1. Jason and the Argonauts

2. Apollodorous wrote a summary of Greek myths in 2nd cen. CE.
i.e., prose not poetry. refers, however, to all manner of texts (histories, mythographies, tragedies, archaic epics, etc.)
Jason’s adventures occur BEFORE events in Iliad.
that doesn’t mean they were composed before Homer; it just means they occur chronologically before the Trojan War.

3. Jason’s Genealogy

4. Jason’s Adventures
runs into many of the same creatures that Odysseus encounters. Although Odysseus’ adventures occurred mostly in the eastern Mediterranean. So the mythical geography has changed significantly from Homer to Apollodorous (approx. 900 years apart).

5. Jason’s Adventures Iolcus Lemnos (lesbians!) Colchis Circe Phaeacians
bulls
dragon’s teeth
dragon, golden fleece
Circe
Phaeacians
Sirens
Scylla & Charybdis
Talos (bronze giant)
Medea resurrects Aison, Jason kills Pelias

6. The Journey

7. Jason & Chiron

8. Athena overseas construction of the Argo

9. Jason attaches Dodona Branch to Argo

10. Jason yokes the bulls at Colchis

11. Medea puts dragon to sleep

12. Jason vs. Hydra (instead of dragon) for fleece on tree

13. Jason & Medea steal fleece

14. Jason with golden fleece

15. Talos (bronze colossus of Crete)

16. Jason presents fleece to Pelias

17. Medea rejuvenates Aison

18. Medea tricks Pelias & daughters

19. Medea escapes Corinth