id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1264 Jason - Wikipedia .html text/html 4123 540 81 Jason appeared in various literary works in the classical world of Greece and Rome, including the epic poem Argonautica and the tragedy Medea. However, Hera had persuaded Aphrodite to convince her son Eros to make Aeetes' daughter, Medea, fall in love with Jason. The dragon fell asleep, and Jason was able to seize the Golden Fleece.[3] He then sailed away with Medea. Chiron had told Jason that without the aid of Orpheus, the Argonauts would never be able to pass the Sirens—the same Sirens encountered by Odysseus in Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Though some of the episodes of Jason's story draw on ancient material, the definitive telling, on which this account relies, is that of Apollonius of Rhodes in his epic poem Argonautica, written in Alexandria in the late 3rd century BC. Jason and the Argonauts Jason and Medea (painting) Jason and Medea (painting) ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1264.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1264.txt