Jason/Definition

From Greek mythology, he was the leader of the Argonauts who searched for the Golden Fleece by voyaging to Colchis. He married the princess Medea; her magic helped him get the Fleece. Much later, when Jason fell in love with another woman, Medea killed their children. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.