Jason, a deposed king’s
son, grows up and decides to reclaim the thrown from Pelias. However, first he
has to retrieve the Golden Fleece from Colchis.
Jason assembles a group of heroes to help him. They sail away on a ship named Argo and they call themselves the Argonauts. On the way to Colchis, the Argonauts overcome many obstacles; one of which is sailing through gigantic rocks that
try to smash ships. After passing through this, they arrive at Colchis where even
more trials await them. The king of Colchis, Aetes, demands that Jason complete
two tasks which are designed to kill him. Aphrodite helps Jason and sends Cupid
to make Medea (Aetes’ daughter) fall in love with Jason. The first challenge he faces is to yoke two bulls that breathe fire and have hooves of bronze. Medea gives
Jason an ointment that makes him invincible. Jason’s second challenge is to
plow a field with the fierce bulls and plant dragon’s teeth which causes armed
men to spring out of the earth and attack him! For this, Medea helps Jason by
telling him to throw a rock in the middle of the men. This will make the men
attack each other and not him. Aetes decides to just kill Jason in the middle
of the night, but Medea interjects again. Medea helps Jason to steal the Golden
Fleece by putting the dragon that guards it to sleep. They and the Argonauts flee from Aetes. Medea and Jason make it back to Greece safely and have
two children. Then Jason decides to leave Medea for another woman. In an act of
revenge, Medea sends their two sons with a magic robe to Jason’s bride. When
the girl puts on the robe, it bursts into flames killing both Jason and his
bride. Then Medea kills her two sons.
A story of revenge:
The unfolding of World War I because a Serbian nationalist assassinated
Archduke Ferdinand.
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