EPISODE 18 JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE, PART 4.
Welcome back to the Spartan History Podcast, the agenda for this episode will be the conclusion to my retelling of Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica.
With the challenge set for them by King Aeetes successfully completed, the Argonauts are celebrating their efforts. However, in the king's palace, Aeetes is plotting their collective doom, unwilling to part with the fleece.
Medea, who in no small part aided the Argonauts knows it's only a matter of time before her father discovers her perfidy. Stealing out in the night she forsakes her homeland and joins the Argonauts for better or worse. Helping Jason steal the fleece in the dead of night, she sails with the Argo out of Colchis, pursued by her fathers fleet.
Following a circuitous route, the Argo eventually makes its way back into the Mediterranean and homeward bound. An act of fratricide will see them cursed by Zeus and go on to endure much hardship towards a home that seems never within reach.
Eventually, with the help of the gods and Medea the Argonauts return to Iolcus where Apollonius finishes his tale short of what I deem to be its natural conclusion.
Therefore, I finish this episode with a thorough look at the main characters fates, post Argonautica and with a few parting observations made over the time I've spent studying the narrative.
I hope you've all enjoyed this retelling, thanks for listening.
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