Class #17: Jason and the Argonauts to Euripides

• Adventures of Jason and the ArgonautsWomen of Lemnos (Hypsypyle)

  
  

  Hypsipyle hid her father and aided his escape.She became queen of the island and welcomed the Argonauts when they landed; eventually she bore twin sons to the Argonaut Jason.
• How Jason meets Medea and how she helps him get the Fleece to Greece

  Medea helped Jason get the Golden Fleece by giving a sleeping potion to the dragon guarding it.
• Colchis


  The island where the Golden Fleece is located
• The Island of Ares


  • The Sons of Phryxus live here
• Fate of Jason


  • Argo
• Jason's challenge is to prove to Medea how wrong he is about not having bad feelings for her
• Medea puts Jason in her exact position to let him see what it feels like
• Medea ruins Jason's marriage, kills their children, and forces him into exile to make him experience what she went through
• Jason outlines what he thinks should make up for Medea's exile and why she should thank him, but Medea applies the same logic to Jason's situation
• The play holds up for inspection and perhaps criticism the role of Greek women in Greek culture, as foreigners in their new households who are meant to adapt to new ways
• The play came in last in the competition
• In "Agamemnon," Clytemnestra kills her husband Agamemnon as revenge for sacrificing their daughter, but she also fears his return from Troy will lead to more bloodshed.
• what happens to Jason and Medea in Greece?

  Medea kills the women, kills her and Jason's kids, then goes to Mount Olympus and marries Achilles.
• fate of Medea?


  what happened once she left Corinth is unknown
• death of Pelias?


  Medea tricked Pelias, by telling his daughters that killing their fathers, would restore their youth if they cut him up and boiled him.
• making Jason Medea


  Medea puts Jason in her exact position and lets him see what feels like and whatever the things he says have any meaning or relevance.
• what are the things that Medea does to Jason?

  she ruins his marriage, she kills their children, and she makes him leave Corinth.
• women?


  the play also hold up for inspection, perhaps criticism, the role of Greek women in Greek culture.