Golden Fleece Vs Odyssey

these stories the Olympian gods in the stories play important roles that affect the lives of both Jason and Medea. The behaviors of these two character also have a great contrast between them. In the story of “Jason and the Golden Fleece”, Jason is the son of Aeson who is the legitimate king of Iolcus, in Thessaly. Aeson’s half brother Pelias steals the throne away from Aeson making himself the new king of Iolcus. Jason is the rightful heir to the thrown but his father feared for his life and sent him to live with the centaur Cheiron. In time Jason wanted to know of his parents and wanted to reclaim the royal

This plan to get revenge reveals Medea’s true character and also shows what people in her country value. Jason is on a journey to capture the Golden Fleece, he comes across a woman named Medea who helps him get the

In Medea, a play by Euripides, Jason possesses many traits that lead to his downfall. After Medea assists Jason in his quest to get the Golden Fleece, killing her brother and disgracing her father and her native land in the process, Jason finds a new bride despite swearing an oath of fidelity to Medea. Medea is devastated when she finds out that Jason left her for another woman after two children and now wants to banish her. Medea plots revenge on Jason after he gives her one day to leave. Medea later acts peculiarly as a subservient woman to Jason who is oblivious to the evil that will be unleashed and lets the children remain in Corinth. The children later deliver a poisoned gown to Jason’s new bride that also kills the King of Corinth.

In addition to providing for his children, Jason also does complete the role of the protector. When Medea goes on her serial killing spree, Jason only knows that she has killed his new wife. Thus, Jason immediately thinks of his children and arrive as the palace “so [that he may] save the lives / Of [his] boys, in case the royal house should harm them / While taking vengeance for their mother’s wicked deed” (Euripides 391). He knows that the royal family of Corinth might see his sons and want to kill them because they are related to Medea; therefore, Jason wishes to whisk them away to safety before he loses them as well. However, he soon discovers Medea has also killed their sons, and he is absolutely stricken with grief. He mourns for “the boys whom [he] begot and brought up” and questions Medea on how she could have stomached such an unforgivable and sordid deed (Euripides 391). After many accusations from Medea, Jason then begs to see the sons’ dead bodies so that he may burry and mourn them, but Medea “prevents [him] from / Touching their bodies or giving them burial” (Euripides 393). Jason, left without a chance to mourn for the loss of his children, leaves Medea as she blames him for the deaths of their children.

From the beginning of the play the conflict between good and bad where Medea and Jason are concerned has been ambiguous. Both characters have done terrible things in order to attain what they want. Nothing could stand in the way of them including Medea’s father, whom Medea betrayed and to pile on the grieve she kills her brother and drops parts of him into the sea so as to delay her father thereby ensuring that Jason and his Argonauts could fulfil their quest to attain the Golden Fleece. When Jason betrays Medea and walks away from their marriage we immediately identify him as the villain, yet the reader fails to understand that during that time when this play was written it was still socially acceptable for the man to walk away from his marriage provided he gives back the dowry he attained from the wife’s father. In this case Medea did not bring any such items so it was even easier for him to leave her so as to empower himself. It was Medea’s role as a woman belonging to that age to accept Jason’s decision however she feels betrayed that he would break a vow made in front of the gods, and apparently she was not a regular woman even by the standards of that time as she had an intellect that could rival that of scholarly men. So to exact her revenge she destroys everything Jason loves leaving him to regret ever betraying the marriage.

A Question of Pride From his heroic deeds to his prowess in war, there is no doubt that Odysseus is an epic hero. Though his actions also led to another characteristic, those similar to Macbeth. In the epic “The Odyssey” by Homer, we follow Odysseus in his reluctant voyage to Troy, and more importantly his long and arduous journey back home. During which he faces the gods’ wrath and witnesses the death of all his crew along with it, before finally returning back to Ithaca to see his family and low Odysseus in his reluctant voyage to Troy, and importantly his long and arduous journey back home. Through Odysseus’ pride, the consequences of his actions, and his enlightenment the reader can see Odysseus as a tragic hero.

A sorceress and a princess, Medea is an important character portrayed in two very popular Greek mythological stories. Using her magic to help Jason secure the Golden Fleece, Medea subsequently fell in love with him, causing her to flee her homeland and family. It is this plot movement that writes both Apollonius’ Argonautica as well as Euripides’ Medea. Argonautica was not based solely around her and Jason’s story, however it was a key part, displaying her as a maiden of indecisive thoughts and a treacherous love and devotion to Jason. Medea, however, revolves solely around the transformation of Medea’s character based on Jason’s actions to be with another woman. By examining text from both Argonautica and Euripides’ Medea, different characteristics and personality traits of Medea can be revealed, ranging from an innocent maiden to an evil superhuman.

In Medea, a woman betrays her homeland because of her love for a man. Jason is the husband that she ferociously loves and makes sacrifices for. They have two children together: Antigone and Ismeme. In Jason's quest for the golden fleece, Medea assists him in multiple ways. One of the things she does to help their cause is bring

Jason is classified as a Greek hero through his noble birth, extreme feats, and his selflessness.

Jason agrees happily, raring for an adventure and immediately seeks out a ship. He encounters a shipwright named Argus who builds a magnificent boat with the power to speak and grant prophecies and in a rather egotistical manner he named the ship Argo Navis after himself. Jason then assembled a large crew of heroes and demigods from ancient Greece that together called themselves the Argonauts consisting of Heracles and his lover Hylas, Zetes and Calais, Orpheus, Castor and Polydeuces, and many more. The crew encounter many obstacles on their travels, for instance on the island of Lemnos, an island populated solely by women, most of the crew (except Heracles) took part in the

The actual consequences of the characters decisions are far worse than either can imagine. In response to Jason’s deceitfulness, Medea concocts a horrific plan to kill his newly-wedded bride, father-in-law, and two children. When all is done, only a few survivors remain. Although Jason is among those spared, his misery is great. In grief, he reveals his short-sightedness, caused by an insatiable thirst for power, cost him immensely:

The most meaningful part of this book was when Jason was fighting a horde of monsters and an enormous, frightening giant. This was when Jason was the most courageous and powerful. His friends and family were fighting with him; they were by his side when he needed them most. This was when he realized that he was from Rome and that he needed to fight for the survival of the world and everyone on it. Jason said, in the novel, “I’m a son of Jupiter!” He shouted, and just for effect, he summoned the winds, rising a few feet off the ground. “I’m a child of Rome, Consol to the demigods, praetor of the first legion.” Jason didn't quite know what he was saying but he rattled off the words like he’d said them many times before. He held out his arms,

Jason (Ham): Pelias wanted to be ruler of Thessaly. In an argument, he overthrew Aeson, and killed most of his descendants. Alcimede however, already had a son named Jason whom she saved from Pelias. (Alcimede sent her son to Chiron for education.) Pelias was afraid that he would one day be overthrown, so he consulted an oracle. The oracle warned him to beware of a man with only one sandal. Many years later, when Jason arrived in Iolcus, he lost one of his sandals in a river. (He lost it while helping an old woman to cross the river) the old woman turned out to Hera and she blessed him. When Jason entered Iolcus, he told Pelias that he was the right king. Pelias answered him by saying that Jason has to get the golden fleece if he wanted to

There are also parts in the play where one may begin to have an understanding of Jason’s motives. In Jason’s first argumentative speech to Medea, he claims that money, possessions and social status is of no importance to him. He declares that his choice to marry the royal Glauce is of good intention, not merely because he is bored with Medea’s bed. Later, when Medea begs Jason to forgive her for her foolishness, he shows kindness and understanding towards her. After all that Medea said about him and his new wife-to-be, Glauce, he states that he is still willing to provide Medea and their sons with anything they may need. Medea pleads for Jason to convince Creon to let their sons stay in Corinth and Jason agrees to try to convince both Creon and Glauce to allow the boys to stay. Jason is still compassionate, showing at least some loyalty to Medea and his family. At the very end of the play, after Medea has killed Glauce, Creon and their two sons, Jason admits that she has ‘destroyed’ him. Jason is completely shattered; everything has been ripped away from him. It’s also unfair when Medea refuses to let Jason bury and mourn the bodies of their sons. Some may feel it is impossible to feel no sympathy for him.

Medea’s discourse is presented upon the traditional and emotional reasoning of ancient greek culture which was governed upon respect and love for the Gods. Medea’s argument not only explores a world organised according to preexisting laws and logic, but also demonstrates the ways in which woman were disempowered by democracy as only men were permitted to vote and engage in political affairs. For Medea tradition is truth and this is were Jason has failed her, “ You can insult me. You have somewhere to turn to. But I shall go from this land into exile, friendless…And how did I choose it? Did I betray my Husband?.” Medea’s thoughts and actions throughout the texts are driven by tradition, therefore she accuses Jason of betrayal as he has giving