Myths

After the campaign, Jason became a national hero, and before him everywhere the doors opened hospitably. King of Corinth, Creon, met him most cordially. He gave him part of the palace for housing and did not want to hear about leaving. Yes, and Jason himself did not think about it, because he became very friends with Creon's daughter, the beautiful Creus. True, Medea was also good. She had black hair and black eyes, burning with an unusual fire. Zeus himself fell in love with her, but she rejected his courtship...

Without Medea, Jason could never defeat bronze bulls or take the golden fleece from the sacred Ares grove. Jason went there at night. On the broad-aged oak tree hung the skin of a divine lamb, glowing in the dark like a starry sky. Near the tree was guarded by a dragon who never slept. The hero doused him with a decoction of a magic potion and uttered three words that tame even the raging sea and deep rivers. Medea was with him. She radiated great power, and under the influence of her gaze, magic words and a decoction of the magic potion, the dream closed the eyes of the serpent...

At the entrance to the Black Sea, where the silver corridor of the Bosphorus now opens, the passage was blocked by two strange rocks called the Simplegades. Every minute they converged as if they wanted to hug, and again dispersed, opening for a moment the passage. Neither the ship was able to sail there because it could be crushed in the stone vice of these rocks. The Argonauts, on the advice of Phineus, stopped at the Simplegads themselves and first released the pigeon. The bird flew so fast that the cliffs that joined together tore only a few feathers from its tail...

They built a ship and called it "Argo", which means "fast." Athena herself looked after this work. A piece of sacred oak from Dodon was inserted into the bow of the ship. This piece of wood spoke in a human voice and pointed the way in the sea. It was necessary to choose a leader. The views of all turned to Hercules. However, he said: “Let no one dare to put this honor on me or yourself.” The one whose misfortune has gathered us must lead us. And Jason became the leader of the Argonauts campaign...

Jason is speechless. Until today, he was nothing and suddenly became a man whom the king's fear. When he left the palace, an old servant approached him, the same one who, when he had warned his parents about the anger of Peleus, and told him the story of his family. Then the servant took him to his home. The former king with his wife and several slaves lived in a poor hut quietly and apart, so as not to attract the attention of a vengeful brother. Seeing an adult son, Ezon cried. Jason, deeply moved by his father’s misfortune, escaped from his embrace and ran to the palace...