Editing Jason (section)

==In literature==
{{box quote|width=20em|bgcolor=cornsilk|fontsize=100%|salign=center|quote= 
''Finding is the first act''<br>
''The second, loss,''<br>
''Third, Expedition for''<br>
''The “Golden Fleece”''<br>

''Fourth, no discovery—''<br>
''Fifth, no crew—''<br>
''Finally, no Gold Fleece—''<br> 
''Jason—sham—too.''<br>
—Poet [[Emily Dickinson]]<ref>Franklin, 1998, [Fr910]</ref><ref>Charyn, 2016 p. 36: Poem quoted in full</ref>}}

Though some of the episodes of Jason's story draw on ancient material, the definitive telling, on which this account relies, is that of [[Apollonius of Rhodes]] in his [[epic poetry|epic poem]] ''[[Argonautica]]'', written in [[Alexandria]] in the late 3rd century BC.

Another ''Argonautica'' was written by [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus]] in the late 1st century AD, eight books in length. The poem ends abruptly with the request of [[Medea]] to accompany Jason on his homeward voyage. It is unclear if part of the [[epic poem]] has been lost, or if it was never finished. A third version is the ''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'', which emphasizes the role of [[Orpheus]] in the story.

Jason is briefly mentioned in [[Dante Alighieri|Dante's]] ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' in the poem ''[[Inferno (Dante)|Inferno]]''. He appears in the Canto XVIII. In it, he is seen by Dante and his guide [[Virgil]] being punished in Hell's Eighth Circle (Bolgia 1) by being driven to march through the circle for all eternity while being whipped by [[devil]]s. He is included among the panderers and seducers (possibly for his seduction and subsequent abandoning of Medea).

The story of [[Medea]]'s revenge on Jason is told with devastating effect by [[Euripides]] in his tragedy ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]''.

[[William Morris]] wrote an English epic poem, ''The Life and Death of Jason'', published in 1867.

In the 1898 short novel ''[[The Story of Perseus and the Gorgon's Head]]'' the mythical story of Jason is described.

[[Padraic Colum]] wrote an adaptation for children, ''[[The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles]]'', illustrated by [[Willy Pogany]] and published in 1921.

The mythical geography of the voyage of the Argonauts has been connected to specific geographic locations by [[Livio Catullo Stecchini|Livio Stecchini]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050210025100/http://www.metrum.org/mapping/argo.htm The Voyage of the Argo]</ref> but his theories have not been widely adopted.