Jasons Odyssey

Epic Hero?Achilles - military prowessOdysseus - ingenuityJason - sexual prowess? (repopulate Lemnos)

Misogyny in the ArgonauticaWomen of LemnosHarpiesScyllaMedea?Circe?

Women of LemnosHypsipyleThracian WomenAphrodites RageHerakles (& Atalanta) interveneFleece & GloryWomen & ObscurityOdyssean parallel?

HarpiesHarpazoThe SnatchersWinged Women or Birds with Womens HeadsPhineus, son of ApolloZeuss angerZetes & CalaisIris intervenes

MedeaDaughter of Aeetes & Idyuia (or Hecate)Granddaughter of HeliosNiece of CircePriestess of Artemis/HecateIconic Woman of Power

Folktale EnchantressVictim of Love Magic! BullsDragons Teeth MenDragon/Serpent

Foreign Family Values: ApsyrtusApollonius: Medea betrays, Jason slays

Nip/Tuck with MedeaAesonPelias & PeliadesExile from Iolchus

Divorce tears Families apartCorinthCreonCreusa or GlauceMedeas deadly bridal gifts

Who gets the Kids?

Escape from CorinthChariot of the SunAthens & AegeusColchian Viagra

Tension in AthensAethra & Aegeus or PoseidonSandals & Sword of TheseusBeast-slayerPoison but RecognitionExile from AthensMedusW. Russell Flint

Return to ColchisPerses, brother AeetesHas Medus kill PersesIsles of the Blest! With Achilles

Medea as Iconic FigureWomen with PowerMedea or Jason for 3 a.m. phone call?Euripides, Ovid, SenecaClytemnestra and her man-scheming heartSympathetic portrayal in Apollonius?

Folktale Elements in the ArgonauticaSons search for lost father?Heros adventures in quest?Heros Return in disguise to save beloved (from marriage)?

Folktale Women in the ArgonauticaProtectressnon-sexual admiration for virtue, lineage, heroic deedEnchantressevil witch in woodif outwitted, will serveObject of Strivingreason for quest

Elect your LeaderOdysseusAchillesJasonMedeaClytemnestraPenelope