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Jason
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Infobox character
| name = Jason
| family = Aeson (father); Aeolus (ancestor); Hermes (maternal great-grandfather)
| affiliation = The Argonauts
| spouse = Medea
| image = Jason fresque romaine.jpg
| adapted_by =
| nickname = "Amechanos" (incapable)
| caption = Jason on an antique fresco from Pompeii
| first_major = Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BC)
| motion_actor = Todd Armstrong (1963), Jason London (2000)
Jason (ˈdʒeɪsən ; Iásōn i.ǎːsɔːn) 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.
Jason appeared in various literary works in the classical world of Greece and Rome, including the epic poem Argonautica and the tragedy Medea. In the modern world, Jason has emerged as a character in various adaptations of his myths, such as the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts and the 2000 TV miniseries of the same name.
Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and sought to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the progeny of a union between their shared mother, Tyro ("high born Tyro"), the daughter of Salmoneus, and the sea god Poseidon. In a bitter feud, he overthrew Aeson (the rightful king), killing all the descendants of Aeson that he could. He spared his half-brother for unknown reasons.
Aeson's wife Alcimede I had a newborn son named Jason whom she saved from Pelias by having female attendants cluster around the infant and cry as if he were still-born. Fearing that Pelias would eventually notice and kill her son, Alcimede sent him away to be reared by the centaur Chiron. She claimed that she had been having an affair with him all along. Pelias, fearing that his ill-gotten kingship might be challenged, consulted an oracle, who warned him to beware of a man wearing only one sandal.
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