CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Aeson, Bsc Young Boys, Clytemnestra
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He is blind and everytime he tries to eat the. He is wasting away but can"t stop them because he is blilnd: zetes and calais stop the harpies because they can fly. Argonauts how to get through the symplegades: these are rocks that smash together. Phineus says if you send a pigeon though the rocks and it makes it through without being crushed, then it is safe to cross: they make it through safely. Retrieval of fleece: aeetes, son of helios, brother of circe, aeetes sets jason on what he thinks is an impossible task. He has fire breathing bulls and if jason can yoke these bulls and sow (plant) the teeth of the dragon guarding the fleece, he can have the fleece. Jason agrees but gets some help from medea, the daughter of aeetes. Jason promises to marry her if she helps him.
