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A 90 minute or 3 hour (hovercraft or ferry-boat) ride from Skiathos will cover 38nm and get you to Volos; a historical old harbour town, with a population not far from 100,000. Jason (see later) and his Argonauts left from this Ancient town of Iolcos with their "slow" boat "Argo" (see first picture in gallery below) in search of the Golden Fleece. The name Iolcos is believed to have changed to Yiolcos, Yolos and in the past few hundred years, Volos. The area around Volos has a plethora of beautiful beaches; just 30 minutes drive from the town centre. An equal drive will take you up to Mount Pelion. Do you want to know more about Greek mythology and Jason? Then read on this page, below the gallery. Jason and the Argonauts Jason, the son of Aeson, was the leader of the Argonauts and the husband of Medea. Because of a prophecy that Jason would someday do King Pelias of Iolcos harm, Pelias sent Jason on a seemingly impossible quest to bring the Golden Fleece back from distant Colchis. For the quest, Jason assembled a crew of heroes from all over Greece; Argos built for the heroes the largest ship ever constructed, the Argo.
On the voyage to Colchis, in addition to other adventures, Jason and his crew of Argonauts became the first humans to pass through the Symplegades
Petres (the Clashing Rocks); they also freed Phineus from the curse of the Harpies. When they arrived at Colchis, King Aeetes demanded that Jason accomplish a series of tasks to get the Golden Fleece: he must yoke On their voyage back to Iolcos, they encountered the perils of Scylla and Charybdis and the isle of the Sirens as well as Talos the bronze guardian of Crete. In Iolcos, Medea contrived the murder of King Pelias, after which she and Jason fled to Corinth. In Corinth, after many years of marriage, Jason finally deserted Medea to marry King Creon's daughter; Medea wreaked a terrible vengeance, killing the bride and Creon, and even murdering her own children. She then escaped, leaving Jason to mourn his losses. Ironically, Jason was killed years later when he was struck on the head by a timber from the Argo. |
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a team of fierce, fire-breathing oxen and plow a field with them; then he must sow the teeth of a dragon in the field, and deal with the warlike armoured
skeleton men (I bet you've seen the film JASON and the ARGONAUTS) who sprouted from these "seeds"; finally, he must brave the sleepless dragon who guarded the Fleece. Jason accomplished all these tasks with the help of Medea, Aeetes' daughter, who had fallen in love with him. After obtaining the Golden Fleece, Jason and Medea fled from Colchis, pursued by King Aeetes' men.
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