Jason

Jason was an <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greece/PTVBrWXq">ancient Greek</a> <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">mythological</a> hero and leader of the <a href="/facts/Argonauts/84ajr4Rx">Argonauts</a>, whose quest for the <a href="/facts/Golden_Fleece/qAGLI3HR">Golden Fleece</a> is featured in Greek literature. He was the son of <a href="/facts/Aeson/TQ81eot8">Aeson</a>, the rightful king of <a href="/facts/Iolcos/N0nR7B4v">Iolcos</a>. He was married to the sorceress <a href="/facts/Medea/bf2scTHY">Medea</a>, the granddaughter of the sungod <a href="/facts/Helios/9KSb5eQ1">Helios</a>. 
Jason appeared in various literary works in the <a href="/facts/Classical_world/JBq8vEX9">classical world</a> of <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greece/PTVBrWXq">Greece</a> and <a href="/facts/Ancient_Rome/cGqIuxPd">Rome</a>, including the epic poem <a href="/facts/Argonautica/r7MhPAtb">Argonautica</a> and the tragedy <a href="/facts/Medea_(play)/8tj8IIqs">Medea</a>. In the modern world, Jason has emerged as a character in various adaptations of his myths, such as the 1963 film <a href="/facts/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_(1963_film)/VehDl8Xt">Jason and the Argonauts</a> and the 2000 TV miniseries of the <a href="/facts/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_(TV_miniseries)/vAqpVukB">same name</a>.

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