tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post3525153079343414624..comments2024-02-14T13:04:30.499-05:00Comments on Good To Begin Well, Better To End Well: Jason and those pesky Argonauts.Amalia Dillinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-11643993803537896582012-12-05T21:19:16.124-05:002012-12-05T21:19:16.124-05:00Oh, absolutely it's an amalgam of stories, and...Oh, absolutely it's an amalgam of stories, and I can just see how in the telling, more and more heroes got their names thrown in. I can totally picture one hero elbowing another and going "don't worry, I'v got you covered," then shouting about how he voyaged with Jason for the Golden Fleece, and the other guy backing him up, "yeah, he was totally with us!" And of Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-58686691297638080422012-12-05T21:08:17.885-05:002012-12-05T21:08:17.885-05:00There might have been more than one voyage of the ...There might have been more than one voyage of the Argo to the Black Sea; the myth probably commemorates Bronze Age voyages of trade and exploration to that region. Jason would have led the first expedition; anyone who went after would have claimed to have been one of the original Argonauts.Laura Gillhttp://helens-daughter.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-10979563201866662422012-04-21T19:45:38.626-04:002012-04-21T19:45:38.626-04:00Theseus is one of my absolute most favorite heroes...Theseus is one of my absolute most favorite heroes in the world. He hijacked my Helen of Troy novel and I have never been happier to have a character take over in my life. He's got quite a few posts on the blog :) <br /><br />I can't say that I ever had any strong feelings toward Medea, though. I mean, she always felt like the typical witch-of-a-wife stereotype. The Greeks couldn't Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-4236570867462647452012-04-21T11:06:05.570-04:002012-04-21T11:06:05.570-04:00I am writing a novel (currently) titled: "The...I am writing a novel (currently) titled: "Theseus the King." My chapter 20 titled, <i>The Memories of Medea</i>; deals with Medea and her relationship with Jason.<br /><br />Medea was a powerful sorceress who chopped up the body of her dead brother while fleeing her father. She killed Jason's new wife with poison then slew her own sons and dismembered them too. She will even try to Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048847365398559366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-45160438467972711902012-04-17T17:01:55.726-04:002012-04-17T17:01:55.726-04:00I agree. But I like to have external consistency a...I agree. But I like to have external consistency as well as internal consistency -- if I'm going to write Jason and the Argonauts, I want to be able to fit it into Helen and Theseus' world, and reconcile it with everything else I've "discovered" about the bronze age. And it's just too big of a mess to make it work. For me. For other people? more power to you!! <br /><br Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-10945098572745744562012-04-17T16:57:57.266-04:002012-04-17T16:57:57.266-04:00If X Men First Class can have Alex Summers as bein...If X Men First Class can have Alex Summers as being the same age (ish) as Professor X, then damn it, Herakles can sail with the argonauts! I reckon the best thing about myth is that because there is so much inconsistency you are free to reinvent and tell your version of the story - much room for artistic license! <br /><br />And I love Medea. I love her BIG TIME. She could kick the butt of anyMeg McNultyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04985840066083718618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-62995166580756797962012-04-17T15:36:25.580-04:002012-04-17T15:36:25.580-04:00Ahahahaha. You should do this! POST HASTE.Ahahahaha. You should do this! POST HASTE.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-90034628927728006682012-04-17T15:30:17.911-04:002012-04-17T15:30:17.911-04:00Pfft, whatever, you just write it like The Expenda...Pfft, whatever, you just write it like The Expendables but with Greek heroes instead. All of them. Shove them in there like clowns in a Volkswagen.Valerie V.http://candleinsunshine.com/asthemoonclimbs/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-72217905412719227342012-04-17T14:44:17.514-04:002012-04-17T14:44:17.514-04:00For one, Atalanta is named by Apollodorus, and of ...For one, Atalanta is named by Apollodorus, and of course an argument could be made for Medea falling under that label, even if she didn't set out with them from the start. Not that any of it means anything definitive, because the myth is so convoluted as to be impossible :PAmalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-51616232131598765232012-04-17T00:58:53.871-04:002012-04-17T00:58:53.871-04:00I don't think I knew women were named as Argon...I don't think I knew women were named as Argonauts. Tell us more!<br /><br />(And BTW- I definitely think you should keep the money).Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.com