...Jason and the Argonauts Why Jason deserved the title "hero"? Jason deserved the title of hero as he put his hand up to go and get the Golden Fleece in the temple grove, so he can take over the reign of king from his uncle Pelias. An example of him being a hero was when the seed men had turned against each other as he threw something at one of the men and the man thought it was his neighbour who had done it and then all in nothing, they ended up pulling out their swords and fought until there was no one left to fight. This shows heroism, as it could have easily been Jason who died and the seed men might have seen him throw whatever he threw and quite easily would have killed him. He got the title of being a hero as he faced and overcame challenges during his voyage like the uniquely fearsome bulls, the dragon in the temple grove and the dragon tooth that Aeetes got a hold of to germinate the seed men. The main thing was that he came back with the Golden Fleece, which then he was seen as a hero from there on in. He deserved the title hero because he is brave and showed no sign of fear in facing his challenges that he came upon on his journey, to gain the Golden Fleece. On the other hand he also showed signs of fickleness and disloyalty at the end, which are key aspects of a hero as all they all have both strengths and their...
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...particular epithet, a particular attribute or set of attributes is summoned to the performance. According to Theodore Klein, critics of Apollonius single out the pallid and ineffectual personality of Jason as the primary reason for the “aesthetic failure” of the Argonautica. He obtains the object of his quest, the golden fleece, in the end, but only via the help of a witch. He does finally return home to Greece, but only after having dishonorably slain Apsyrtus. Jason’s weakness is epitomized by the epithet amechanos, which may be translated “embarrass” or “incertitude.” The table below presents a few epithets of Homeric heroes: Achilles “Son of Peleus” “Swift-footed” “Breaking through men” “Lion-hearted” “Like to the gods” Aeneas “Son of Anchises” “Counselor of the Trojans” “Lord of the Trojans” “Father” “Loyal/Pious” Agamemnon “Son of Atreus” “Wide-ruling” “The Lord Marshal” “Powerful” “Shepherd of the People” “Brilliant” The unprepossessing figure of Jason is further sunk in relief against the more dominating personalities of the heroes in his crew. The timorous captain often finds himself deferring to the decisions of Heracles and other great heroes of classical lore. Whither Jason? Some have argued that the kind of heroism which the Argonautica highlights is collective heroism; that a more democratic conception lends to a group-centered rather than individual notion of arete...
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...John Anhcondo 02/02/13 G4 Dante’s Inferno: Jason Jason and the Argonauts, a hero of Greek mythology, punished for the sins of a seducer in the eighth circle of hell. He is to march for all eternity and be whipped by demons supervising himself and the other sinner in Dante’s Inferno. One might ask is this punishment too severe, whether it’s for the seduction and abandonment of two women, or even poetic justice for his sins. Jason of Iolcus in Thessaly, the son of the former king of Iolcus, Aeson, was one of the heroes taught by the centaur Chiron. As a young man Jason went to the court of his uncle Pelias to reclaim the throne his father had given his uncle with the condition that Jason would become king when he came of age. King Pelias, warned by an oracle that a man with one sandal would cause him to lose the throne, was alarmed when he saw Jason because, while crossing a river, Jason had lost one of his sandals. To stave off the oracle's predicted ill fortune, Pelias sent Jason on what was presumed to be a suicide mission, which was to fetch the Golden Fleece from Colchis. Jason succeeded in the seemingly impossible quest, with the help of his many heroic friends, known collectively as the Argonauts, and by charming the king's daughter Medea, a witch/sorceress. (It should also be noted that before he met Medea he had slept with a woman of The Isle of Lemnos, and left her with child When he left Colchis, Jason was obligated to take Medea with him because she had betrayed...
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...Jason was a leader in the Argonautic Expedition in getting the Golden Fleece. His father was king Iolcus. Jason received all his genes from his father, and hardly anything from his mother. Jason was a true friend and hero. Life was challenging for him because his childhood life was rough, he had to get the golden fleece, and difficulties ruling as a king. (Greek gods) One of the main reasons why Jason's life was complex is that he endured a rough childhood. He was the son of king Iolcus, but Jason was more like his father than his mother. When he was born, his uncle Pelias killed every sibling in his family. His uncle took over as king, and Jason went and lived in the woods with Centaur Chiron. He was raised by Centaur Chiron until adulthood....
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...Jason (born John) Miller was the only child of John Miller, an electrician, and Mary Claire Miller, a special education teacher. When Jason was still an infant, the family moved from New York to Scranton, Pennsylvania. His education was exclusively Catholic. Following parochial school, he attended St. Patrick’s High School, where he came under the strong influence of Sister Celine, a nun of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who taught Jason public speaking, debating, and rhetoric. Years later he told an interviewer, “She gave me encouragement at a time when I might have stolen cars.” Miller went to the Jesuit University of Scranton on an athletic scholarship and earned his B.A. in 1961. While in college, he garnered a first-place prize in a Jesuit Play Contest for his one-act piece titled The Winners, his first playwriting effort. He then went to graduate school at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1962 to 1963 and, in spite of his absenteeism and breaking of rules, earned his master’s degree. In 1963, Miller married Linda Gleason, a fellow Catholic University drama student and daughter of comedian Jackie Gleason. The Millers moved to Flushing and Neponsit, Queens, in New York City. They had three children before their divorce in 1973. Afterward, Miller moved to Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. At one point, he married model Ruth Josem. He also fathered a fourth child with girlfriend Susan Bernard. In New York, Miller had found occasional work in television...
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...include the use of similes, digression, epithets and exceptional characters. The importance of these characters is reflected in the roles and traits that are assigned to them. This is because the plot is developed by the distinctive character traits displayed. In the poem Jason and Medea turn out to be the main characters whose roles are very crucial to the development of the plot. This write-up would therefore try to bring out the distinctive similarities and differences in character traits of Jason and Medea both in deeds and words of Apollonius Voyage of Argo. Typical of all mythical heroes, both Jason and Medea are of royal blood. Jason is a prince whose father, Aeson is the rightful king of Iolcus until the usurpation of his power by Pelias, Aeson’s half-brother a very power-hungry man who wishes to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Jason is trained by a powerful master, Centaur far from home for the fear that Pelias might kill him and Jason only returns to Iolcus now to reclaim what is rightfully his, thus as a prince he did not get to enjoy a luxurious life. Medea however is a lady who enjoys the joys and luxury of being brought up by her father, Aeetes and therefore has no problems to worry over till Jason arrives in Colchis....
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...Impressed me Most in Greek Mythology – Jason Zhang Sijing 【Abstract】 This paper centers on my own opinions about Jason – a famous hero in Greece mythology. With the help of Medea, who had become his wife afterwards, Jason had led the heroes of Argonauts to get the Golden Fleece successfully. However, the story of he and she was not a romance but end up with a big tragedy. To me, Jason was not a hero as typical as others in Greek mythologies, he was just a man with all his weaknesses which led to his death. 【Key Words】 Greek mythology; hero; Jason; Medea; Argonauts 1. Introduction Among numbers of Greek mythological stories I have read, the one of Jason’s impressed me most. Jason was famous for his role as the leader of the Argonauts which consisted of almost all the famous heroes in Greek at that time. These heroes included some familiar names such as Heracles, Perseus, Theseus and many other unfamiliar ones. They were all gathered together for Jason’s quest to find the Golden Fleece, which was in order to get his throne back from his uncle Pelias. During this long adventure he fell in love with Medea, the sorceress and the princess of Colchis. Only with her help could Jason have done his work. Nevertheless, Jason betrayed Medea in the end, which turned his story into a big tragedy. In his story we are more likely to see a real man instead of a perfect hero. So, this essay is trying to focus on the differences between Jason and other classical heroes in Greek mythologies...
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...Jason Epps September 13, 2012 M. S.45 Class 801 Science project #1 Hi my name is Jason Epps, I think I am normal because I do what most kids do, which is play sports. Like for example baseball and baseball. I don’t like to move around a lot, but I love volley ball. I am the type of student that if I do something wrong, I will fix it. I always try to do the right thing. I don’t like to talk that much. I just want to learn what I need to learn as a student. My major strengths are Ela and math. These subjects are the easiest to me because I study math at home, and in Ela I read every day. I think one of my major weaknesses is gym. I found out that cells break up into a whole bunch of cells. Some are good for you body like red blood cells, and some can kill you like cancer cell if they spread they can kill you. To me getting good grades means having about an 80%, or higher, in each class. I think grades are important, because they will help you get into a good school. My goal is to get better grades and maintain 85% or higher. The perfect high school, for me, would have good teachers, a good environment, and it would be a good place to grow, as a student. There would be teachers that got the students prepared for life after high school. They would have metal detectors at the door, just for safety measures. They will have a great after school program. The teachers will stay after school to help each student. The school I want...
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...Medea has a past of convincing naive people to kill their loved ones. Because Jason was going to marry another woman, Medea was going to be exiled from Corinth, which she did not like. Betrayed and angered by Jason’s actions, Medea reacted horribly and cruelly to the people around her. Wanting to seek revenge, Medea plotted the deaths of the King Creon’s daughter, whom Jason was going to marry, the King, and her children, thus leaving Jason to mourn over the death of his new bride and children. Although Jason was leaving Medea for another person, Medea did not have a right to seek revenge against Jason. Upset by Jason’s betrayal, Medea maliciously plotted the death of King Creon’s daughter as her last act before her banishment. Knowing it will be suspicious if she were the...
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...Medea: A Theme of Revenge Medea is devoted to her husband Jason and sacrificed her own life for his love. Jason has so much greed for royalty that he deserts Medea and their two children and marries the Princess Glauce. Medea’s love for Jason now turns into hatred as her thirst for revenge rules her over emotions. She despises Jason and plots to kill not only his new wife, but his own seeds – their children. The degree of sanity behind Medea’s emotions contributes to her act of revenge. Medea is considered what we call “a woman scorned.” She could not imagine a life without Jason and is devastated by his betrayal. Now she is determined to avenge her broken heart. This is evidenced in lines 798-801 when Medea tells the Women of Corinth, “I can do no other thing….. You have not suffered as I have…….Yes, for this is the best way to wound my husband.” (Lawall, p. 707). The Women of Corinth are trying to persuade Medea not to commit this murderous act but Medea is insisting that this must be done. They are not experiencing the pain and hurt that Medes is feeling so their opinion is of no interest to Medea. Medea wants Jason to feel the pain that she is feeling and this can only be done if he loses something he loves. Her humanity is recognized. She sees the need for revenge, to hurt the one that hurt her. She is in a state of rage and wants to slay the innocent in order to cause Jason the deepest pain. When Jason abandoned Medea, all she could focus on was what she sacrificed...
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...This myth starts in Iolcus when Pelias usurped Aeson’s throne. Jason’s mother, feeling the threat, sent his son, Jason, to Centaur Cheiron. Meanwhile, Pelias was feared that someone would steal his power, just like he did. When Pelias could no longer contain his fear, he went to an oracle in Delphi. Oracle asked him to fear a man with one sandal. 20 years later, Hera, queen of the gods and goddesses, decided to revenge Pelias by returning Jason in his rightful spot. When Jason was walking towards Iolcus, across the river, Jason witnessed an old lady who was trying to cross the river. Being a philanthropist, Jason carried the elderly lady across the river. While walking across the river, Jason lost his sandal. When Jason arrived at Iolcus to...
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...King Aegeus himself said that he would not break an oath in gods’ name, not wanting forsaken his city to God’s and Medea’s wrath. It is also a fact that this is the first-time Medea had harm Jason, even if it was mentally harming him. It was confirmed by some of the witnesses that Medea never harmed Jason until Jason’s decision to marry the late King Creon’s daughter, Eurydice. Before Jason’s decision to marry the princess, Medea had been a great wife to Jason by always helping him from the earlier days when they have met. The court also was given information by the Nurse’s testimony that Medea could do more damage that she had done in Corinth and more that anyone had seen. The Nurse had been in Medea’s life for a long time, he never feared for his life from Medea because he was never in the crossfire between Jason and Medea, or Medea with her...
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...Through his adventures with the Argonauts, Jason had all the makings to die as an epic hero considering the favor two goddesses showered over him and the help of his exalted contemporaries but in spite of such backing, a glorious ending was denied to Jason after scorning a woman. As stated in the lecture, Jason is very much the archetypical hero-he adventures far and wide killing monsters, attempts to get a nearly unattainable object and it is not in his nature to remain monogamous. Medea, a woman whom he promised fidelity, is powerful in her own right as a femme fatale and scorned woman, as she has the power to help Jason as well as bring upon his demise. Their relationship was built upon transgressions in order to continue their adventures. By the end of their...
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...The play Medea is first performed as an Ancient Greek Tragedy at the festival of Dionysus in 431 BC. During this time, the Patriarchal society dominated by men and where women are expected to act obedient and submissive at the time of Ancient Greek. Maintaining a balance of moderation is important, as the society believe in the Greek Gods philosophies whether it is behavioural or political. Euripides, the playwright of Medea presents a tale of a revengeful, semi-divine woman who seeks justice upon her ex-husband, Jason, as he betray his oath of promise that hurt her emotionally and her pride. Euripides challenge the male audience’s views on what is right or wrong when it considers committing a crime and the characters motivation to act brutally....
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...weaknesses. Seen as a cynical realist about human nature; h showed people are they are. B. The Work e. Concentration on the domestic troubles in Corinth rather than a heroic quest. Jason is presented in an unheroic light because he struggles to gather up any calculated and rhetorical arguments to justify his actions towards Medea. f. Medea is categorized as a woman in a man-dominated world, a foreigner and smart person surrounded by a bunch of fools. --- seen as a symbol of feminine revolt. g. Never portrays herself as the “victim”, even as she expresses her devastation from Jason’s actions h. Explores the examination of family life, cheating, failed sexual relationships, and how it feels to be a demoralized member of society. C. Prologue/ Parados (entrance song sung by the chorus after they enter, that accompanies the prologue) The play begins with the desire to undo the beginning. (Medea’s revenge at the actions done to her can be seen as a way to undo, with the use of violence, her life history, her lost honor and go back to her former unmarried self). The Nurse enters from the house and she is completely freaking out. She expresses the fact that the Argo, Jason's ship, should have never set sail for Colchis. She cries out that she wishes the Jason should had never come for the...
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