. him to fetch the golden accordingly ordered Jason to fetch thegolden fleece, which was in the possession ofking Aeetes in Colchis, and was guarded by adragon. Jason set sail in the ship Argo,accompanied by the chief heroes of Greece. He obtained the fleece with the assistance ofMedea, whom he made his wife, and with whomhe returned to Iolcus. [For a fuller accountsee Abgonautae.] On his arrival at Iolcus,Jason, according to one account, found his agedfather still alive, and succeeded him in thekingdom (Hes. Th. 997 ;
. him to fetch the golden accordingly ordered Jason to fetch thegolden fleece, which was in the possession ofking Aeetes in Colchis, and was guarded by adragon. Jason set sail in the ship Argo,accompanied by the chief heroes of Greece. He obtained the fleece with the assistance ofMedea, whom he made his wife, and with whomhe returned to Iolcus. [For a fuller accountsee Abgonautae.] On his arrival at Iolcus,Jason, according to one account, found his agedfather still alive, and succeeded him in thekingdom (Hes. Th. 997 ; Ov. Met. vii. 162), butaccording to the more common tradition (whichwas probably late, and accounted for the remo-val of Jason and Medea to Corinth), Aeson hadbeen slain by Pelias, during the absence ofJason, who accordingly called upon Medea totake vengeance on Pelias. Medea thereuponpersuaded the daughters of Pelias to cut theirfather to pieces and boil him, in order torestore him to youth and vigour, as she hadbefore changed a ram into a lamb, by boiling. Medea boiling a ram, in order to persuade the daughtersof Pelias to put him to death. (From a vase in theBritish Museum.) the body in a cauldron. (Diod. iv. 50 ; 9, 27.) But Pelias was never restored to life,and his son Acastus expelled Jason and Medeafrom Iolcus. They then went to Corinth, whereJason deserted Medea, in order to marryGlauce or Creusa, daughter of Creon, the kingof the country. Medea in revenge sent Glaucea poisoned garment, which burnt her to deathwhen she put it on. Creon likewise perished inthe flames. Medea also killed her two chil-dren, Mermerus and Pheres, and then fled toAthens in a chariot drawn by winged dragons.(Bur. Medea; Paus. ii. 3, 11; Diod. iv. 54.)Later writers represent Jason as becoming inthe end reconciled to Medea, returning withher to Colchis, and there restoring Aeetes tohis kingdom, of which he had been deprived(Tac. Ann. vi. 34 ; Just. xlii. 2). The death ofJason is relate
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