The Quest for the Golden Fleece ﹠ Medea.pptVIP

The Quest for the Golden Fleece ﹠ Medea ---中国地质大学 091076 Jason 伊阿宋 ﹠Medea 美狄亚 Contents the Golden Fleece Before the quest The quest for the Golden Fleece Return journey Treachery of Jason （also Medea by Euripides） Conclusion the Golden Fleece Athamas, king of Orchomenus in Boeotia Nephele, Athamas’s first wife, the cloud goddess ,a mother of two children---the boy Phrixus and the girl Helle Ino, Athamas’s anther wife, jealous of her stepchildren and plotted their deaths a winged ram, whose fleece was of gold, sired by Poseidon Before the quest Aeson King, father of Jason Pelias Aeson’s half-brother, overthrew Aeson and killed all the descendants of Aeson as he could Alcimede Mother of Jason The quest for the Golden Fleece Jason assembled a great group of heroes, known as the Argonauts after their ship, the Argo. The group of heroes included the Boreads (sons of Boreas, the North Wind) who could fly, Heracles, Philoctetes, Peleus, Telamon, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux, Atalanta, and Euphemus. Long and hard journey before the arrival of Colchis: The Isle of Lemnos ---The island was inhabited by a race of women who had killed their husbands Cyzicus ---They made a horrible mistake here Mysia ---Hylas was lost forever Phineas and the Harpies ---Phineas revealed to Jason the location of Colchis and how to cross the Symplegades in return of them for killing Harpies The Symplegades --- The only way to reach Colchis was to sail through the Symplegades (Clashing Rocks) the arrival of Colchis Colchis: the place where the golden fleece was kept Aeetes: king of Colchis, father of Medea Medea: known as an enchantress Jason arrived in Colchis to claim the fleece as his own. King Aeetes of Colchis promised to give it to him only if he could perform three certain tasks. Hera had persuaded Aphrodite to convince her son Eros to make Aeetess daughter, Medea, fall in love with Jason. As a result, Medea aided Jason in his tasks. three certain tasks: First, Ja