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	AllRefer.com - Jason, in Greek mythology (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		When Pelias usurped the throne of Iolcus and killed (or imprisoned) Aeson and most of his descendants, Jason was smuggled off to the centaur Chiron, who reared him secretly on Mt. Pelion.
		Jason and Medea stopped to be purified of the murder by Circe at Aeaea, and there they were married.
		Medea persuaded Pelias that he could be rejuvenated by having pieces of his body boiled in a magical brew.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/Jason-myt.html (584 words)

	Medea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		She restored the youth of Jason's aged father, Aeson, by cutting his throat and filling his body with a magical potion.
		She then offered to do the same for Pelias the king of Iolcus who had usurped Aeson's throne.
		There Medea bore Jason two children before Jason forsook her in order to marry the daughter of Creon, the king of Corinth.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/m/medea.html (458 words)

	Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Iolcus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Thessalian city from which Jason and the Argonauts set out after the Golden Fleece.
		Jason's father should have been king of Iolcus, but his brother Pelias had usurped the throne.
		So when Jason, who had been raised in the wilderness by Chiron the centaur, arrived in Iolcus and asserted his claim to the kingdom, Pelias sent him after the Golden Fleece to be rid of him.
	www.mythweb.com /encyc/entries/iolcus.html (66 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Argo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the early 1980s, Tim Severin decided to retrace the voyage of Jason from the Aegean to Colchis on the eastern shores of the Black Sea.
		The most comprehensive version of the Golden Fleece myth is recorded in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica, from the third century bce According to Apollonius, in order to reclaim the throne from his uncle, Jason was sent by Pelias of Iolcus to capture the Golden Fleece from Colchis.
		His ship was built by Argos and crewed by a number of Greek heroes including Argos and Jason.
	www.college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_006500_argo.htm (534 words)

	Homework Hotline - Mythology
		When Jason reached Collchis and took the message to the King, the King consented to give Jason the Golden Fleece if he could: 1.) yoke to the plough two fire-breathing bulls with [brazen] feet, and 2.) sow the teeth of a slain dragon, but it was known that armed men would spring up and attack.
		Jason was the son of the lawful king of Iolcus, but his uncle Pelias had usurped the throne.
		Pelias lived in constant fear of losing what he had taken so unjustly.
	www.homeworkhotline.com /Mythology.htm (2802 words)

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