Jason and the Argonauts
Aison son of Kretheus and Polymede daughter of Autolykos has a son called Jason. He liven in place Iolkos which was ruled by Pelias. Pelias got an prophesy to beware a one sandalled who wil murder him. Pelias noticed that Jason had one sandal when he asked him to help him with a sacrifice to Poseidon Jason said that such a person should retrieve the Golden Fleece. That is what Pelias told him to do not expecting to see him again.
The tale of Jason is recounted by Pindar, Diodoros, Ovid but the best known is by Apollonios Rhodios, a librarian from BCE 261 and writes about a hero very different than those written by Homer
Jason first task is to ask Argos son of Phrixos to build a 50 oared ship, which had a speaking timber from the oak of Dodona installed by Athena. The fifty crew assembled are the greatest heroes of their time.
Jason is very good looking but his qualities of heroism take a while to come to fruition and he fails to command the respect of his crew at the beginning.
the young heroes turned their eyeys towards Herakles sitting in their midst, ans with one shout they all enjoined upon him to be their leader
Herakles refuses but leaves the impression that Jason is their only only becuase Herakles turns them down. Jason is an hellestic hero and his arete are seen as his increasong effectiveness.
At Lemnos
This is their first pport of call and inhabited by women. The crew stay there awhile and help balance the population. Jason meets with Hypsipyle and where his cloak for amatory purposes much like Akhilleus would a shield for combat. He succeeds even though in a non-Homeric way he submits to love
At Samothrace, Propontis and Doliones
King [[character::KyzikosProperty "Place" (as page type) with input value "Doliones==</br>King [[character::Kyzikos" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. provides them hospitality and they leave but the winds push them back on shore and thinking they are under attack Kyzikos defends the island but is killed. His new wife Kleite is devestated
she clasped a noose around her neck [and] all her tears made a fountain they call Kleite, the illustrious name of the hapless maid
At Mysia
Herakles is becoming prefunctory to the narrative as his braun and no brains have little worth in this Hellenistic narrative. At Mysia he heads off to repair his oar. Meanwhile his companion Hylas is pulled in to the water by a nymph and his cries are heard by Polyphemous and Herakles went to help. Meanwhile Tiphys sets sail and it is only later they realize they left left the three companions.
At Bebrykes
King Amykos force the strangers in to a boxing match which was taken up by Polydeuske Pollux. He shatters the King's skull and the subject assault the crew but the Argonauts repel them.
At Salmydessos
Here they meet the blind seer [[character::PhineusProperty "Place" (as page type) with input value "Salmydessos==</br>Here they meet the blind seer [[character::Phineus" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.
