Jason and Medea and Argonauts in Greek Mythology

1. JASONJASON ANDAND THETHE
GOLDENGOLDEN FLEECEFLEECE
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Master- Story TellerMaster- Story Teller
Greek MythologyGreek Mythology
VVIT- NamburVVIT- Nambur
JasonJason
&&
MedeaMedea

2. JasonJason was an ancient was an ancient
Greek mythological hero Greek mythological hero
who was the leader of who was the leader of
the the Argonauts.Argonauts. HeHe
was the son of was the son of AesonAeson, ,
the rightful king the rightful king
of of IolcosIolcos. He was . He was
married to the married to the
sorceress sorceress MedeaMedea. He . He
was also the great-was also the great-
grandson of the grandson of the
messenger god messenger god HermesHermes, ,
through his mother's through his mother's

3. JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Characters
Jason and the Argonauts, a band of Greek heroes set out in search ofJason and the Argonauts, a band of Greek heroes set out in search of
the fleece aboard a ship called thethe fleece aboard a ship called the ArgoArgo

4. Route of the Argonauts

6. •
The Fleece is a symbol of authority and kingshipThe Fleece is a symbol of authority and kingship
Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-haired wingedGolden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-haired winged
ram, which was held in Colchis.ram, which was held in Colchis. Which has the power toWhich has the power to
heal anythingheal anything

8. Olympian GodsOlympian Gods
• Apollo,
• Ares,
• Dionysus,
• Hermes,
• Hephaestus,
• Poseidon, and
• Zeus.
Olympian Goddesses
•Aphrodite,
•Athena,
•Artemis,
•Demeter, and
•Hera.

9. ZEUSZEUS
thethe
SupremeSupreme
God ofGod of
OlympusOlympus

10. Goddess ofGoddess of
MarriageMarriage
and theand the
Family, wifeFamily, wife
of Zeusof Zeus

11. Apollo theApollo the
God of MusicGod of Music

12. God of wineGod of wine

13. ARESARES the God of Warthe God of War

14. TheThe Messenger of the gods.Messenger of the gods.

15. The Goddess ofThe Goddess of
WisdomWisdom
and Military Victoryand Military Victory
ATHENAATHENA

16. DemeterDemeter
•The Goddess of HarvestThe Goddess of Harvest..

17. AphroditeAphrodite
Goddess of Love and BeautyGoddess of Love and Beauty

18. ArtemisArtemis
The Goddess ofThe Goddess of
Chastity, Virginity,Chastity, Virginity,
the Hunt, the Moon,the Hunt, the Moon,
and the Naturaland the Natural
EnvironmentEnvironment

19. Poseidon,
the God of Oceans and Seas

20. God of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen,God of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen,
artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire,artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoesand volcanoes
HephaestusHephaestus

22. IXIONIXION & NEPHELENEPHELE
• Ixion married Dia, daughter of Deioneus and
promised his father-in-law a valuable present.
However, he did not pay the bride price, so
Deioneus stole some of Ixion's horses in
retaliation. Ixion concealed his resentment and
invited his father-in-law to a feast at Larissa.
• When Deioneus arrived, Ixion pushed him into a
bed of burning coals and wood. These
circumstances are secondary to the fact of Ixion's
primordial act of murder.

23. cloud goddess NepheleNephele

24. IXIONIXION & NEPHELENEPHELE
• Ixion went mad, defiled by his act; the neighboring
princes were so offended by this act of treachery and
violation of xenia that they refused to perform the
rituals that would cleanse Ixion of his guilt.
However, ZeusZeus had pity on Ixion and brought him
to Olympus and introduced him at the table of the gods.
• Instead of being gratefulbeing grateful, Ixion grew lustful for Hera,
Zeus's wife, a further violation of guest-host relations.
Zeus found out about his intentions and made a cloud in
the shape of Hera, which became known
as Nephele (from nephos "cloud") and tricked Ixion into
coupling with it.
• From the union of Ixion and the false-Hera cloud
came Centauros.

25. Ixion was expelled from Olympus and blasted with a thunderbolt.Ixion was expelled from Olympus and blasted with a thunderbolt.
Zeus ordered Hermes to bind Ixion to a winged fiery wheel thatZeus ordered Hermes to bind Ixion to a winged fiery wheel that
was always spinning.was always spinning.

26. The BeginningThe Beginning
• AthamasAthamas the Minyan, king of the city
of Orchomenus in Boeotia (a region of
southeastern Greece), took the
goddess Nephelegoddess Nephele as his first wifefirst wife. They had
two children, the boy Phrixusboy Phrixus (whose name
means "curly"—as in ram's fleece) and the
girl Hellegirl Helle. Later Athamas became enamored of
and married InoIno, the daughter of Cadmus.Cadmus.
When Nephele left in anger, droughtNephele left in anger, drought came
upon the land.

27. Cadmus the slayer of theCadmus the slayer of the
DragonDragon
Ino daughter of CadmusIno daughter of Cadmus

28. EuropaEuropa

29. Ino raisedIno raised Dionysus,Dionysus, her nephew, son of her sister Semele,her nephew, son of her sister Semele,
causing Hera's intense jealousy. In vengeance, Hera struckcausing Hera's intense jealousy. In vengeance, Hera struck
Athamas with insanity. Athamas went mad and slew one of hisAthamas with insanity. Athamas went mad and slew one of his

30. TheThe winged ramwinged ram
• InoIno was jealous of her stepchildrenstepchildren and plotted
their deaths: she persuaded Athamas that
sacrificing Phrixussacrificing Phrixus was the only way to end the
drought. Nephele, appeared to the children
with a winged ram winged ram whose fleece was of goldfleece was of gold.
The children escaped on the golden ram over
the sea, but Helle fell offHelle fell off and drowned in the
strait now named after her, the HellespontHellespont.
The ram spoke to Phrixusram spoke to Phrixus, encouraging
him, and took the boy safely
to ColchisColchis (modern-day Georgia), on the
easternmost shore of the (Black) Sea.

31. AthamasAthamas the Minyan, king of the city
of Orchomenus in Boeotia

32. Helle fell off- HellespontHellespont

33. Aeetes,Aeetes, son of Helios the sunHelios the sun
godgod• There Phrixus sacrificedPhrixus sacrificed the winged ramwinged ram to
PoseidonPoseidon, essentially returning him to the
god. (Poseidon carried Theophane to an island
where he made her into a ewe,) The ram became
the constellation Ariesconstellation Aries.
• Phrixus settledPhrixus settled in the house of AeetesAeetes, son of
Helios the sun godHelios the sun god. He hung the Golden Fleece
preserved from the sacrifice of the ram on
an oak in a grove sacred to Ares, the god of war
and one of the Twelve Olympians.

34. never sleeping dragon
• The golden fleece was defended by bulls
with hoofs of brass and breath of fire. It
was also guarded by a never sleeping
dragon with teeth which could become
soldiers when planted in the ground. The
dragon was at the foot of the tree on
which the fleece was placed.

35. never sleeping dragonnever sleeping dragon
Colchian Dragon was a giant, watchful serpent which guardedColchian Dragon was a giant, watchful serpent which guarded
thethe Golden FleeceGolden Fleece in the sacred grove ofin the sacred grove of AresAres in Kolkhis (Colchis)in Kolkhis (Colchis)

36. PRIEST/ORACLEPRIEST/ORACLE
•
whowho prophesiedprophesied thatthat PeliasPelias willwill bebe overthrownoverthrown
by single sandaled manby single sandaled man

37. HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS

38. AESONAESON
• Father of Jason, King
of Iolcos
Son of Cretheus and
Tyro
Overthrown by his
half-brother, Pelias
•
•

39. PELIASPELIAS
•
Son of Tyro and Poseidon, and
thus the half-brother of Jason's
father, Aeson & Uncle of Jason
•
TYROTYRO
PoseidonPoseidon

40. POLYMELPOLYMEL
EE
•
•
•
Queen of
Iolcus,
Mother of
Jason. Wife
of Aeson
and later
became
wife of
Pelias

41. MOPSUSMOPSUS
•
•
captain of the
guards
soldier ,who
took Jason to
Chiron when
he was young
boy

42. CHIRONCHIRON
•
Trainer of heroes who
also trained Jason
He trained Hercules,
an immortal god, a
son of the Titan
Kronos and half-
brother of Zeus.
Kheiron's mother was
the nymph Philyra
•
•

43. THE ARGONAUTSTHE ARGONAUTS
Jason, along with his other 49 crew-matesJason, along with his other 49 crew-mates

44. ARGUSARGUS
•
son of Phrixus ,was the
builder, with the help of
Athena. The Argo included
a beam cut from the divine
tree of Dodona, which
could foretell the future.

45. ZUESZUES
•
Zeus was
regarded as
the bearer of
thunder and
lighting, rain
and wind and
his traditional
weapon was
the
thunderbolt.

46. HERAHERA
• Greek queen
of the gods
and sister-wife
of Zeus
Goddess of
marriage
•

47. •
PoseidonPoseidonis
the god of the sea
and protector of all
aquatic features.
Brother of ZeusZeus and
Hades,Hades,

48. His three-headed guard dogHis three-headed guard dog CerberusCerberus..

49. LAERTESLAERTES
•
Father of
Odysseus.
participated in
the Argonautic
Expedition,
helping Jason
retrieve the
Golden Fleece
from the far-away
land of Colchis,
•
ODYSSEUSODYSSEUS
LAERTESLAERTES

50. ACASTUS
•
•
•
half brother of
Jason Son of
Pelias
joined the
Argonauts and
later stole the
golden fleece but
was killed by his
own father

51. HERCULESHERCULES
• Known for his
great strength
he was the son
of Zeus and
Alcmene
(granddaughter
of Perseus)

52. HYLASHYLAS
•
accompanied the
hero Heracles
and was taught to
become a warrior
Hylas was
abducted by the
Nereid nymphs of
the spring of
Pegae
•

53. ATALANTATALANT
AA
•
a virgin huntress,
unwilling to marry
Having grown up in
the wilderness,
Atlanta became a
fierce hunter and
was always happy.
huntress famous for
her speed and skill.
She took part in
Hunt of the Caledonian
Boar with Argonauts.
•
•

54. CalydoniaCalydonia
nn BoarBoar
• Atlanta was
presented
with the
Skin of
Calydonian
Boar for her
arrow first
struck the
Boar

55. During the expeditionexpedition of the Argonauts,Argonauts, PolluxPollux took part in
a boxingboxing contest and defeated King AmycusAmycus of the Bebryces.
After returning from the voyage,voyage, the DioskouroiDioskouroi helped Jason
and PeleusPeleus to destroy the city of IolcusIolcus in revenge for the
treachery of its king Peliasking Pelias. They were transformed into the
constellation Gemini.Gemini. TwinTwin brothersbrothers are Sons of ZeusZeus andand LedaLeda.
CASTOR &CASTOR & POLLUXPOLLUX

56. PHINEASPHINEAS
•
King of Thrace
was a foreteller.
He was blinded by
the gods for
foretelling men the
future and left
alone on an island.
ARGONAUTS
chased the
HARPIES away,
and Phineus, out
of gratitude,
revealed to them
the course of their
voyage.
•

57. •
Gods given them
eyes 10 times
sharper than
eagle. Being sons
of the North Wind
they were
supernaturally
gifted in different
ways . Particularly
Played a vital role
in the rescue
of PhineusPhineus from
the harpies
•
CALAIS
& ZETES

58. GegeneesGegenees
ofof
DolionesDoliones

59. STYMPHALIANSTYMPHALIAN
BIRDSBIRDS

60. Stymphalian BirdsStymphalian Birds
• The Stymphalian Birds are man-eating birds with
beaks of bronze, sharp metallic feathers they could
launch at their victims, and poisonous dung. Being the
sacred birds of the God of War, the Birds could only
be driven away, not killed. Fortunately, one amongst
the Argonauts recalled how Hercules had once
encountered these birds and driven them away by
making loud noises. At his advice, the Argonauts
unsheathed their swords and beat upon their shields
with them. The Birds, scared by the commotion, flew
away and left the adventurers alone. Only Oileus was
struck and wounded by a stray feather.

61. HYPSIPYLHYPSIPYL
EE
•
Queen of Lemnos,
daughter of Thoas
and Myrina
Aphrodite cursed
the women of the
island for having
neglected her
shrines. All the
women developed
extreme body odor
that made them
repugnant to the
men of the nation
•

62. The women had neglected their
worship of Aphrodite, and as a
punishment the goddess made
the women so foul in stench that
their husbands could not bear to
be near them. The men then
took concubines from the
Thracian mainland opposite, and
the spurned women, angry at
Aphrodite, killed all the male
inhabitants while they slept. The
king, Thoas, was saved by
Hypsipyle, his daughter, who put
him out to sea sealed in a chest
from which he was later
rescued. The women of Lemnos
lived for a while without men,
with Hypsipyle as their queen.
Lemnian Women

63. HypsipyleHypsipyle
and her fatherand her father
The king,The king,
ThoasThoas

64. Known as Clashing rocks, a
pair of rocks at
the Bosporus that clashed
together when somebody
went through. They were
defeated by Jason and
the Argonauts, who would have
been lost and killed by the rocks
except for Phineus' advice. Jason
let a dove fly between the
rocks; it lost only its tail feathers.
The Argonauts rowed mightily to
get through and lost only part of
the stern ornament. After that,
the Symplegades stopped moving
permanently.
TheThe
SymplegadesSymplegades

65. AEETESAEETES
• King of
Colchis; father
of Medea;
keeper of
Golden Fleece
A son of
Helios and
Perseis
•
•

66. MEDEAMEDEA
•
the witch,
enchantress
or
sorceress,
the
daughter of
King Aeetes
of Colchis
and Eidyia

67. EROSEROS
• Greek god
Eros. Known
as Cupid in
Roman
mythology
made Medea
fell in love with
Jason
•
EROSEROS

68. Jason and Medea in the Temple of ZEUS

69. MEDEAMEDEA MEDEAMEDEA

70. Hecate the goddess of magic and witchcraft
Worshiped by MEDEA

71. The Huffing Bulls of ColchisThe Huffing Bulls of Colchis

72. • She fell in love with him
and told him she would
help him in his quest,
under the condition that
he would take her with
him. Medea gave him an
ointment to apply on himself
and his weapons, in order to
protect them from the flames.
Having been told by Medea,
he threw a rock amidst the
army, and the warriors, not
knowing who had thrown the
rock, started fighting each
other and killed themselves.
Medea provided the sleeping
herbs with which the dragon
fell asleep and Jason then slew
him and retrieved the Golden
Fleece.
MEDEAMEDEA
JasonJason

73. Jason along with MedeaJason along with Medea
yoking the huffing bullsyoking the huffing bulls

74. JasonJason andand thethe fire-fire-
breathingbreathing
oxenoxen

76. SKELETONSKELETON
SS
•
sows the
Hydra's teeth while
praying to the
goddess Hecate,
producing a band
of skeletal warriors.
(Spartoi)

77. Medea hypnotizing the never sleeping DragonMedea hypnotizing the never sleeping Dragon
for Jason to take Golden Fleecefor Jason to take Golden Fleece

78. JasonJason killkill thethe sleeplesssleepless
dragondragon withwith helphelp ofof
MedeaMedea

79. APSYRTUSAPSYRTUS
•
brother of Princess
Medeaack to Iolcus

80. The Circe's island
The island of Aeaea,
where lived Circe,
Medea's aunt.
Distraught upon
learning of her
nephew's death,
she immediately
asked the
Argonauts to leave.

81. •
A giant Android
made of bronze to
protect Europa in
Crete from pirates
and invaders.
He circled the
island's shores
three times daily.
Zeus presented him
to his lover Europa,
as her personal
protector, after
delivering her to the
island of Krete
(Crete)
•
TALOS

82. TALOS

83. Being betweenBeing between ScyllaScylla
and Charybdisand Charybdis is
an idiom deriving
from Greek
mythology,
meaning "having"having
to chooseto choose
between twobetween two
evils".evils".
"between the"between the
devil and thedevil and the
deep bluedeep blue
sea",sea", and
"between a"between a
rock and arock and a
hard place"hard place"
express similar
meanings.

84. Meeting the Sirens
The Sirens were beautiful women
who sat on rocks, seducing sailors
with their irresistible songs.
Unable to avoid the beauty of
their sight and their song, the
sailors would run their ships
aground on the rocks and be
killed. The presence of Orpheus
once more saved the Argonauts
such a fate. He played his lyre far
more powerful and captivating
than that of the Sirens, breaking
their enchanting spell. Butes fell
over. Lured by the Sirens, he
swam towards the rocks and
imminent death but miraculously,
Aphrodite appeared out of
nowhere and saved him.

85. Orpheus playing music

86. ORPHEUS
•
He was considered the best
musician and poet of all, and he
perfected the lyre. It was the god
Apollo who taught Orpheus how to
play the lyre when he was an
adolescent. According to a source,
his music had the ability to charm
the animals and make the trees
dance. It is also said that he took
part in the Argonautic Expedition,
playing the lyre on the way. If it
weren't for him, the Argonauts
would never be able to avoid the
beautiful songs of the Sirens.

87. BUTES
•
was the only one not
to resist the charm
of Sirens singing and
swim off to them. But
goddess Aphrodite
saved Butes by
transferring him to
Lilybaeum in Sicily,
where he became
goddess lover.

88. reached Iolcus with the Golden
Fleece
• When they reached Iolcus with the Golden Fleece, Jason realized
his uncle had no desire to give up the throne or making him heir.
An angry Jason decided to kill his uncle. But the oracles informed
him Pelias could be killed only by his own daughters, who loved
him very much. Jason did not know what to do. Medea came to
his aid once again. She presented herself to Pelias as a barbarian
witch who could make old people young. To demonstrate her
powers she killed an old goat and resurrected him young. This
excited Pelias. He instructed his daughters to kill him. “So that
this witch can bring me back from the land of the dead young,”
he said. The daughters obeyed their father. They killed Pelias but
Medea refused to bring him back from the land of the dead. She
just laughed and danced, having succeeded in giving her beloved
Jason what he desired.

90. Jason and Medea
had fourteenfourteen
children,children,
including
sons Alcimenes,Alcimenes,
Thessalus, Tisander,Thessalus, Tisander,
Mermeros andMermeros and
Pheres, MedusPheres, Medus, and
Argos, and a
daughter, Eriopis.Eriopis.
They were
married for 10
years in Corinth.

91. Glauce in Flames

92. MedeaMedea
takestakes
vengeancevengeance
on Jason byon Jason by
killing Jason'skilling Jason's
new wife asnew wife as
well as herwell as her
own children,own children,
after whichafter which
she escapesshe escapes
to Athens toto Athens to
start a newstart a new
life.life.

93. On the Dragons chariot sent byOn the Dragons chariot sent by
the sun god Heliosthe sun god Helios
Medea going to AthensMedea going to Athens

94. • As aAs a result of breakingresult of breaking hishis vowvow to loveto love MedeaMedea forever,forever, JasonJason
lost his favor withlost his favor with HeraHera and died lonely and unhappy.and died lonely and unhappy. HeHe
was asleepwas asleep under the stern of theunder the stern of the rottingrotting ArgoArgo when it fellwhen it fell
on him,on him, killing himkilling him instantly.instantly.
TheThe
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