
• Aeetes then refused, so Jason and Medea stole the fleece and
fled Colchis.
The Voyage of the Argo
Jason and Medea
• Pelias
• Forced Aeson (his half brother) to drink bull’s blood
• Polymede hung herself
• Medea tricked Pelias’ daughters into killing him
• Corinth
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Creon offered Jason his daughter Glauce
Jason divorced Medea
Medea killed Glauce – and her own children
Medea went to Athens and married Aegeus
Medea
and the Lamb Stew
The Medea Sarcophagus
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/medea-sarcophagus.html
Medea leaving Corinth