the quest for the golden fleece
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Athamas A Greek king,
Athamas jails his wife Nephele when he becomes sick of her. He marries a young princess, who convinces him to offer his son, Phrixus, as a sacrifice to the gods.
Phrixus Son of Athamas and
Nephele, Phrixus almost dies as a sacrifice to the gods, but instead a ram with a golden fleece saves him and his sister.
Jason Jason overcomes
many obstacles, most notably winning the golden fleece, in order to win back the crown from his wicked uncle Pelias. He marries Medea but later marries another woman.
King Pelias Pelias steals the
crown from his brother and sends his nephew, Jason, on many adventures. Eventually, his own daughter kills him.
Medea Medea helps Jason
get the golden fleece and marries him. But when he later marries someone else, she kills the new wife as well as the two sons she bore to Jason
PLOT King Athamas imprisoned his wife
Nephele and taken a new wife named Io who happened to have a son
Io made a plan to kill Athamas’ children so that her son would inherit the throne
She managed to gather all the seeds so that the crops will not grow
King Athamas sent a messanger to the oracle but Io intercepted it and managed to convince them that the only way to end the famine is for Prixus to be sacrificed
Nephele prayed to the gods to spare her son and Hermes sent a ram with a golden fleece to save her children
Prixus arrived safely in the country of Colchis while his sister drowned in the sea
Phrixus killed the ram and sacrificed its fleece to the king Etes, the ruler of Colchis
In another part of Greece, a king named Pelias stole the crown from his brother
There was an oracle that king Pelias would die in the hands of his kinsman wearing one sandal
One day, a man wearing only one sandal arrived in his kingdom and this man was his nephew named Jason who was there to claim his rightful throne
Pelias tells Jason that he would give up the throne if Jason would go out and retrieve the golden fleece
Jason sets off and overcomes many obstacles and adventures on the way to Colchis.
Joson, with the help of Hera, he reaches King Etes.
Hera and Aphrodite arrange for Cupid to make King Etes's daughter, Medea, fall in love with Jason
Jason asks Etes for the fleece, but Etes says Jason must plow a field of dragon's teeth, which will spring up into a crop of armed men who must be cut down as they advance and attack
Medea gives Jason a magical potion that gives him invincibility for one day. She also tells him to throw a rock into the middle of the army because it will lead the armed men to kill each other.
The treacherous king will not give him the fleece, however. He plans to kill Jason. Medea helps him again. She leads him to the fleece, charms the serpent guarding it, and flees with Jason back home.
On the journey home, Medea kills her brother in the idea that she is protecting Jason
When they return to Greece, she arranges for King Pelias to be killed by his own daughters, which fulfills the oracle.
Jason marries another woman, and Medea becomes so angry that she kills both the bride and her own two sons fathered by Jason.
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