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Jason as Hero's Journey Archetype
- Jason and the Argonauts is the quintessential hero's journey with a quest and return.\n- It inspired modern storytelling and genres like the 'Golden Fleece Story' in Hollywood.
Greek Quests Mirror World Exploration
- Greek myths featuring heroes on quests reflect their curiosity about the wider world.\n- Jason's epic voyage doubles as a travelogue to exotic and imagined places with etiological meanings.
Jason's Story from Oral to Poems
- The story of Jason likely stems from oral tradition and evolves through classical to Roman poets.\n- The earliest mention is a son of Jason in Homer's Iliad, with the first full quest story by Pindar around 462 BCE.