# Jason — Metamorphoses character guide

> Jason in Metamorphoses by Ovid.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** another Jason

**First appearance:** 0070-death-of-pelias

## Snapshot

The Argonaut captain whose golden prize demands fire-breathing bulls, dragon's teeth, and a sorceress's heart — and whose handsome face proves as dangerous as any monster.

## Who they are

Jason arrives in Colchis to claim the Golden Fleece, a hero whose success depends less on his sword than on the enchantments of Medea, the king's daughter who loves him. He swears by Hecate and every god to make her his bride, then walks calmly toward the flame-snorting bulls while she watches, torn between reason and desire. His beauty and easy vows set the tragic machinery of betrayal and exile in motion, making him the hinge on which Medea's ruin turns.

## Relationships

### [Medea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/medea)

_romantic_

Jason marries Medea after she helps him, but he later abandons her, turning love to bitter rivalry.

## In the story

### [Boreas in Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/boreas-in-love)

Leader of the Argonauts, with whom Zethes and Calais sail.

### [Book VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/book-vii)

Hero who seeks the Golden Fleece; later asks Medea to restore his father Aeson's youth.

### [Story of Medea and Jason](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-medea-and-jason)

The hero who leads the Argonauts to Colchos to retrieve the Golden Fleece; wins Medea's love and aid.

### [Old Aeson Restored to Youth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/old-aeson-restored-to-youth)

Medea's husband who pleads with her to restore his father Aeson's youth.

### [Death of Pelias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/death-of-pelias)

Medea's husband, who has married Glauce in her absence, prompting her revenge.

### [Story of Meleager and Atalanta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-meleager-and-atalanta)

Among the heroes who participate in the boar hunt.

## Links

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