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