Jason and the golden fleece国王.ppt

Jason and the golden fleece WHO is Jason Jason（伊阿宋） was an ancient Greek mythological hero who was famous for his role as the leader of the Argonauts(阿尔戈号) and their quest for the Golden Fleece（金羊毛）. He was the son of Aeson（埃宋）, a rightful king. He was married to the sorceress Medea（美狄亚）. Jason assembled a great group of heroes, known as the Argonauts after their ship, the Argo. The group of heroes included the Heracles(赫拉克勒斯/海格力斯), , Orpheus（俄尔普斯）,and so on. Jason arrived in Colchis (科尔基斯) to claim the fleece as his own. It was owned by King Aeetes（埃厄忒斯 ） of Colchis. The fleece was given to him by Phrixus（法瑞克斯 ）. Aeetes promised to give it to Jason only if he could perform three certain tasks. Presented with the tasks, Jason became discouraged and fell into depression. However, Hera（赫拉） had persuaded Aphrodite （阿芙洛狄特）to convince her son Eros（爱神） to make Aeetess daughter, Medea, fall in love with Jason. As a result, Medea aided Jason in his tasks. First, Jason had to plow a field with fire-breathing oxen, that he had to yoke himself. Medea provided an ointment that protected him from the oxens flames. Then, Jason sowed the teeth of the dragon into a field. The teeth sprouted into an army of warriors. Medea had previously warned Jason of this and told him how to defeat this foe. Before they attacked him, he threw a rock into the crowd. Unable to discover where the rock had come from, the soldiers attacked and defeated one another. His last task was to overcome the sleepless dragon which guarded the Golden Fleece. Jason sprayed the dragon with a potion, given by Medea, distilled from herbs. The dragon fell asleep, and Jason was able to seize the Golden Fleece. He then sailed away with Medea. Medea distracted her father, who chased them as they fled, by killing her brother Apsyrtus(亚士图斯 ) and throwing pieces of his body into the sea; Aeetes stopped to gather them. In another version, Medea lured Apsyrtus into a trap. Jason killed him, chopped off his finger