Jason & The Argonauts - The Epic Quest for the Golden Fleece (Greek Mythology)

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  • Today we explore the story behind the Greek Hero Jason and his crew of Argonauts as they embark on an epic and perilous quest to recover the golden fleece and reclaim the kingdom that was stolen from him.
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  • @MythologyFictionExplained
    @MythologyFictionExplained  4 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    A very long overdue video but I hope it was worth the wait.
    I'm still waiting for the podcast to be approved on Itunes & Spotify but you can check it out here in the meantime cms.megaphone.fm/channel/MFF5263838626?selected=MFF5754701859

    • @tayloredwards9144
      @tayloredwards9144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What is your favorite magical creature?

    • @VengfulScorpion9907
      @VengfulScorpion9907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Love Your Videos keep it up This has helped Me A lot About Mythology Thanks. 👍🏻❤️

    • @aztecklover69
      @aztecklover69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mythology & Fiction Explained totally^^ ai has been an avid fan of greek mithology; and by asociation; this story:)

    • @letstalktech8894
      @letstalktech8894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Your videos arent long enough. They are beautiful. Thank you.

    • @OldBaldWookiee
      @OldBaldWookiee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very long overdue . thank you i love the channel and look forward to your next video

  • @arcticdino1650
    @arcticdino1650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1215

    Crew: We vote Heracles be the captain
    Heracles: My first order as captain is that Jason is captain

    • @jeremiahquinlan2482
      @jeremiahquinlan2482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Arctic Dino that is very funny lol

    • @shakieltaylor9995
      @shakieltaylor9995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      *Happy Jason Noises*

    • @bbpele2848
      @bbpele2848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Me in group projects lol

    • @VincentGonzalezVeg
      @VincentGonzalezVeg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Isn't that wisdom, thank you guys for recognizing me, and I recognize him
      Electoral collages work better when everyone is on the same boat probs

    • @ametrineambrosia4929
      @ametrineambrosia4929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Jason: makes endless stupid decisions

  • @silenthero2795
    @silenthero2795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +614

    Basically, Jason is like a player thrown in an open-world game: always doing side quests when he could have finished the main story in a quarter of the time.

    • @Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1
      @Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Just like Odysseus

    • @strider4life696
      @strider4life696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      And learning new spells and Dragon Shouts while dungeon crawling, and collecting things he probably won't use anyway.

    • @samarthpratapsingh7834
      @samarthpratapsingh7834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      and the devs are giving him secret
      buffs

    • @mikesolomon6982
      @mikesolomon6982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol I be doing everything thing but the main quest

    • @travisgray8376
      @travisgray8376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I love greek mythology because of all the side quests without the side quests the main story wouldn't be as great as it is.

  • @snipeshot1401
    @snipeshot1401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1108

    How to survive a quest: Stop making random stops on strange and unknown islands!!!

    • @k.t.1641
      @k.t.1641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Don’t they have to restock water, food, and other supplies they might be able to store? Sailing back then must of been.....hardcore to say the least.

    • @snipeshot1401
      @snipeshot1401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      K. T. The story’s are 1000s of years old. They could have just said he was a good fisher or they brought a ton of bulls or something. I think the people who original wrote Jason’s story wanted to make it longer for more add revenue.

    • @BrettonFerguson
      @BrettonFerguson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Think about it, an island with thousands of women who haven't had a man in years. No men on the island, just you, your 20 buddies, and 10,000 horny women.... who smell like cat shit.

    • @christophermartin1096
      @christophermartin1096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@BrettonFerguson 20-30 crewmen

    • @mrbiscuits001
      @mrbiscuits001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      K. T. Stop at known islands

  • @mnk9073
    @mnk9073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    What I love about greek mythology is the fact that literally everyone is kind of a prick in their own right; the heros, the gods, the love interests, the secondary characters hell even the bystanders...

    • @johng7003
      @johng7003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Yeah nearly everyone actually has a balanced and a more natural human personality meaning they can behave or have both good or bad intentions depending on time or place. Unlike other myths from other countries which have basically a glorified hero and an evil character,monster etc. I love and enjoy these myths too but i prefer the greek ones any day !! Probably im kind of biased since im Greek myself!

    • @arcotroll8530
      @arcotroll8530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The same is true about Greek history, ancient and modern!

    • @karamlevi
      @karamlevi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Uhhhh that’s how we all are over time roughly speaking -

    • @tingtingshiny2877
      @tingtingshiny2877 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karamlevi

    • @kittysweetensen3889
      @kittysweetensen3889 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ahahahha so true

  • @josesiliezar1758
    @josesiliezar1758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    The best storytellers have always been the Greeks, who really believed in what they wrote.
    "Only the dead have seen the end of war"
    --Plato

    • @talkysaurus6653
      @talkysaurus6653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its pluto and ikr i love their stories so much i might not believe it but i gotta admit its pretty impressive

    • @rgutt2884
      @rgutt2884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@talkysaurus6653 i think he meant Plato the philosopher not the god pluto

    • @talkysaurus6653
      @talkysaurus6653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rgutt2884 oop kk

    • @antonyka-pra-ra
      @antonyka-pra-ra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe this story ( and Petraeus and andromeda ) is way older than the geeks, and later adopted by the them.

    • @Shuforces1
      @Shuforces1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “Ancient Hellenes”
      One must not mistake the Ancient Civilisation with the Modern country

  • @Sawsan1610
    @Sawsan1610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I was a child in Egypt in the 1980’s and the 1960’s Jason and the Argonauts movies along with Clash of the Titans were my introduction to Greek mythology. They still have a very special place in my heart.

  • @davidschaftenaar6530
    @davidschaftenaar6530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +951

    What. The. Hell. Hera did something legitimately _nice_ for someone. Hold on, I need to go check if there's pigs flying outside.

    • @randomstuff2848
      @randomstuff2848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Oh crap i think its gonna eat me

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Oh Gods call the Automatons

    • @majestic6592
      @majestic6592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@comradekenobi6908 Gotta get Hephaestus to make some first, ones that can take care of them.

    • @darkvizardking69
      @darkvizardking69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      You know it helps that jason isn't a son of zeus, so she doesn't have a murder boner for someone made from zeus' boner

    • @zaizele379
      @zaizele379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      And the three (Hera and Aphrodite with ATHENA) worked TOGETHER to help Jason..... Wow

  • @brandonk2112
    @brandonk2112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Heracles was too op so the Gods had to take him out of the story themselves

    • @jack-exzolt9858
      @jack-exzolt9858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Basically his time with the Argo is his sidequest. Also props for good ol' Herc to not hog all the glory, because he was only there to help Jason. When you think about it, Jason already struck gold the moment Heracles became one with the crew. Not to mention, even if by sheer reluctance, Atalanta.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@jack-exzolt9858 Jason's biggest mistake in his entire life, was not turning the ship around and putting everything he and his crew had into finding Heracles. Gods be damned.

    • @jack-exzolt9858
      @jack-exzolt9858 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@concept5631 Nah... I beg to differ.
      Him cheating on Medea because their children were deemed illegitimate was his biggest fumble.

  • @Scottsummers95
    @Scottsummers95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    I could not stop thinking about the fact of how easy or easier this quest would of been if they had Hercules the entire time

    • @WeirdTale
      @WeirdTale 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They did.

    • @decoral
      @decoral 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@WeirdTale They did not

    • @ALLNighT817
      @ALLNighT817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would have

    • @thekitchenrestaurant2945
      @thekitchenrestaurant2945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They did in the movies though.

    • @MusaMansu
      @MusaMansu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      IIRC, it was stated that Hercules would make their troubles seem trivial.

  • @UnexpectedWonder
    @UnexpectedWonder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Heracles was the True Veteran and Hero being through a helluva lot and learning from past terrible mistakes.

  • @MythologyFictionExplained
    @MythologyFictionExplained  4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Some people seem to be rather upset about me saying the island of Lemnos was in modern day Turkey, it is a Greek island that was under Roman and Ottoman rule that happens to be just outside the Anatolian peninsulas in the northern Aegean region but it has been reclaimed as a Greek island for well over a 100 years. I stand by my original statement however that the Lemnos Jason visited sucked.

    • @syguzman5739
      @syguzman5739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *I* ❤ *you,* *Mythology* *and* *Fiction* *Explained*

    • @Sir_Kotsos
      @Sir_Kotsos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      One of the argonauts that all forget to add is Laertis father of odysseus

    • @Bleilock1
      @Bleilock1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      did women of lemnos remind anyone of feminists?

    • @aengusog3415
      @aengusog3415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bleilock1 no....

    • @zan1971
      @zan1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Bleilock1
      Yup

  • @wcapewell3089
    @wcapewell3089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    That intro sequence gives me chills every time.

  • @RylanBones1
    @RylanBones1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Jason: goes on an epic quest, kills five kings, gains the favor of then instantly betrays the entire Greek pantheon, becomes a king, loses his title of king, gets the title of king back, then dies sad and alone
    M&FE: "lol mood"

  • @childofpersia1213
    @childofpersia1213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Yes! I watched the same Jason and the Argonauts in the early 90s too! My mom taped it on VHS for us.

    • @kari7403
      @kari7403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yup. I watched it early 90s also. Seems like thats when a lot of kids watched it. Probably because it was a favorite of their parents who shared it with their kids. Often having recorded it off tv onto VHS.

    • @SoloEcho
      @SoloEcho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope you like my many great journey for the search of the golden fleece.

    • @ucebuffer9946
      @ucebuffer9946 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It seems like 90% of us who watched that as kids watched it on a VHS thst our parents recorded for us 🤣🤣🤣

    • @escapistfromhell1543
      @escapistfromhell1543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have watched also the 2000 version movie

  • @DRockOvich
    @DRockOvich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    This got me interested in mythology too.

    • @zayeen1669
      @zayeen1669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DRockOVich 💓

    • @osas5211
      @osas5211 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol this all it took?

    • @burtplaysgames9527
      @burtplaysgames9527 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The wendigo got me interested in mythology

  • @kryptickodex3846
    @kryptickodex3846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Dude, my grandmother introduced me to this movie, to clash of the titans to Alfred Hitchcock, twilight zone etc. It has always gave me a spark for histroy, mythology, sci fi and fantasy. A great video, with great information!

  • @DungForever
    @DungForever 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I had no idea the crew was this stacked!! I really thought it was just a bunch of soldiers/sailors. Good to know my girl Atalanta was part of the crew. 🏹🍎

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It depends, in some versions he tells her she can't come because she's a woman. But all versions are equally canon, so go with the version you like best. About the only consistent crew members between versions is Heracles and Orpheus.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@shadenox8164 Cringe. No wonder why Jason failed in the end.

  • @giovannicarbajal2200
    @giovannicarbajal2200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    Percy Jackson and the olympians got me into mythology as a kid. I thought I was a demigod 😂

    • @Tan-ps3dg
      @Tan-ps3dg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Giovanni Carbajal samee 😂

    • @Numbuu
      @Numbuu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      You’re not a demigod, but you’re the leader of team rocket and the normal/ground gym leader which is better if you ask me

    • @tristintaylor7999
      @tristintaylor7999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Me too but I've always been Into greek, norse, and Egyptian mythology. Sprinkle in some Japanese lore and that's my historical interests

    • @jessiepayne9217
      @jessiepayne9217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me to

    • @castbet9183
      @castbet9183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Percy Jackson got me into it as well after that I desired to learn as much about myths as possible. It went from Greek to to Egypt to Chinese then to Japanese, after that Native American and it continued from there where I’d want to know as much of the unknown as possible. However the VERY first myth that sparked this interest in myth was the Legend of Hercules & 12 Labors, a tale of a hero who used his strength & cunning to complete tasks that are believed to be so impossible no ordinary man could succeed.

  • @nicholasloremann4741
    @nicholasloremann4741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I have waited thousands of years for this! I have carnal knowledge of every goddess, I’ve watched thousands of mythology videos but nothing excites my blood than watching one of your videos!

    • @yhongxiang
      @yhongxiang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You sound like a spartan but for knowledge

    • @danielalexandre89
      @danielalexandre89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Asura's Wrath

    • @ravenous_videophile
      @ravenous_videophile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So said Augus from Asura's Wrath. A brilliant, beautiful and underrated game. And the fight with Akuma is....perfect.

    • @danielalexandre89
      @danielalexandre89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ravenous_videophile All true
      Only thing that ruined it for me was the paid true ending

    • @yhongxiang
      @yhongxiang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danielalexandre89 Never played it

  • @zawwin1846
    @zawwin1846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    You forgot to add that Medea finally got over Jason and became happy with a Japanese Assassin. Then spending her days as a loving housewife while collecting saber figures.

    • @Me-jx1mo
      @Me-jx1mo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Somewhere along multiple media in this franchise are the reasons I both started sympathize with Medea and cannot take Jason seriously anymore.
      Edit: Than again, It's been a while, but the video helped to remember that although I liked this tale when I was a little, the actual myth doesn't make Jason look much better

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      For some reason, I completely forgot about the Fate connection to - frankly - best Waifu. XD

    • @Neku628
      @Neku628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Me-jx1mo didn't she kill her and Jason's sons?

    • @maartenboy37
      @maartenboy37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Wait a minute... Good Fate reference mate. 10/10

    • @Huyrrou
      @Huyrrou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Me-jx1mo Fate Jason became a meme, people now love him. For me, I have loved him before and now still. One of the most beautiful thing about Fate's Jason is his friendship with Heracles, he respect and fully trust Heracles, and Heracles will never allows anyone mock Jason, he would kill them without a second thought.

  • @JarvisBaileyVA
    @JarvisBaileyVA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    When I was in 2nd grade, we had a short time of learning about mythology and fables which was punctuated with a field trip to see a play about Jason and the Golden Fleece. I've been hooked on Mythology since then and your channel has been very satisfying.

  • @timothygreer188
    @timothygreer188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is the same story that started my obsession with Greek myths and legends. You did it justice and then some

  • @ABlackmore721
    @ABlackmore721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    What I've learned from the story of Jason and the Argonauts:
    Lemnos sucks.

    • @rickandelon9374
      @rickandelon9374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alexander Blackmore more likely lemons 🍋

    • @arcotroll8530
      @arcotroll8530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Especially when you are in the Greek military and get posted in the camp there! Every Greek man has to serve for 1 year at some point!

    • @Tordeques
      @Tordeques 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Lemons

    • @ThomasGazis
      @ThomasGazis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The island of Lemnos located in Turkey??? It is and has always been a GREEK island! Plus, in Jason's times the Turks were a nomadic people living on the Mongolian Altay plateau! What is now called Turkey was called back then Asia Minor!

  • @gianghuynh9570
    @gianghuynh9570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Jason’s story is most memorable for me because how much of a sissy he was the entire time, he was always on the backseats of important event and when matters are resolved it’s usually not because of his knowledge or decisiveness, but the spotlight is on other characters. If Chiron has to turn in his grave because of one of his students, that would be Jason.

    • @devilbuster20xx37
      @devilbuster20xx37 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1) Yeah, basically everything he "did" was actually with help of other people, he was only the one to execute the plan. Pathetic for a hero, indeed.
      2) Chiron is immortal and can't die, Jason probably is just making him feel more pain than he would usually feel.

    • @ChernorizecHrabyr
      @ChernorizecHrabyr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha, that last sentence made me smile. :)

    • @bombombarabom3794
      @bombombarabom3794 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@devilbuster20xx37 can you name me some other of his students?

    • @devilbuster20xx37
      @devilbuster20xx37 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bombombarabom3794 Chiron's, Heracles to start, Achilles and Asclepius are some of them.

    • @SonsoftheEagle
      @SonsoftheEagle ปีที่แล้ว

      @@devilbuster20xx37 All embodiment of the twins. Gemini, the ultimate trickster. ✌🏽

  • @kari7403
    @kari7403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Jason and the Argonauts was what got me into Mythology also. I loved that old movie. still do.

  • @veneficak3999
    @veneficak3999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was born in 1984 in Yorkshire and I work with the Greek Deities. I also started to feel that love of them from the 1960's Jason and the argonauts film. It was so nice to hear someone say the same thing.

  • @jessicabrown7274
    @jessicabrown7274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Cheers Narrator, Oh yes, the movie Jason and the Argonauts 1963, my favorite too and Bubo the owl, Athena, the old man, and terrific special effects, really great stories how the movie made.

  • @martintallinger
    @martintallinger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    "Before Jason was Bourne..." WHAAAAAT?!? 😉

  • @kevinnorwood8782
    @kevinnorwood8782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Ray Harryhausen Jason And The Argonauts wasn't my introduction to mythology as a whole, but it was one of my earliest exposures to GREEK Mythology, so I'm in almost the exact same boat as you, my friend!

  • @pyrosianheir
    @pyrosianheir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Also, I dont know that I'd call Medea insane considering how many other Greek myths feature people doing similar bizarre murders. Plus the whole "Brainwashed into loving some guy because the gods felt like it" thing. She's a major victim in this story.

    • @LoneWolf20213
      @LoneWolf20213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      yeah, that was depressing and cruel

    • @TheReasonableLiberal-hn2rs
      @TheReasonableLiberal-hn2rs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's hard to feel bad for her after what she did though.

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@TheReasonableLiberal-hn2rs Except literally every action she took was under a magic love roofie. *shrug* but whatever, blame a victim.

    • @TheReasonableLiberal-hn2rs
      @TheReasonableLiberal-hn2rs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@pyrosianheir Wait what? I must've missed that part. Killing the king was one thing but her kids too? That one is hard to defend.

    • @tubetorpedo
      @tubetorpedo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@pyrosianheir There is a major difference between being under a LOVE spell, and cruelly MURDERING several people. I would not call latter as sane in ANY meter.
      Also the spell was caused by Aphrodite, so her wrath should have been directed towards her, not toward various random people like a person Jason ended up falling for, or their own children.
      There's also a big difference between understanding a victim and defending a mass murderer because some other person slipped them a "love roofie".
      If you say that she e.g. wants to ruin Aphrodite and various other meddling gods after she found out, that I can understand. If you say she wants to murder several people because of something gods did to her - some of them children, my understanding ends there. She is no victim of those people, she is either evil or insane.

  • @devenmoura
    @devenmoura 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    We need an avengers style series of movies leading to this story?

    • @jeffumbach
      @jeffumbach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Given that the Argonauts sound like they were the ye olde OG Avengers.

    • @jackbelmont4389
      @jackbelmont4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That would be metal

    • @johnathons1789
      @johnathons1789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jason was a black man

    • @Tordeques
      @Tordeques 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      no, we don't need any more Avengers stuff

    • @DoctorMantisTob0ggan
      @DoctorMantisTob0ggan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Tordeques I'm pretty sure what OP means is a Greek Mythology Cinematic Universe which would be very cool

  • @thunderchild1083
    @thunderchild1083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    It was this, Clash of the Titans and the Sinbad films that got me into mythology

    • @mat7083
      @mat7083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Achilles

    • @tingtingshiny2877
      @tingtingshiny2877 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, I think I were really young, primary school times, I saw the black and white movie on tv, 70's. I thought ...oh No!,those Gods, Jasons in trouble! . I learnt how to play chess because after that movie, a day at school with some class friends. What a buzz random share @youtube reccomenders xo

    • @Popityman
      @Popityman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just played god of war 1

    • @thunderchild1083
      @thunderchild1083 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jack Callaghan God of war is one of my favourite game series.

  • @anngreen3495
    @anngreen3495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    How about a video on Medea? She is much more than just a helper-maiden in the Jason story. It is because of her magic (not blessing) that Jason accomplished the tasks. Medea drugged the dragon to sleep enabling Jason to secure the golden fleece. It was her cunning and initiative that resulted in Pelais' death, relieving Jason and his father of the responsibility. Then Jason drops her to marry Glacous (spelling? - daughter of the King of Corinth), and her terrible revenge takes effect. Her escape in a golden chariot supplied by Helios shows she is still in good standing with the gods. Breaking his vow with Medea makes him lose favor with Medea. Her story is highly complicated, and has many versions. I would love to see you unweave it. I don't think she is insane, but a leader.

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plus I mean Jason had the favour of both Hera AND Zeus and cocked it up along with pissing off his sorceress wife. Dude was an idiot.

  • @Goblin_Ghost39
    @Goblin_Ghost39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wish i found your channel a month ago. I just finished reading/listening to the Argonautica and I got so lost so many times. I'm familiar with Greek myths but not with Greek epics, especially the writing style. But your video is currently helping me understand what I just read.
    You are a gentleman and a scholar, my good sir.

  • @gabrieltamburini8053
    @gabrieltamburini8053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love mythology, especially Greek mythology. The stories never seem to be just black and white there is usually a grey area in the middle. Heracles and Jason were the two stories that grabbed my interest for mythology when I was a kid.

  • @llogo1306
    @llogo1306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Mythology always has me amazed

  • @rida-18
    @rida-18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have Mythology as my General at Uni, we read this story too. Found it super interesting. I always thought that why have you not done a video on such a popular story but I'm glad that the wait is finally over😊

  • @iancoker1163
    @iancoker1163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the crashing rocks with a dove flying ahead feels like an allegory for creating peace among two continuously feuding enemies. upon doing so they sneak away in the relative chaos of peace.

  • @cedricgist7614
    @cedricgist7614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Almost forgot to leave a "like": watched the whole Novartis ad that immediately followed. Pretty good, since I've had heart issues....
    The "Golden Book Encyclopedia" was my entry into mythology - and I still didn't get how much nobler Hector was than Achilles. Just a picture of a corpse being dragged around Troy.
    The 1963 version of "Jason And the Argonauts" hooked me too. I watch it whenever I can. The Harryhausen effects never get old to me - especially since I learned how painstaking they were to accomplish.
    I liked the 2003 version too - watched on TH-cam. A different telling; a different Jason - perhaps truer to the myth than its antecedent. More in line with your account. I liked the inclusion of Orpheus and the female who I don't think was Atalanta.
    Subscribed approaching two years ago but haven't revisited in nearly a year. I learned about the Krampus from you. And this video, was amused to find Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite collaborating to help Jason. They're the trio that Paris was forced to judge resulting in the Trojan War. Still can't get over Athena stripping naked to impress a mortal....
    So, congratulations on completing this video: sometimes it's hard to present the things dearest to us for fear of mishandling them. You did fine. Also, I'm glad to see your work prospering. Keep up the good work and don't let the myths obscure the Truth.

  • @freedomforall1712
    @freedomforall1712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jason and the Argonauts sumed up in a video game format: the quest was level 50, Jason was level 20 at the beginning but his crew was all level 80.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heracles?
      He'd be around level ~80.

  • @retiredgod727
    @retiredgod727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I also grew up watching this, absolute classic adventure which sparked my interest in mythology

  • @Michael_the_Drunkard
    @Michael_the_Drunkard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    The island of Lemnos is not in turkey, but in Greece

    • @arcotroll8530
      @arcotroll8530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also known as: "Γκασμαδιά Νήσος"!

    • @TRevelationP
      @TRevelationP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Northern Greece to be exact.

    • @TartarusPyro
      @TartarusPyro 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      All the island are hellenic and ionia also just occupied by turkey

    • @stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733
      @stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      All of turkey is Greek.

  • @YouEra
    @YouEra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey friend! Nice work. My first call, came from the Odyssey, but I feel the argonauts are even more legendary... Now! Lemnos is at modern day Greece, not Turkey. And women smell nice there nowadays... The crew fell onto the seirenes too at some point, any they were saved by Orfeus' soothing song, which captivated them more than the seirenes. Orfeus was maybe even as legendary as Heracles at this quest, as he was the one who put, the golden fleece guarding dragon to sleep, again, with a song. Also, on the ship was Laertis too! Odysseus' father. You see, the argonauts, were a generation of heroes, before the Trojan war heroes! Heracles at one of his adventures, blessed baby Ajax with his lion skin, making him nearly invincible! Ajax of the Trojan war! This is what I find really wondrous and legendary in this story! The argonauts were GolDRoger, Whitebeard and Shanks to the Luffies of Troy! They were their fathers and inspiration! Keep living the Mythos people! Bye

  • @rabidbogey1463
    @rabidbogey1463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My grandfather got me hooked on Jason and The Argonauts. Talos scared the crap out of me. Also the 7th voyage of Sinbad was epic. The cyclops are dope in that movie. The sound they make was terrifying.

  • @ShadowcatKabi
    @ShadowcatKabi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Lemnos belong to Greece... w'been there, w'seen the Argonauts cave.

  • @tolkienfangirl21
    @tolkienfangirl21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    You missed a huge opportunity for a pun when you said “Lemnos sucks” instead of “Lemnos stinks.”

  • @Rodiacreed
    @Rodiacreed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Been waitnig for this man. I really wanted to hear the myth but never found a good full video on it. Your content is always consistent in its good quality or it improves and gets better so I know this too will be good. :)

  • @labang1174
    @labang1174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still got a DVD copy of the movie. Never ceases to amaze me.

  • @shadowgamer1598
    @shadowgamer1598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would like to start off by saying you are my most favourite history channel, your so clear and it's so easy to understand you, I love the art work you have and the music. Keep up the amazing work sir

  • @b1laxson
    @b1laxson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Modern Movie title: He wore a single sandal

    • @Jays6926
      @Jays6926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cinderfella

  • @k.t.1641
    @k.t.1641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The helmsman Typhus died from illness? Hmmm. 🤔 Somehow I saw that coming

  • @TheEverSoTalented
    @TheEverSoTalented 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    'The Immortals', which is an underrated movie imo - starring a pre 'Man Of Steel' Henry Cavill...was my introduction into Greek myths. 🎬

    • @jpcoqueran
      @jpcoqueran 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn't very good, but had some great sequences

  • @janocronismo
    @janocronismo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Argonauts: "Heracles should be our leader! He's already a hero!"
    Heracles: "Nah, just in for the fun. Have Jason instead..."

  • @dracone4370
    @dracone4370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The tale of the ram with the golden fleece is a tale in and of itself, it would be a nice follow-up to this video, considering their connections.
    Interestingly enough, one of the peoples in Irish mythology are believed to have actually had contact with the Greeks, in the worst way possible. The Fir Bolg, one of the people mentioned in Ireland's Book of Invasions (the collection of mythological stories about who came to settle Ireland) are believed to have spent several generations as slaves of the Greeks before returning Ireland with the sacks of fertile soil they spread bout the rocky lands of Ireland. From what I've gathered this mostly going on what little is said about the people that became the Fir Bolg and where they went when they left Ireland. But it's interesting to think that these peoples that were treated peripheries that barely got mentions in the stories might actually be major players in the mythology and lore of other nations. Just a little something to think about as the Feast of Saint Patrick approaches.

  • @benkeller6027
    @benkeller6027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved this story when I was a child. It encouraged me to learn more regarding Mythology from across the World. The story of Jason and his endeavors was a tale of Trade. Greece opened up trade throughout the Mediterranean and eventually the Black Sea where the Caucasus tribes used sheep fleece to collect gold from the creeks and streams, learning how the use the plough and many elements of the story that was actually related to reality.

  • @AishaVonFossen
    @AishaVonFossen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No way! You grew up on several old classics too? Man, Jason and the Argonauts is a movie of my childhood too! I also love Clash of the Titans (the original from the 80s), that's the first movie that got me interested in Greek mythology. Jason and the Argonauts came in at close second. :) One of the most memorable parts of that movie is when the Argonauts finally get to Colchis, and they see Medea and her other priestesses dancing before the altar of Hecate. I love the music of that scene, and it makes me wish I could dance that gracefully. LOL I also remember the harpies scene, and it wasn't until many years later that I learned that the harpies are actually the sisters of Iris, which got me thinking, how the hell do you get the harpies and the beautiful goddess of the rainbow all as sisters? I guess that's Greek myth for ya. :P
    I gotta say, at the end of listening to this video, I found myself somewhat melancholic. Jason wasn't the greatest guy, but I feel sorry for him. After all his great feats, he gets killed in such an anticlimactic way, and alone and lonely. I guess you can say he had it coming, to a degree, but still, kind of a tragic life. He goes to all these great lengths to accomplish things as a Greek hero, only to all have it fall apart, kind of a wasted and pathetic life, and that's very sad. I've read about The Divine Comedy and Dante places Jason in one of the circles of Hell reserved for seducers, since Jason seduced a few women on his way to getting the Golden Fleece, which I thought was pretty harsh. But hey, Dante is known for having hated all Greek heroes (especially the ones involved in the Trojan War), so that's probably the real reason why he put Jason in there. LOL
    One of my favorite parts of the real myth of Jason is where they get past the sirens having Orpheus play his lyre to overpower their voices. I've seen that compared to Odysseus wanting to hear the sirens' song, and how well that worked out for him. I've seen this comparison of the two scenes as a way to warn against wanting to long for something that's not good for you. If you pine away for something that's bad for you, it will be hard for you to let it go so you can appreciate better things in life. But if you face that thing with something better, and the hope of better and healthier things, you will overcome that obstacle, as Orpheus' melody had overpowered the sirens. It's for this reason that Orpheus has held a special place in my heart for a long time now. :)

  • @angrykatrants
    @angrykatrants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I need to come back to myself and find peace, I always come back to you and this channel! Thank you for your dedication to myths and legends. 💓

  • @hamletstragedy8988
    @hamletstragedy8988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I actually hadn't seen JATA until after Clash of the Titans' 81 (well after it had been popular in syndication). Continues to fascinate me to this day.

  • @alexschmidt3034
    @alexschmidt3034 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great Work!

  • @letstalktech8894
    @letstalktech8894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This channel is incredible. I enjoy learning from it. You provide amazing information, and the art is astounding!

  • @gracestevens4916
    @gracestevens4916 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still watching this four years later. Honestly my favourite video you’ve ever done.

  • @berndb.1381
    @berndb.1381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hey hey, ever thought about covering the polynesian mythology? I think it is also pretty fascinating!

  • @shmackydoodRon
    @shmackydoodRon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad and I rented the old movie once. We always referred to it as Jason and the Fuckin’ Argonauts. Good times.

  • @StevenJM1988
    @StevenJM1988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I watched the same movie at my grandparent’s house all of the time growing up!

  • @jennityrell3304
    @jennityrell3304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also grew up in the 90s and also loved this film and story. 1997 Disney movie Hercules made mention of Jason and the Argonauts and I loved it. Got hugely into all kinds of mythology from the story and has become one of my biggest hobbies.

    • @Arigriphantua
      @Arigriphantua 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And Disney's Hercules also had a spinoff series with an episode featuring the Argonauts, with Jason voiced by William Shatner.

  • @VengfulScorpion9907
    @VengfulScorpion9907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks Again I now know The Story Of the Golden Fleece 👍🏻❤️

  • @Britishbjornis
    @Britishbjornis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What I love is that we still tell our children about this stories.

  • @jamesparker4471
    @jamesparker4471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A Rams skin or fleece was used in a sluce to capture gold in the mining process.
    The Golden Fleece

  • @zan1971
    @zan1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This explains the entire story from the formation to the very end and how Medea was involved and everything in between. Amazing video I would say.

  • @BeeIncarnate
    @BeeIncarnate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Everytime he kills another king I think of Jamie fookin’ Lannister

  • @TheMagicalGamer1
    @TheMagicalGamer1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember seeing my dad watch the movie when I was a toddler and I watched it with him to his surprise. That movie got me interested in myth, history and acting

  • @jackbelmont4389
    @jackbelmont4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Funny how in Friday 13 we talk about jason XD

    • @abdoul5176
      @abdoul5176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂 I just peeped.

  • @lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615
    @lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The game Rise of the Argonauts got me interested in this subject. You just filled in all the blanks. You answered all my questions. Thanks and KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK BRUDDAH!

  • @alejandromelecio
    @alejandromelecio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video and the Hestia video got me excited for season 3 of danmachi.

  • @jasondaskalakos3776
    @jasondaskalakos3776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Every "impossible" challenge that "favors the person who set the challenge " always ends up being complete

    • @sirmarkalot9934
      @sirmarkalot9934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because those are the only ones who come back to tell the story

    • @stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733
      @stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly sir markalot. Haven't you watched Shrek? It's a must watch for any would be historian.

  • @rayparker823
    @rayparker823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man this new intro looks amazing

  • @lukepage4562
    @lukepage4562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Funny enough, my love for mythology also started at my Nan and Grandads as well, but it was the strategy game Age of Mythology, still play it every now and then.

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I knew Jason should have hired a travel agent

  • @OldBaldWookiee
    @OldBaldWookiee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes !! Ive been waiting for this one and been waiting for you to release another video. I must say im addicted to your channel. Well done and keep em comin

  • @charleswolf1066
    @charleswolf1066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember the movie from 1963, that was one of my favorites movies an still is.

  • @thecharmingpirate3823
    @thecharmingpirate3823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Outstanding lore! I'm so happy to be part of this mythology legend! 👍🏻

  • @alexbruns4568
    @alexbruns4568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loses sandal helping Hera. Hera knows what’s up. Hera decides to giving him a god damn blessing instead of just buying him a new sandal. Classic.

  • @ChillakoC92
    @ChillakoC92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a beautiful allegory, always git inspired as a kid by it! My favorite hero was Zetes who had the gift of excellent "vision", and could " navigate" the company during the fiercest adversities, by observing the stars even during broad daylight

  • @GoogleRuinsAnythingItTouches
    @GoogleRuinsAnythingItTouches 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    23:00
    "Unaware of where these rocks came from, they fought amongst each other"
    ....Wut?

    • @truefanforum3273
      @truefanforum3273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah, apparently they were trained by the Three Stooges.

  • @nicksothep8472
    @nicksothep8472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the refresh!! I read this a good 20 or more years ago, and I value it as one of the best stories ever told. I also liked your end summary (synopsis actually) very much, I pretty much feel the same way about it.

  • @ameliadiaz8040
    @ameliadiaz8040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Circe was Medea's paternal aunt.

  • @omegaglitch13
    @omegaglitch13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this channel. Obsessed with all the mythologies all over the world.

  • @michaelmccurdy6647
    @michaelmccurdy6647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Jason: we've selected you as our captain.
    Heracles: no u

  • @Dolores5000
    @Dolores5000 ปีที่แล้ว

    I adore the Robert Graves book The Golden Fleece and this video is a wonderful glimpse back into the adventures! Thank you and well done!

  • @queer.axolotl
    @queer.axolotl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I thought Atalanta killed the Caladorian Boar...?
    It’s probably just another story.

    • @martinschano7267
      @martinschano7267 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My exact reaction.

    • @baothanquang1648
      @baothanquang1648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No, but she was the first one to shoot and hit it

    • @randomstuff2848
      @randomstuff2848 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@baothanquang1648 woooosh

    • @kaenryuuart543
      @kaenryuuart543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@randomstuff2848 do you even lnow how whooosh work?

  • @AlexXx._.1509
    @AlexXx._.1509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I absolutely LOVE this channel! Could you please do more Aztec Mythology?

  • @idisestablish
    @idisestablish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The most common account (the only one I have ever heard) tells that Atalanta drew first blood, and Meleager dealt the killing blow. The accounts of Homer, Hesiod, Apollodorus, Diodorus of Sicily, and Ovid all corroborate that. Where did you hear that Jason killed the Calydonian boar?

  • @CampyVampy
    @CampyVampy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, and the film recommendation was awesome too. I love your channel and the audiobook as well. I’m a huge fan of your work and would love to see you do a piece on Achilles.

  • @TacDyne
    @TacDyne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jason: We have a quest!
    Argonauts: Yay!
    Jason: ... and we have eleventy two hundred side quests we can't skip.
    Argonauts: Yay!
    Jason: LOLWUT?
    Heracles: Dude, it's called sarcasm. I know, it doesn't translate well via MMO chat.

  • @margaretmcguire3241
    @margaretmcguire3241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank u! I love story time & u do an awesome job telling them. It was well worth the wait.

  • @christolouw6890
    @christolouw6890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How about Odysseus for your next vid? I would like to hear his whole life story too.

  • @n.u.k.2188
    @n.u.k.2188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wauw, that was an epic intro. Love your content by the way. Please keep the creatures coming.

  • @mercianthane2503
    @mercianthane2503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So there's a good theory out there that says: that the tale of Jason and the Argonauts is a memory of the first greek settlers in the Black Sea around the Bronze Age, from the mycenaean period of Greece. Around 1300 BC or sometime before that date.

  • @thunderwolf2576
    @thunderwolf2576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Finally someone I can relate too 🤣. Literally how I got into mythology thanks to Jason and the Argonauts.