Jason, knowing that he was the rightful king, told Pelias that and Pelias said, "To take my throne, which you shall, you must go on a quest to find the Golden Fleece." Jason happily accepted the quest.
Pelias, King of Lolcus, suggested Jason should get it to honour their dead relative Phrixius, who had escaped on the sacred ram.
Pretty sure they're cousins. It's on google.
Jason was instructed by his brother Pelias to find and bring back the Golden Fleece from Colchis. Pelias believed that this task was nearly impossible and hoped that Jason would fail, as he saw Jason as a threat to his own power.
According to ancient Greek mythology Aeson was the rightful king of Iolcos, but his half-brother Pelias usurped the throne. It was Pelias who sent Aeson's son Jason and his Argonauts to look for the Golden Fleece.
obtain the golden fleece
King Pelias and Jason died
Jason, knowing that he was the rightful king, told Pelias that and Pelias said, "To take my throne, which you shall, you must go on a quest to find the Golden Fleece." Jason happily accepted the quest.
pelias sent jason and his crew on a suicide mission to get rid of jason
Pelias, King of Lolcus, suggested Jason should get it to honour their dead relative Phrixius, who had escaped on the sacred ram.
Pretty sure they're cousins. It's on google.
Pelias was mentioned in the myth 'The Quest for the Golden Fleece'. He had been told by an oracle that he would die at the hands of a kinsman, and should be wary of anyone wearing one sandal. Later, Jason arrived with one sandal, and Pelias sent him on the quest for the Golden Fleece, promising the kingdom and the sovereign rule to him if he succeeded.
when he receives the golden fleece, burns it, then kills his father and all of the argonauts.
Jason was instructed by his brother Pelias to find and bring back the Golden Fleece from Colchis. Pelias believed that this task was nearly impossible and hoped that Jason would fail, as he saw Jason as a threat to his own power.
The only Golden Fleece I know of is the fleece of the winged ram, Chrysomallos. Jason and the Argonauts set out on a quest for the Golden Fleece in one of the mythalogical stories. Jason was the rightful king of Iolcus, but had been overthrown by his half brother, Pelias, years before. Upon returning to claim his thrown Jason was issued a challenge... Pelias tells Jason that in order to take his thrown Jason must go on a quest to find the Golden Fleece... which Jason did along with his fellow Argonauts in Argo...thier ship. As far as the English Translation of the Golden Fleece...the fleece is the woolen hair of a goat, or ram. In this instance the fleece stands for royal power, wealth and power.
According to ancient Greek mythology Aeson was the rightful king of Iolcos, but his half-brother Pelias usurped the throne. It was Pelias who sent Aeson's son Jason and his Argonauts to look for the Golden Fleece.
A feud of kingship between a rightful son of the overthrown king (Jason son of Aeson) and Pelias (Aeson's half-brother; son of the god Poseidon).