The Quest
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There was truly no turning back after Jason had accepted the quest from his uncle, if he wanted to prove himself and earn back the throne for his father, so the Argo deployed soon after. The Argo and its crew went through many smaller quests as they were on their way to Colchis, which delayed them from their task, but were very significant to the survival of the Argo. For example, their last stop before Colchis, the Argo passed through the sea that Pineaus occupied. Now if the crew could have kept on going without helping the cursed man, but this would have ended in the death of all because of the Symlpegades, two rocks that crashed together onto anything that passed through them, and killed all. However, because Jason decided to stop and help the man from his curse and the Harpies, they got a heads up and a tactic, which helped them survive the straight that the Symlpegades occupied.
Though some stops helped Jason and the Argonauts on their journey for the Golden Fleece, others just delayed them. The first stop that the ship made was on the island of Lemnos. The crew stayed a whole year, repopulating an island of women who had killed off all of their men. Hercules was the one who finally rounded up all the men and got them back on course, because he was one of the few that were not chosen by the women to be the father of their children.
Through all of the delays and helpful hints, the Argo finally made it to the island of Colchis, the land of the Golden Fleece. By order of King Aeëtes, Jason was the only one to debark and come ashore to the island. This allowed the King to control his guest, and make sure getting rid of him would be easy. King Aeëtes was furious when he heard Jason was coming for the Fleece, his lifeline, so he planned to kill him, but how would he do it without causing a riot from his daughter and the Argonauts? Keep in mind the Medea and Jason had fallen in love after Aphrodite’s son put the two together, in order to help Jason through his quest.
Once King Aeëtes had found the perfect way to kill Jason without riot, he put his plan into action; Jason would have to go through deadly trials to earn the fleece. The first task for Jason was to plow the field of Ares, which sounds easy until you plug in two fire-breathing, bronze hooved, bulls, who were very angry. Jason would have to fore the bulls into the yolk, avoiding their breath and hooves altogether. Nevertheless, if Jason somehow survived his first task, he would have to sow the field with dragontooth seeds, which sprouted warriors at certain times. So if Jason survived the deadly bulls and the army of angry warriors that would be after him straight after being planted, he would achieve the Golden Fleece, but Aeëtes had no plan to give the brave warrior his prized possession.
Now, Medea, knowing the dangerous tasks that Jason had been set out for the next day, had a plan to save her new, true, love. The powerful sorceress got straight to work making a potion for Jason. This potion would protect Jason from the fire-breath of the bulls, so he would be able to get close to them, but he still had to about the bronze extremities of the bulls. Having faith that Jason would get through the bulls, Medea also came up with a plan for Jason to survive the dragontooth warriors. He would throw a large stone in the middle of group, making each blame each other for hitting them, causing a fight to break out and Jason not having to worry about all of the after him.
When facing his tasks the next day Jason was confident that he would survive, but Aeëtes, not knowing what his daughter had done, was also confident that Jason would make it through no part of his trials. When Jason walked straight up to the bulls and forced them into the yolk, Aeëtes was surprised, but what surprised him more was that Jason survived all aspects of the trials et out for him, but only because of Medea. Angered greatly King Aeëtes planned to kill all of his visitors the next day. Jason's celebration was cut short when Medea came to him with the news of his impending death.
That night Medea brought Jason to the tree where the Fleece was nailed to, but a dragon guarded it very closely. Having a plan everywhere she went, Medea knew exactly what to do, and put a sleeping spell of the dragon so Jason could retrieve the Golden Fleece and, with his new love, could flee the island on the Argo.
Knowing her father would try to catch the Argo and kill Jason, Medea took her brother while he slept and murdered him. Cutting his body into pieces, she threw each piece overboard behind the Argo, causing he father to stop and retrieve the pieces of his son. This allowed the Argo to gain ground and escape the angry King with the Golden Fleece.
Through all of the delays and helpful hints, the Argo finally made it to the island of Colchis, the land of the Golden Fleece. By order of King Aeëtes, Jason was the only one to debark and come ashore to the island. This allowed the King to control his guest, and make sure getting rid of him would be easy. King Aeëtes was furious when he heard Jason was coming for the Fleece, his lifeline, so he planned to kill him, but how would he do it without causing a riot from his daughter and the Argonauts? Keep in mind the Medea and Jason had fallen in love after Aphrodite’s son put the two together, in order to help Jason through his quest.
Once King Aeëtes had found the perfect way to kill Jason without riot, he put his plan into action; Jason would have to go through deadly trials to earn the fleece. The first task for Jason was to plow the field of Ares, which sounds easy until you plug in two fire-breathing, bronze hooved, bulls, who were very angry. Jason would have to fore the bulls into the yolk, avoiding their breath and hooves altogether. Nevertheless, if Jason somehow survived his first task, he would have to sow the field with dragontooth seeds, which sprouted warriors at certain times. So if Jason survived the deadly bulls and the army of angry warriors that would be after him straight after being planted, he would achieve the Golden Fleece, but Aeëtes had no plan to give the brave warrior his prized possession.
Now, Medea, knowing the dangerous tasks that Jason had been set out for the next day, had a plan to save her new, true, love. The powerful sorceress got straight to work making a potion for Jason. This potion would protect Jason from the fire-breath of the bulls, so he would be able to get close to them, but he still had to about the bronze extremities of the bulls. Having faith that Jason would get through the bulls, Medea also came up with a plan for Jason to survive the dragontooth warriors. He would throw a large stone in the middle of group, making each blame each other for hitting them, causing a fight to break out and Jason not having to worry about all of the after him.
When facing his tasks the next day Jason was confident that he would survive, but Aeëtes, not knowing what his daughter had done, was also confident that Jason would make it through no part of his trials. When Jason walked straight up to the bulls and forced them into the yolk, Aeëtes was surprised, but what surprised him more was that Jason survived all aspects of the trials et out for him, but only because of Medea. Angered greatly King Aeëtes planned to kill all of his visitors the next day. Jason's celebration was cut short when Medea came to him with the news of his impending death.
That night Medea brought Jason to the tree where the Fleece was nailed to, but a dragon guarded it very closely. Having a plan everywhere she went, Medea knew exactly what to do, and put a sleeping spell of the dragon so Jason could retrieve the Golden Fleece and, with his new love, could flee the island on the Argo.
Knowing her father would try to catch the Argo and kill Jason, Medea took her brother while he slept and murdered him. Cutting his body into pieces, she threw each piece overboard behind the Argo, causing he father to stop and retrieve the pieces of his son. This allowed the Argo to gain ground and escape the angry King with the Golden Fleece.