Jason and the Argonauts

Online Resources for the story of Jason and the Argonauts, the Quest for the Golden Fleece, and Jason and Medea.

Related Resources • Medea A feature on Euripides' play about Medea and the behavior Jason exhibited towards Medea. • Atalanta Atalanta was one of the Argonauts. Atalanta was the only Argonaut who was a woman.

Orpheas' Argonautica The Course of The Argonauts
Map of the course of the voyage of the Argonauts.

Argonautica
Introduction to The Argonautica and Apollonius Rhodius (b. 296 - 260 BC).

Argonauts
Encyclopedia Mythica article by James Hunter on the Argonauts.

Argonauts
By Carlos Parada. Some of the Argonaut adventurers and various lists of the crew.

Euripides
Euripides Medea tells the story of how Jason abandoned his wife Medea.

Herodotus IV
In Book IV of Herodotus' Histories, Triton delivers a prophecy to Jason.

Homer
Book VII of The Iliad refers to Jason.

Ovid
In Metamorphoses VII Ovid tells the story of Medea. Also see preceding book for the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts.

Pindar Fourth Pythian
Pindar's Fourth Pythian Ode on Jason and the Argonauts.

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