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myNotes 9 Guest 1: Why should he be our king?

10 Guest 2: What makes him worthy?
11 But then Jason gets an idea, and doubt is banished as courage fills his heart.

12 Jason: I would tell the man that he must perform an act of heroism, an act
that requires courage and strength the likes of which the world has never
seen. I would send him across the ocean to take the Golden Fleece from

ruthless King Aeetes in Colchis, and demand that he bring it to me. A man
who succeeds in such a quest is surely worthy to rule Iolcus.

13 Storyteller: I will interrupt here only to say that the Golden Fleece of
which Jason speaks once belonged to a magical ram who rescued a
man named Phrixus [FRIK•sis]—an ancestor of Jason’s.
King Aeetes killed the ram and hung its golden fleece
in a grove guarded by a dragon. He believed he
would lose his kingdom if he lost the fleece . . .

but that is a story for another time. Back to
King Pelias and Jason.

14 King Pelias: Any man who succeeds in
acquiring the Golden Fleece from King
Aeetes would indeed deserve the glory of a
throne, Jason. So? Go, then. Bring it to me.

15 Jason: I shall, Uncle. And when I return—
16 King Pelias: Don’t you mean “if”?
17 King Pelias laughs, and his guests laugh along
with him. As he lifts his glass to toast Jason,
Jason opens his mouth to speak, then thinks better

of it, and turns and leaves. The laughter of King Pelias
trails after him. Jason is more determined than ever.

SCENE 2

18 Storyteller: With the help of the famous shipbuilder Argus, and a touch
of divine intervention from the goddess Athena, Jason builds a huge boat
with 50 oars. Then he sends out a call throughout Greece for heroes to
accompany him on his quest. Ancient Greece is full of heroes, and Jason

banished If something is banished, it is chased away.

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