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Jason Flashcards

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Aea / Aeëtes

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land, man of land

Ram immortalized as constellation § Aries (Latin for “Ram”)
§ Aeëtes’ Oracle
§ Reign ends if fleece stolen by stranger
§ Aeëtes’ Solution
§ Sacrifice all strangers

Aeëtes Negotiates
§Give up Golden Fleece on conditions:
§ “Impossible” T asks §Yoke Oxen
§Brazen-footed; Fire-breathing §Plow field & sow dragon’s teeth
§Kill warriors who spring up from earth § Autochthonous

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Aeson & Polymede

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parents of Jason

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Apollonius’ Argonautica

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story

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Apsyrtus

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Apsyrtus was a Colchian prince and the younger brother of Medea. He was involved in Jason’s escape with the golden fleece from Colchis

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Argo / Argonauts

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Jason commissions Argo (“Swift”) § Argus
§ Shipwright § Athena
§Talking Bow of Argo § From Dodona
§ Argonauts
§Who’s Who of Greek nobility

50 Argonauts § 50 oars
§ 4 Main Groups § Thessalians
§ Jason
§ Peloponnesians
§ Augeas (of stable fame)
§ Calydonian Boar Hunt § Meleager
§ Parents of Trojan War Heroes § Peleus, Telamon, Oïleus

Special Teams
§ Cowboy & Fighter
§Castor & Polydeuces (a.k.a. Pollux) § Flyers
§ Boreads (Sons of Boreas [North Wind]) § Zetes & Calaïs
§ Shipwright & Helmsman § Argus & Tiphys
§ Later additions
§ Heracles & Orpheus

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Argus

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Shipwright

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Athamas and Nephele

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King & Queen of Boeotia
§ Children: Phrixus & Helle
§ Step-mother: Ino
§ Daughter of Cadmus;Step-mother to Phrixus & Helle
§ Wants kids dead!

Nephele
§Puts kids on golden-fleeced ram
§ Chrysomallos § Voyage East
§Helle falls into sea
§Hellespont (“Sea of Helle”) § A.k.a. The Dardanelles

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Chiron

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Jason’ s personal trainer on mount pelius

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Chrysomallus / Golden Fleeced Ram

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Nephele
§Puts kids on golden-fleeced ram
§ Chrysomallos § Voyage East

Ram immortalized as constellation § Aries (Latin for “Ram”)
§ Aeëtes’ Oracle
§ Reign ends if fleece stolen by stranger
§ Aeëtes’ Solution
§ Sacrifice all strangers

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Colchis

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Phrixus shows up here on ram

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Corinth

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Jason & Medea exiled to Corinth

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Creon

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Glaucē, daughter of Creon, Medea kills both

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Euripides’ Medea

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story

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Euxine / Black Sea

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Euxine: “Friendly to Strangers”

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Glaucē

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daughter of Creon, Jason new wife, Medea kills her

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Harpies

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Snatchers

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Hellespont / “Sea of Helle” / Dardanelles

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Voyage East
§Helle falls into sea
§Hellespont (“Sea of Helle”) § A.k.a. The Dardanelles

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Heracles & Hylas

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At Cios
§ Propontis (Sea of Marmara)
§ Heracles & Hylas
§ Heracles disembarks to replace oar § Loses lover Hylas
§ Abducted by Naiads (water nymphs) § Heracles searches for him in vain
§ Abandons expedition

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Hypsipyle

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Queen of Lemnos
§ Lemnian women neglect Aphrodite
§ Aphrodite makes them stink!
§ Men take Thracian concubines § Women slaughter all men but 1
§ Hypsiple saves her father

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Ino

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Daughter of Cadmus;Step-mother to Phrixus & Helle
§ Wants kids dead!

Delphic Oracle suborned
§ “Sacrifice Phrixus” to end famine § Caused by Ino

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Iolcus / Thessaly

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Jason & Iolcus
§ Thessaly (N. Greece)

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Jason

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Son of Aeson & Polymede
-Rightful king of Iolcus

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Lemnos / Lemnian Women

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Hypsipyle: Queen of Lemnos
§ Lemnian women neglect Aphrodite
§ Aphrodite makes them stink!

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Medea

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Youngest daughter of Aeëtes § Sorceress
§ Niece of Circe
§ Love at First Sight
§ Falls for Jason
§ Hera and Aphrodite
§ Magic Ointment
§ Jason protected
§ Throws stone among warriors

Conflicting Classical sources §Medea: real hero
§Euripides’ Medea §Jason: real hero
§Ovid’s Metamorphoses 7.100-158 §Medea’s Pharmacy
§ Drugs dragon

Medea flees Colchis with Jason §Pursued by Colchians
§ Delaying T actic
§ Medea sacrifices brother, Apsyrtus
§ Cuts him up and tosses pieces into sea
§ Colchians delayed picking up pieces

P elias reneges on deal § Medea intervenes
§ Medea’ s Magic
§ Cuts up and boils Aeson & old ram
§ Rejuvenated
§ Convinces Peliades same for Pelias
§ Peliades cut up and boil Pelias
§ Definitely not rejuvenated – just dead!

Euripides’ Medea (431 BCE)
§ Jason & Medea exiled to Corinth
§ Miasma for murder of Pelias § Jason divorces Medea
§ Marries Glaucē, daughter of Creon §Medea’s Revenge
§ Sends two sons to Glaucē with wedding gifts § Robe & Crown; robe smeared with poison
§ Kills Glaucē and Creon

Ultimate Revenge
§Medea kills her and Jason’s two sons
§ Flees to Athens; Asylum with King Aegeus
§ Dragon-drawn chariot § Gift of father, Helius
§ Final Scene
§ Chariot with dead children
§ Gloats over Jason; foretells his sad end

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Minyae

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Argonauts
§ A.k.a. Minyae

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Mt. Pelion

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Jason’ s personal trainer
§ Chiron the Centaur §Mt. Pelion

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Pelias and Peliades

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Oracle to Pelias:
§ “Beware of one-sandaled man!”
§ Jason & old woman § Helps her cross river
§ Disguised Hera
§ Patron of Jason § Nemesis of Pelias
§ Jason arrives at Iolus
§ Wearing only one sandal!
§ Lost in river helping Hera across

Pelias’ Threatened
§ Jason demands throne
§ Pelias’ Demand § Fetch Fleece!
§ Phrixus ordered him in dream to obtain it § Jason’ s Response
§ Will fetch fleece!

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Phineus

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Phineus & Harpies § Blind king and prophet
§ T ormented by Harpies (“Snatchers”) § Boreads defeat Harpies
§ Boreads: Sons of the North Wind § Phineus
§ Foretells of Symplegades “Clashing Rocks” § If they pass through, rocks cease to clash

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Phrixus and Helle

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kids saved by mother from stepmom and sent on gold ram

Phrixus at Colchis
§ Eastern edge of Black Sea
§ Aea “Land” § King Aeëtes
§ “Man of Land”
§ Son of Helius
§ Brother to: Circe & Pasiphaë

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Symplegades / Clashing Rocks

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Phineus
§ Foretells of Symplegades “Clashing Rocks” § If they pass through, rocks cease to clash

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Zeus Phyxius

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Phrixus sacrifices ram
§ T o Zeus Phyxius (“Escape”)
§ Golden Fleece § Gift to Aeëtes § Oak Grove
§ Sacred to Ares
§ Guarded by Unsleeping Dragon

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