CL 28 - Classical Mythology

Lectures 17/18 - The House of Aeolus

Jason, Greek hero, grandson of the wind god Aeolus
The Argonauts, Jason's fellow heroes, the crew of the ship Argo

Aeson of Iolkos, Jason's father
Pelias, Aeson's brother
Hecate/Hekate
Argus
Helios
Chiron, the centaur who reared Jason and taught Asclepius
Hypsipyle
King Cyzikus of the Doliones
Amycus
King Phineus
Harpies
symplegades
Medea, the daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis
Aegeus, king of Athens, Theseus's father
Apsyrtus, Medea's young brother
Talus
Creon, King of Corinth
Glauke
Aegeus
Medus 

Thessaly
Iolkos
Peneus River
Mt. Pelion
Pindus Range
Corinth
Isthmia
Lemnos
Hellespont / Propontis / Bosporus
Mysia
Bebryces
Colchis
Black Sea

Golden Fleece
The Argo
Dodona
Danube
Adriatic Sea
Hesperides 

ichor
time
kleos
hubris
xenia

Calydon, Aetolia
King Oeneus and Queen Althea
Meleager
Atalanta

Euripides, Medea
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica

IMAGES

• Herakles with Athena among Greek heroes, including Ajax (battle - ready), Theseus (holding two lances), Peirithoos (holding his knee). Attic Red-figure kalyx krater by the Niobid Painter, ca. 450. H. 54 cm., Diam. 55 cm. Simon, Erika. Die Griechischen Vasen. Hirmir Verlag, Munich: 1981. Plate 191
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• Tondo: Jason is regurgitated by the Colchian dragon as Athena looks on; behind them, the Golden Fleece hangs on a tree. Attic Red-figure kylix by Douris and Python, 480 - 470. Gorgoneion on Athena's breastplate and sphinx on her helm. Apple tree in background. Inscription: IASON. H 11.2 cm, Diam 29.7 cm, W 37 cm, Diam foot 12 cm. Simon, Erika. Die Griechischen Vasen. Hirmir Verlag, Munich: 1981. Plate 163
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• Detail of death of the bronze runner Talos in the arms of the Dioskouroi. Behind him the holy tree of Gortyn; at left Medea, who killed him with magic; at right, Poseidon and Amphitrite. Neck frieze: Dionysos accompanied by maenads and satyrs. Attic Red-figure volute krater by the Talos Painter, 400 - 390. H. 75 cm. Simon, Erika. Die Griechischen Vasen. Hirmir Verlag, Munich: 1981. Plate 231
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• Medea, Pelias, and his two daughters

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