In ancient Greek mythology, the Greek hero Jason sought the Golden Fleece in Colchis and there had to yoke a bull.
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 Ioclus (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. With the aid of Medea, the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis, Jason snatched the fleece, but only after he had performed three tasks. One was to yoke bulls and use them to plow a field with dragon's teeth. In this 1901 illustration, Jason is wrangling with one of the bulls.
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