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Title: The Quest of the Golden Fleece


1
The Quest of the Golden Fleece
  • By Mitch Gates, Josh Hauser,
  • and Andy Romanach

2
Characters
  • Phrixus son of Athamas, a king, and Nephele
  • Jason deposed son of a king returns to claim
    his throne
  • Argonauts - Hercules, Theseus, Peleus, and
    Orpheus

3
Contd
  • Aphrodite sends Cupid to make Medea fall in
    love with Jason
  • Medea daughter of Aetes witch falls in love
    with Jason, and helps him through tasks

4
Golden Fleece
  • Athamas tired of wife
  • Marries Ino
  • Ino wants Phrixus gone her son can inherit the
    throne

5
Contd
  • Hermes sends flying golden ram
  • Phrixus reaches Colchis
  • Sacrifices ram for Zeus gives skin (the Golden
    Fleece) to Aetes, the Colchis king

6
Wicked King Pelias
  • Pelias takes the throne of Phrixuss uncle
  • Jason, son of Aeson, returns to reclaim the
    throne
  • Loses sandal on way to Peliass kingdom

7
Contd
  • Pelias claims that the Golden Fleece must be
    retrieved first this is a lie
  • Jason assembles a group for the challenge
    Hercules, Theseus, Peleus, and Orpheus, the
    Argonauts

8
Challenges
  • Women of Lemnos killed their men argonauts
    find them kind
  • Hercules leaves
  • Fought Harpies
  • Pass through smashing rocks
  • Land of the Amazons

9
Medea
  • Hera asks Aphrodite to make journey less
    dangerous
  • Cupid makes Medea in love with Jason

10
Aetes Challenge
  • Yoke the bull
  • Sow dragon teeth in the ground
  • Armored men spring from ground
  • Medea gives Jason invincible ointment
  • Jason throws rock between men fight each other

11
Return Home
  • Navigate the Scylla, the dreaded rock
  • Sailing the Charybdis whirlpool
  • Fighting Talus, bronze man

12
Revenge
  • Pelias killed Jason father
  • Jason mother died sadness
  • Medea plots revenge

13
Medeas plan
  • Medea shows Pelias daughters chopped up goat
    turned to young goat
  • Pelias daughters chop P up

14
Contd
  • throw pieces in Medea pot P is dead
  • Different story Medea brings Jasons father to
    life

15
Life in Corinth
  • Jason and Medea have two children
  • Jason marries princess of Corinth personal
    ambition
  • Medea angry

16
Contd
  • Jasons wife killed robe bursts to flames
  • Medea kills own children
  • Flies off on dragon chariot
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