was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature.
He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He was also the great-grandson of the messenger god Hermes through his mother's side.
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Background
Jason was a human hero that Hera very much favored. He led the Argonauts in their very important quest in search of the golden fleece.
Hera was the queen of the gods, so her favor on a human was quite unusual and a very big deal.
Jason had three children by the names of Tisander, Alkimenes, and Thessalus. He was raised by Chiron (a centaur). Hera had a lot of involvement in Jason’s life and fate.
When Jason was but a mere infant, his uncle envied his throne. He was so envious that he overthrew his own brother and killed all of his nieces and nephews but mistakenly missed Jason.
He (Jason) was sent to live with a centaur by the name of Chiron. Chiron raised him into a brave, noble hero.
When Jason grew up, Hera took notice of him, and so with their mutual despise of his uncle, she took favor on him. Wanting to bolster Jason up, she sent him on a quest to find the golden fleece.
Jason and Medea
Jason met Medea during his journey to find the golden fleece. She shortly after falls in love with him and promises to help him as much as possible with his very important mission given to him by the Greek goddess Hera.
Hera's help came with the condition that he must take her along on the journey.
Medea was an enchantress who would serve many purposes on his team. Later on, she ended up marrying Jason and used her skills and knowledgeable advice to help him.
Medea eventually discovered that Jason had betrayed her and had been unfaithful.
She was very heartbroken, which eventually resulted in driving her to the edge, and she went a little crazy. All of this resulted in her committing many more violent acts. To take revenge, she killed his new wife.
To kill Glauce, she laced her robe with poison, so when she went to put it on, it killed her, and when her father Creon came to help, he tried to remove the robe, which resulted in him dying as well.
She was still so enraged that she killed all of their children out of her anger as well. Since Hera had convinced Aphrodite to make Medea fall for Jason, she felt responsible for all the terrible things that had happened.
When Hera heard how Jason had acted and what he had done, she no longer had favor on him.
Jason ended up dying after leading a very sad and unhappy life.