Greeced Lightning

Jason and the Argonauts: The Argonautica, Jason, and Medea


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Get in loser, we’re going to steal the Golden Fleece! Sara, Luke, and Sam dig into the myth behind 1963’s Jason and the Argonauts. Join us for Hecate worship, talking boats, stop-motion magic, and the invention of disc golf.

  • Phineus & Harpies - A 5th c. BCE red figure painting of the Harpies stealing Phineus's food.
  • Theocritus, Idyll 2 - Early 20th century translation of a poem about a woman named Simaetha praying to Hecate and putting a love spell on her lover, Delphis. Theocritus was a contemporary of Apollonius of Rhodes.
  • Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius - 2014 translation of Apollonius of Rhodes's Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica.

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Greeced LightningBy Sara Hales-Brittain, Luke Patrick, and Sam Siegel