person
Jason of Iolcus
Jason
also: Jason, princeps Argonautarum, prince of the Argonauts, Iason
The mythical leader of the Argonauts and husband of Medea, who won the Golden Fleece in Colchis. Cicero quotes a tragic line in which Jason reproaches Medea for having saved him out of love rather than honor.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §4.69 that prince of the Argonauts
Jason, leader of the Argonauts and husband of Medea, quoted from a tragedy reproaching Medea for saving him out of love rather than honor.