On the shore of the blue sea bay in Thessaly, the brother of King Athamas, Creteus, built the city of Iolkos. The city of Iolk grew, the fertility of its fields, trade and navigation gave it wealth. When Creteus died, his son Eson began to rule in Iolka, but his maternal brother, the son of Poseidon, Pelias, took power from him, and Eson had to live in the city as an ordinary citizen.
Soon Eson had a son, a beautiful boy. Eson was afraid that the arrogant and cruel Pelias would kill his son, who rightfully owned power over Iolkos, and decided to hide him. He announced that the baby had died immediately after birth, and even celebrated a magnificent funeral for him; He himself took his son to the slopes of Mount Pelion to the wisest of the centaurs, Chiron. There, in a cave in the forest, a boy grew up, raised by Chiron, his mother Philira and his wife Chariklo. The wise Chiron gave him the name Jason. Chiron taught Jason everything: to wield a sword and a spear, to shoot from a tight bow, music and everything that he himself knew. There was no equal to Jason in dexterity, strength and courage, and in beauty he was equal to the inhabitants of heaven.
Jason lived with Chiron until he was twenty. Finally, he decided to leave the secluded slopes of Pelion, go to Iolkos and demand from Pelias that he return power over Iolkos to him.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru