Jason

Leader of the Argonauts, sent to retrieve the golden fleece. Also a participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.

Genealogy

Polymede

Aeson

Promachus

Glauce, Medea

Eriopis, Euneus, Medeus, Medus, Mermerus, Nebrophonus, Pheres

Groups
  1. Argonauts
  2. Calydonian Boar Hunt
Places
  1. Calydon
  2. Colchis
  3. Corcyra
  4. Corinth
  5. Iolcus
  6. Isthmus
  7. Lemnos
  8. River Anaurus
  9. Unknown
Events
  1. Jason sets out for the Calydonian Boar Hunt
  2. Heroes gather in Calydon to fight the boar
  3. Jason dwells in Iolcus
  4. Jason loses a shoe crossing the river
  5. Pelias makes a sacrifice to Poseidon by the sea, orders Jason to be present
  6. Pelias orders Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece
  7. Argus builds the Argo
  8. Crew of the Argo assembles
  9. The Argonauts go to Lemnos
  10. The Argonauts have sex with the Lemnian women
  11. Medea engineers Jason’s acquisition of the Golden Fleece
  12. Some pursuing Colchians catch up to the Argo and crew among the Phaeacians
  13. Jason and Medea marry
  14. Pelias forces Aeson to commit suicide
  15. Jason sails to the Isthmus with the chiefs
  16. Jason asks Medea to come up with a plan for revenge against Pelias
  17. Acastus expels Jason and Medea from Iolcus
  18. Jason and Medea have children
  19. Jason leaves Medea in order to get married to Glauce
  20. Medea kills her children to revenge herself against Jason
  21. Peleus sacks Iolcus with Jason and the Dioscuri
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.17
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.23
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.25
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.27
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.28
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.7
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.2
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 464
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 739
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 1.4
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 18.1
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.8
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.9
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.11
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.7
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 1.8
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.9
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.10
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 18.3
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 17.9
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 4.10
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 11.2
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