CLAS 2520 Lecture 9: Jason and Medea (Slides w/ Extra Lecture Notes)

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2520
• Professor: Rob Nau

Document Summary

The three family trees that are important to the story are: Sidero is considered to be like an evil step-mother. Colchis a city on the black sea, the location of the golden fleece: home for the god helius who has a son, aeetes who is the king of colchis. Children of helius are important in the story. Begi(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith atha(cid:373)as" fa(cid:373)il(cid:455), (cid:449)he(cid:374) atha(cid:373)as (cid:396)e(cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ies (cid:449)ith i(cid:374)o who is seen as the evil step-mother. Helle falls off over the hellespont, hence its name (origin) Ram lands in colchis: phryxus is pious and wants to sacrifice the fleece back to the gods. Gi(cid:448)es it to aeetes so aeetes gi(cid:448)es ph(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:454)us his daughte(cid:396)"s ha(cid:374)d i(cid:374) marriage. Aeetes puts the golden fleece in a sacred garden of the gods and hangs it on a tree: aeetes has a prophecy that his male descendants will cause him great misfortune.