古希腊罗马神话-伊阿宋

3/3古希腊罗马神话_伊阿宋TheStoriesofJason

JasonisaheroinGreekmythology,whoisfamousforhisjourneytoColchisinsearchoftheGoldFleecewithotherGreekheroes.InordertoregainthepowerofthekingdomIolcus,JasonhadtocompletethetaskfromhisunclePelias,regardlessofanyhardship,hehadtogettheGoldFleece.

Jason’sEarlyExperience

JasonwasthesonofAeson,theKingofIolcus;andhismotherwasAlcimede,thedaughterofAutolycus.ThekingAesonhadastepbrothercalledPelias,whowasviolentandunjust.AesonandPeliassharedacommonmother,Tyro,whowasthedaughterofSalmoneusandgodPoseidon.PeliaswaseagerforthethroneofLolcus,sohekilledAesonandmostofhisdescendants.However,luckily,thebabyJasonwassenttothecentaurChirontoberaisedonMt.Pelion,soPeliascouldnotdoanythingbadtoJason.AndthenameJasonwasgivenbytheChiron.

Withtimegoingon,Jasongraduallygrewup.Atthistime,Peliaswasholdingagreatceremonytohisso-calledfatherPoseidon,Jasondecidedtoattend.

InhiswaytoIolcus,Jasonmetaoldwoman,whowasHeraindisguise.Hehelpedthe“oldwoman”acrossthetorrentialriverandwasrewardedbyHeraatlast.However,whenJasoncrosstheriver,helostoneofhissandal.ItwasbelievedbyPeliasthatamaninLolcuswhowaswearingonesandalwouldseizedthepowerfromhim.

Then,JasonfoundPeliasandclaimedhiskingdom.Peliasagreed,butheputa

conditionthatJasonshouldbringhimtheGoldenFleece,whichbelongedtothekingofColchisandwasguardedbyapowerfuldragon.PeliasthoughtthatthetaskwasimpossibleandJasonwouldnevercomeback.

TheJourneytoColchis

Jasonbegantogathercompanionswithouthesitation.Atlasthegatheredateamof50peopleandstartedtheirvoyageonashipcalled'Agro'.Aboutthisteam,eachonewasafamoushero,thesonorgrandsonofagod.SuchheroeslikeHeracles,whojustreturnedfromhisadventurewiththeErymanthianboar.Orpheuswasthere,thedivinemusician;CastorandPolydeuces,thetwin-brothersofHelen;MeleagerofCalydon;PeleusandTelamon,whosesons,AchillesandAjax,weretobegreatheroesoftheTrojanWar①;andsoon.Togethertheywereknownasthe'Argonauts'.

Ontheirjourney,theArgonautshadmetkindsofchallenges.Then,afteralongvoyage,theArgonautsreachedThrace,thehomeofPhineus,amanwhohadgreatgiftofprophecythathecouldtellmenallthefuture.Atthattime,theGodHeliossentmonsterscalledHarpiestokillPhineusforhispower.JasonkilledHarpiesandsavedPhineus.Andinreturn,PhineustoldhimthesiteofColchiswheretheGoldenFleecewaskept,andwhattheArgonautswouldmeetduringtheirfurthervoyage.ToreachColchis,theArgonautshadtotravelthroughthecliffsofSymplegades.SoPhineussuggestedthatJasonreleaseadovebetweenthecliffs.Ifthedovewasabletoreachpassthecliffs,theArgonautscouldmakeit,too.Jasondidaccordingly.After

witnessingthedovepassthecliffsafely,JasonandArgonautsfollowedandwentthroughit.

TheGoldFleece

FinallyJason,aswellastheArgonautsreachedColchis.JasonmetupwiththeKingAeetesandaskedhimtogivehimtheGoldFleece.However,theKingAeetessaidthattoproveJasonwasworthytoreceivetheGoldFleece,heshouldatfirstcompleteseveraltasks.Firstofall,JasonwasaskedtocontrolthebullsthatbreathedoutfireandplowwiththemthefieldofAres.Whenthiswasdone,Jasonshouldplantthedragon’steeththatAthenahadgiven.Then,ifallthiswasaccomplishedbetweendawnandsunset,heshouldreceivethegoldenfleece.Thoughhelookeduponitasanimpossibletask,Jasoncoulddonobetterthanaccepttheking’scondition.②Luckily,withthehelpofAeetes’daughter--Medea,Jasoncompletedthesetasks.However,AeetesdidnotwanttogiveJasontheGoldFleeceanddecidedtokillJasonandtheArgonauts.AlsobecauseofMedea,Jasonbecameawareoftheking’sscheme.Then,MedearevealedtheGoldFleece’hidingplaceanddruggedtheguardiandragon.Thus,JasongottheGoldFleecewithouttheKingAeetes’awareness.ThentheArgonautsfledColchiswiththefleece,alsowithMedea,theprincessofColchis.

GoBacktoIolcus

WhentheArgonautsreturnedtoIolcus,theyfoundthatPeliashadcontinuedhis

ruleandrefusedtopasshispowertoJason.Then,Medea,whowasJason’swifenow,persuadedPeliasthathecouldbeyoungagainifhadpiecesofhisbodyboiledinamagicalbrew.ShethenconvincedPelias’daughtersthattheyshouldperformthetaskofcuttinguptheirfather.Peliaswasthusmurderedbyhisinnocentdaughters.Jasonseizedthecity,butheandMedeawereexpelledbyAcastus,thesonofPelias.

WithMedea

MedeawasthedaughteroftheKingAeetes,whohadabrothercalledAbsyrtus.MedeafellinlovewithJasonwhenshefirstsawhiminthepalacewithherfather.MedeasaidthatshewouldhelpJasoncompletethetasksfromherfathertogetthegoldfleece,onconditionthathemarriedherandtookherwithhimtoGreece.Jasonagreed.

AftertheKingAeetesknewthatthegoldfleecewasstolenbyJasonwiththehelpofherowndaughter,hesentarmiestocatchthem.Then,Medeadidaquitehorriblethingtostopherfather,thatshekilledhisbrotherAbsyrtusandcuthisbodyintopieces,scatteringtheminthesea.Then,ZeuspunishedMedeaforkillingherownbrotheranddrovetheArgosoffcourse.ButafterpurificationbyCirclenymph,theycouldcontinuetheirjourney.

Ontheirreturnvoyage,JasonandtheArgonautsstoppedattheislandofthePhaeacians,ruledbyKingAlcinoosandhiswifeArete.ThepursuersfromColchisarrivedataboutthesametimeanddemandedthereturnofMedea.AlcinoosagreedtotheColchians'demand,butonlyifMedeaweren'talreadymarried.Aretesecretly

arrangedthemarriagebetweenJasonandMedea,withHera'sblessings.

AftertheArgonautsreturningtoLolcus,justasmentionedbefore,MedeatrickedPelias’innocentdaughtersintokillin