Medea, with a handmaiden, talk with Jason. With her magic powers, Medea helps Jason snatch the Golden Fleece.
In ancient Greek mythology, the Greek hero Jason sought the Golden Fleece in Colchis to bring it back to his uncle Pelias, who had usurped the throne of Iolcus (in Thessaly in Greece) from Jason's father. Jason's mother had smuggled him out of the kingdom but later the gods told Jason to go to the kingdom of Iolcus. On his way he sees an old woman trying to cross a stream. She turns out to be Hera, the wife of the all-powerful Zeus (Juno and Jupiter to the Romans). In carrying her across the river, Jason loses a sandal. His uncle Pelias had been warned to beware a stranger wearing one shoe. Pelias seeing the stranger with one sandal recognized the prophecy and sent Jason to fetch the Golden Fleece, believing he would die trying to do so. Jason goes with a band of heroes. With the aid of Medea, the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis, Jason snatched the fleece. Medea (seen in this 1901 illustration with a handmaiden and Jason) fell in love with Jason and left Colchis with him and returned home with Jason.
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