Volos
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Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 170 kilometres north of Athens and 140 kilometres south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia regiona
View to Volos's promenade and port
The return of the Argonauts by Constantine Volanakis (1837–1907).
The port of Volos by Constantine Volanakis (c.1875).
Volos panorama from Pelion mountain.
Jason
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Jason was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece is featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He wa
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…Demetrias was established in 293 BC by Demetrius Poliorcetes, King of Macedon. Iolcus, or Iolkos, was known in mythology as the homeland of the hero Jason, who boarded the ship Argo accompanied by the Argonauts and sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece to Colchis. To the west of Volos lie the Neolithic…
Jason, between the jaws of the dragon which guards the Golden Fleece, is saved by Athena. The fleece hangs from a tree behind them. Attic kylix, c. 480–470 BC, attributed to Douris.
Pelias, king of Iolcos, stops on the steps of a temple as he recognises young Jason by his missing sandal; Roman fresco from Pompeii, 20-25 AD.
Jason bringing Pelias the Golden Fleece, Apulian red-figure calyx krater, c. 340 BC–330 BC, Louvre
Jason and Medea - as depicted by John William Waterhouse, 1907.