\b0 Son of \b \cf4 \ATXht10114 Aeson\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the king of \b \cf4 \ATXht10911 Iolcus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 in Thessa
ly, whose throne had been usurped by his half-brother \b \cf4 \ATXht11611 Pelias\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Jason was given to the care of the centaur \b \cf4 \ATXht10320 Chiron\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and, when he was grown, returned to claim the kingdom that had been
his father's. Pelias agreed to hand it over to him on the condition that he brought the \b \cf4 \ATXht10705 Golden Fleece\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to Iolcus. This was now in the possession of King \b \cf4 \ATXht10110 Aeδtes\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of \b \cf4 \ATXht10327 Colchis\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and guarded by a dragon that never slept. Jason undertook his famous expedition on the \b \i \cf4 \ATXht10133 Argo\b0 \i0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , taking with him the flower of Hellenic youth and returning with the Golden Fleece and his br
ide \b \cf4 \ATXht11306 Medea\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . In the meantime, Pelias had killed Aeson, and Jason used the magic arts of his wife to avenge him. Forced to leave Iolcus, the couple settled in \b \cf4 \ATXht10329 Corinth\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 where, ten years
later, Jason abandoned Medea for \b \cf4 \ATXht10331 Creusa\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , daughter of Creon, king of the city. There are differing accounts of the hero's end: some sources claim that he died of a broken heart after Medea killed his children out of r
evenge, others that he was crushed beneath the hull of the \i Argo\i0 , where he was resting in the shade after he had regained Iolcus.\par
