CLAS 1P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lake Tritonis, Absyrtus, Acastus
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Hera convinces aphrodite to make the colchian princess medea fall in love with jason. Phineus had told the argonauts to trust in aphrodite . Eros sent by aphrodite = love at first sight . Medea made jason sacrifice to hekate and gave him a potion (pharmakon) which made him fireproof (either through drinking it or pouring it on himself) These are trials that are meant to get him killed. Usually associated in myth with women and witches. In apollonius, medea prays to her when casting spells. Medea told jason about cadmus" trick; when the spartoi start to arrive, throw a rock at one of them and they will start to fight each other, killing a mass number of them. Jason does the same and kills the few spartoi left. Medea casts a spell and creates a potion to put it to sleep. Jason is able to get the fleece safely. Two different paintings of jason and the fleece.
