016. Jason and Golden Fleece. Part 3

EPISODE 16, JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE PART 3.Welcome back to the Spartan History Podcast, this time around we'll be working through part 3 of my retelling of the Golden Fleece myth. Apollonius begins book 3 of the Argonautica by, in true epic fashion, invoking the muses and their eternal wisdom. I begin this episode by taking a look at the tradition of the muses and their significance to epic oral poetry. Following that we pick up the narrative with Jason and his Argonauts lingering o...