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Jake A.
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King named Athamas got tired of his wife and married another princess
New princess was planning to kill son of old queen (Phrixus) so her son would
inherit the kingdom
New princess tried to get Phrixus sacrificed but golden fleece flew him to safety
The boy Phrixus gave fleece to the king of the new land (Aeetes)
Pelias (son of new queen) took crown from Athamas
Jason the (son of old king) rightful heir was sent away to safety, then came back
to claim kingdom
Jason’s cousin tells Jason he will give him kingdom if he gets the golden fleece
and brings it back
Jason sets off on adventure in the Argo with the Argonauts
Some gods including Zeus are out to get them and some gods including Hera try
to help them
Jason finds the city and Cupid makes the daughter of the king fall in love with him
(Medea)
Major Events
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The king told Jason he would give him the fleece if he passed the trial
Jason must kill two fire breathing bulls and an army of seed men
Medea made Jason and his weapons invincible
Medea tells Jason to throw a stone into crowd of seed men and they will turn on
each other
Jason completed the tasks because of Medea’s help but the king refused to give
him the fleece
Jason steals the fleece and Medea kills her brother (leader of army) to allow
them to escape
Jason comes back to city and reclaims crown
Medea kills Pelias, the previous King
Jason decides to marry another woman, Medea gets jealous
Medea kills Jason’s bride, and their two sons
Major Events
HELPERS
Medea
 Gives Jason a potion that makes him fire proof and resistant to the razor
sharp hooves of bulls he would later face.
 She lulls the serpent who is guarding the golden fleece to sleep by using
another potion.
 She saves Jason and his men from a huge army by killing the leader (her
brother Apsyrtus)
 She prays to the hounds of Hades to come and destroy Talus.
Medea continued
 Gave Pelias a potent sleeping-draught and called
upon his daughter to cut him into bits. They later
threw the pieces in the ocean.
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Medea was able to deceive the daughter by showing how she
could turn an old ram into a young one, by chopping it up
and boiling it.
With her magic, the ram was reborn young!
She convinced the daughter the same would work on people
too
Eager to help her father, the daughter followed blindly, as
she helped kill her dad
 She restored Jason’s father to life and made him
young again.
Argonauts
 Jason’s crew that helped him complete his quest of the Golden Fleece.
These men include:
 Hercules
 Orpheus
 Peleus
 Castor
 Pollux
 Achilles
Challenges/Tasks
 One challenge was fighting off Harpies, that threatened
to kill the Argonauts.
 Another challenge was getting past clashing rocks, that
destroyed any ship that tried to pass through
 Jason and his crew fought off the Harpies successfully and
managed to get past the rocks, by sending a dove through
the rocks to make them crash preemptively, then sailing
through.
Challenges/Tasks
 Jason had to complete a set of tasks in order for the King to give Jason the
Golden Fleece.
 Jason had to capture (yoke) two fire-breathing bulls and have them plow a
field.
 Then Jason would have to sow the field with dragons teeth.
 Finally those dragon teeth he stole, turned into warriors which he had to
kill.
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Medea was the main instance of supernatural intervention in the story.
With her God-like powers, Medea helped save the Argonauts on many
occasions.
Medea was the driving force in helping the Argonauts escape with the
Golden Fleece, without her, it’s most likely that they never would have
gotten out alive.
Medea, like the archetype of supernatural intervention, used her
unworldly powers to get her and her husbands way and use it as a sort of
power over people.
Romance/Role of Women
Medea, Jason’s love interest
Medea, at first, seemed like a nice, lovable character
Helps Jason obtain the golden fleece and escape
After Jason completed his quest, Medea kills their
children and leaves Jason.
From this, we learn that the Greeks, still during this
time, viewed women as lesser than men and crazy.
A major theme in the story of Jason and the
Golden Fleece would be that history repeats itself. This
prevalent because at the beginning of the story, an
unfaithful wife attempts to kill two children of the
king, and at the end of the story, Medea ends up killing
both the children. In both instances, the king becomes
unfaithful towards his wife. Afterword's, the wife
attempts to kill the two children.
Another common theme in this story would
be manipulation and women being mischievous.
Throughout the story, Medea is able to manipulate
countless people in order to get her and Jason’s
way. One example of this was manipulating her
brother into thinking she was taking his side, when
in reality, she did it to kill him and make a clean
escape with the fleece.
Archetypes
Rags to Riches- Jason started with nothing, 
not even two shoes, and then
got the Fleece, and was able to become king.
Supernatural Intervention- Aphrodite assisting Jason on his journey
The River- Shows the warriors growing in strength and transitioning from
their past to their future in their quest to get the Fleece
The Hero- Jason in the beginning, on a path of redemption, helps people
along the way
Archetypes
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 What goes around, comes around- Jason was extremely cruel to his
wife, which then caused his wife to leave him, alone and desolated.
 The Temptress- Although only taking on this persona a couple of times,
Medea easily brings her brother to his knees in order for the heroes to
escape
Sources:
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 http://mmtaylor.net/Holiday2000/Legends/Jason.html
 http://ancienthistory.about.com/
 http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/GreekMyths/Jason/