Editing Pelias (section)

===Quest for the Golden Fleece===
Many years later, Pelias offered a sacrifice by the sea in honor of Poseidon. Jason, who was summoned with many others to take part in the sacrifice, lost one of his sandals in the flooded river [[Anauros|Anaurus]] while rushing to Iolcus.  In [[Virgil]]'s [[Aeneid]] and Hyginus' Fabulae (13), [[Hera]]/[[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] disguised herself as an old woman, whom Jason helped across the river when he lost his sandal.

[[File:Pelias-Moreau.jpg|thumb|''The Murder of Pelias by His Daughters'', [[Georges Moreau de Tours]] (1878)]]

When Jason entered Iolcus, he was announced as a man wearing one sandal. Fearful, Pelias asked Jason what he would do if confronted with the man who would be his downfall. Jason responded that he would send that man after the [[Golden Fleece]].  Pelias took Jason's advice and sent him to retrieve the Golden Fleece. It would be found at [[Colchis]], in a grove sacred to [[Ares]], the god of war. Though the Golden Fleece simply hung on an oak tree, this was a seemingly impossible task, as an ever-watchful dragon guarded it.<ref>Apollodorus The Library of Greek Mythology. Trans. Robin Hard. New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 1997. 48–49. {{ISBN?}}</ref>

Jason made preparations by commanding the shipwright [[Argus (son of Arestor)|Argus]] to build a ship large enough for fifty men, which he would eventually call the ''[[Argo]]''. These heroes who would join his quest were known as the [[Argonauts]]. Upon their arrival, Jason requested the Golden Fleece from the king of Colchis, [[Aeëtes]]. Aeëtes demanded that Jason must first yoke a pair of fire-breathing bulls to a plough and sow dragon's teeth into the earth. [[Medea]], daughter of Aeëtes, fell in love with Jason, and being endowed with magical powers, aided him in his completion of the difficult task. She cast a spell to put the dragon to sleep, enabling Jason to obtain the Golden Fleece from the oak tree. Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts fled Colchis and began their journey home to Thessaly along with Medea's brother [[Absyrtus]].<ref>Collier, P. F. "Jason." Collier's Encyclopedia. Ed. William D. Halsey and Emanuel Friedman. 1981. 504–505.{{ISBN?}}</ref>