Jason and Pelias ● Jason: son of Aison and Alkimede ○ Aison: king of lolkos ● Pelias usurps power in lolkos ○ Jason deprived of kingship ● Jason’s quest ○ Pelias’ warning about man with one sandal ○ Jason sent to fetch golden fleece ○ Voyage on the Argo Catalog of the Argonauts ● Coalition of famous heroes ○ each has own talents and strengths ● Oileus, Telamon, Peleus: good warriors ● Tiphys: skilled navigator ● Erytos and Echion: skilled at trickery ● Mopsos and Idmon: prophets ● Orpheus: talented singer ● Herakles (Heracles) ● Theseus couldn’t make it Assembly Before Departure The Journey Begins The Lemnian Women ● Murder of Lemnian men ● Women as warriors ● Heracles calls men back The Doliones and Giants ● Crew welcomed by Doliones ● Defeat of neighboring giants. ● Departure and return ● Accidental battle with Doliones Heracles’ New Oar ● Heracles’ oar breaks during voyage ● Heracles goes to cut a new oar in kios Heracles Abandoned ● Heracles’ search for Hylas ● Departure of ship ● Glaukos’ message from the sea Jason and Hero Motifs ● Mortal parents ● Typical hero quest ○ impossible mission ○ Pelias as instigator. ● Missing sandal: recognition ● Helped by gods and other Argonauts ● Rightful kingdom as promised reward Apollonius’ Argonautica ● Apollonius: poet and scholar ○ librarian in Alexandrian poetry ○ Leaderness of Alexandrian poetry ● Tradition and innovation ○ draws on long literary tradition ○ subverts traditional hero model ○ Reflection of Hellenise age Jason in Apollonius ● Not like typical heroes ○ Emphasis on diplomacy and deliberation ○ Overly dependent on coalition of heroes ○ Lack of confidence ● In Heracle’s shadow ● Hellenistic realism ○ take 2 on old heroes