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Jason’s Odyssey

Jason’s Odyssey. Epic Hero?. Achilles - military prowess Odysseus - ingenuity Jason… - sexual prowess? (repopulate Lemnos). Misogyny in the Argonautica. Women of Lemnos Harpies Scylla Medea? Circe?. Women of Lemnos. Hypsipyle Thracian Women Aphrodite’s Rage

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Jason’s Odyssey

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  1. Jason’s Odyssey

  2. Epic Hero? • Achilles - military prowess • Odysseus - ingenuity • Jason… - sexual prowess? (repopulate Lemnos)

  3. Misogyny in the Argonautica • Women of Lemnos • Harpies • Scylla • Medea? • Circe?

  4. Women of Lemnos • Hypsipyle • Thracian Women • Aphrodite’s Rage • Herakles (& Atalanta) intervene • Fleece & Glory • Women & Obscurity • Odyssean parallel?

  5. Harpies • Harpazo • The Snatchers • Winged Women or Birds with Women’s Heads • Phineus, son of Apollo • Zeus’s anger • Zetes & Calais • Iris intervenes

  6. Medea • Daughter of Aeetes & Idyuia (or Hecate) • Granddaughter of Helios • Niece of Circe • Priestess of Artemis/Hecate • Iconic Woman of Power

  7. Folktale Enchantress • Victim of Love Magic! • Bulls • Dragon’s Teeth Men • Dragon/Serpent

  8. Foreign Family Values: Apsyrtus • Apollonius: Medea betrays, Jason slays

  9. Nip/Tuck with Medea • Aeson • Pelias & Peliades • Exile from Iolchus

  10. Divorce tears Families apart • Corinth • Creon • Creusa or Glauce • Medea’s deadly bridal gifts

  11. Who gets the Kids?

  12. Escape from Corinth • Chariot of the Sun • Athens & Aegeus • Colchian Viagra

  13. Tension in Athens • Aethra & Aegeus or Poseidon • Sandals & Sword of Theseus • Beast-slayer • Poison but Recognition • Exile from Athens • Medus • W. Russell Flint

  14. Return to Colchis • Perses, brother Aeetes • Has Medus kill Perses • Isles of the Blest! With Achilles

  15. Medea as Iconic Figure • Women with Power • Medea or Jason for 3 a.m. phone call? • Euripides, Ovid, Seneca • Clytemnestra and her man-scheming heart • Sympathetic portrayal in Apollonius?

  16. Folktale Elements in the Argonautica • Son’s search for lost father? • Hero’s adventures in quest? • Hero’s Return in disguise to save beloved (from marriage)?

  17. Folktale Women in the Argonautica • Protectress • non-sexual admiration for virtue, lineage, heroic deed • Enchantress • “evil witch in wood” • if outwitted, will serve • Object of Striving • reason for quest

  18. Elect your Leader • Odysseus • Achilles • Jason • Medea • Clytemnestra • Penelope

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