is an ordinary man but possesses after all some of the qualities that make a leader: brains, abundant charm, and above all a most persuasive tongue. He is a man who gets things done for him. Like many other heroes, it's initial problem that sets heroes off on a journey. It's for the same reasons that Budda left town, Thesisus slayed the minotaur, and Hercules completed his tasks that Jason went in search for the golden fleece. Having a solid base of being raised and trained in leadership and warriorship, he was born for the job, but the story gives us insight of how mortal Jason really is. His common "boo-hooing" to the gods and the uncertainty that he shows his crew at times show that Jason is not necessarily supernatural, but he is human. Jason learns to be a hero along the journey which is a journey in its own for Jason. In the end he is victorious in acquiring the golden fleece, and also realizing in his self that he had it in him the whole time.Behind every great person there is a woman. In this story, her name is Medea. Medea aides Jason and the Argonauts in acquiring the golden fleece and in turn has to flee with them or face harsh persecution from her father. For doing this, Jason promises her marriage. Many of her phenomenal powers and attributes can be related to witchcraft, but is Medea actually a witch, or is she just a talented woman? Did she herself graze the ankle of Talos and bring him to his defeat? Although she conjures up an ointment of invunerablilty, what exactly did she do herself to it that made it so magical? These questions bring up the possibility that Medea finds her great power not in witchcraft and magic, but in intellect and talent. It was the fact that she was knowledgeable of the roots that possess the magical invunerablitity properties and her wisdom of it that had her create the ointment for Jason. In the case of Talos though, one might argue that it was a stroke of luck that he was defeated...
