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1、JasonandhisjourneyfortheGoldenFleeceByGabrielI.TheearlyyearsAesonwastherightfulkingofIolcosinThessaly.Peliasishishalf-brother.TheysharedtheirmotherTyro.AllegedlyPeliaswasthesonbyPoseidon.AfterthedeathofkingCretheus,PeliasdethronedAesonandkilledasmanyAeson’sdescendantsashecould.Jason,sonofAes
2、on,wasthenaninfant.HewasdisguisedasdeadbyhismotherAlcimede,thussaved,thensenttoMt.PelionandentrustedtoCentaurChironDuringtheseyears,fearingofbeingoverthrown,Peliasconsultedanoracleandlearnedthatheshouldbewareofamanwithonesandal.II.HowhestartedTwentyyearslater,JasondecidedtoreturntoIolcusandb
3、ecometherightfulking.Onhiswayback,JasonhelpedanoldwomantocrosstheriverAnaurosandlostoneofhissandals.TheoldwomanturnedouttobeHerathegoddess,andblessedJason.JasonwenttoPeliasboldlytoaskhisthroneback.Havingknowntheone-sandaledmanbeingtherightfulheirofthethrone,Peliasplayedatrickbyaskinghimtoget
4、theGoldenFleeceandtothusprovehimselfworthy.Jasonacceptedandimmediatelybegantogathervolunteersforthevoyage.Argos,ontheadviceofAthenabegantobuildtheArgo.TheshipwasbuiltwiththewoodfromMt.PelionandAthenaherselfcutabeamfromZeus’oakatDodona,gaveitapowerofspeechandprophecyandfitteditintotheArgo’spr
5、ow.Withthehelpofgods,theArgobecamethestrongestandthefastestship.FortheArgonauts,therearedifferentcataloguesofnamesoftheArgonauts;thefollowingfiftynamesarethosegivenbythemosttrustworthyauthorities:1.Acastus,sonofKingPelias2.Actor(5),sonofDeionthePhocian3.Admetus,princeofPherae4.Amphiaraus,the
6、Argiveseer5.GreatAncaeus(1)ofTegea,inArcadia6.LittleAncaeus(2),theLelegianofSamos7.Argos(4)theThespian,builderoftheArgo8.Ascalaphus(2)theOrchomenan,sonofAres9.Asterius,sonofCometes,aPelopian10.AtalantaofCalydon,thevirginhuntress11.Augias,sonofKingPhorbas(1)ofElis12.Butes(2)ofAthens,thebee-ma
7、ster13.CaeneustheLapith,whohadoncebeenawoman14.Calais,thewingedsonofBoreas15.CanthustheEuboean16.Castor,theSpartanwrestler,oneoftheDioscuri17.Cepheus(1),sonofAleustheArcadian18.CoronustheLapith,ofGyrtoninThessaly19.Echion(2),sonofHermes,theherald20
