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Jason

Sent after the Golden Fleece by an uncle who fully expected the voyage to kill him. He assembled the best crew in Greece, sailed to the far end of the Black Sea, and came back with both.

Jason
Jason flees the sacred tree with the Golden Fleece draped over his arm, glancing back over his shoulder as he escapes the grove guarded by the sleepless dragon. Painting by Erasmus Quellinus II, 1630.

The journey

2 myths · 2 places

  1. 1 Jason and the Golden Fleece Iolcos
  2. 2 Jason and the Clashing Rocks The Symplegades
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