Scripta+3+Latin+3+Jason+and+the+Argonauts

11/12

gratis:" for thanks"; not for money, free

My neighbor helped my husband put in a patio gratis.

nolo contendere:" I do not wish to struggle/fight" ; acknowledging that the court can probably convict you based upon the evidence gathered but you are not admitting guilt

gratuity: a tip; a way of showing thanks

contend: to strive in opposition to for first place; to struggle with a chance of success

www.freedictionary.com

I couda been a contenda

Jason and The Argonauts

Scholars believe that this story is way old, older than my sister even...hahaha. Those who wrote about our hero, Jason, wrote around 300 BC, and they said the tale was 2000 years old, so that puts it at about 4400 years ago. That is a long time.

Jason (Ancient Greek: Ἰάσων Iásōn) was an ancient Greek mythological hero who was famous for his role as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. Where in the world is Iolchos?

11/16 alter ego: another self ( Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) ante bellum: before the war ( the American Civil War); an antebellum house

rebellious: showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention ( making war against) egocentric:having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things Me first and the Gimme Gimme's ; not only the name of a band, but utterly descriptive as well

According to the legend, Jason was deprived of his expectation of the throne of Iolkos (a real kingdom situated in the locale of present day Volos) by his uncle, King Pelias, who usurped the throne. Jason was taken from his parents, and was brought up on Mount Pelion, in Thessaly, by a centaur named Cheiron ( Chiron). Meantime his uncle lived in dread of an oracle's prophecy, which said he should fear the 'man with one shoe'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/jason_01.shtml

Chiron is often the tutor of heroes.Here he is with Achilles.

Here he is with Percy Jackson.

son had some divine help. Hera was really ticked off at Pelias because he had not given her the honor she believed she deserved. He had also murdered a woman who was in the temple of Hera, clinging to one of her icons. She wanted to take her revenge, and she needed a hero to do it. Jason was going to Iolchos to attend an athletic competition.

In order to reach Iolkos, Jason had to cross the Anauros (Anaurus) River, which runs from Mount Pelion to the Gulf of Pagasai (Pagasae). The goddess Hera, on one of her frequent excursions into the world of mortal humans, disguised herself as an old woman and waited for Jason on the banks of the Anauros. When she saw Jason coming, Hera pretended to be floundering in the surging river … Jason was young and strong … he jumped into the water and saved the "old woman" from what he thought was certain death … his chivalry was genuine and his motives were noble … he had passed Hera's test. While struggling in the river, Jason lost one of his sandals in the mire … he gave this little thought at the time but the lost sandal would become crucial when he reached Iolkos. Jason and the Argonauts

11/18 et alia: et al.: and others Mrs. Caraballo, Mrs. Cohn, Mrs. Howell et al. attended an inservice together.

persona non grata: a not pleasing person ; a pariah George Zimmerman is persona non grata.

pariah: a person who is shunned; an outcast impersonate: to assume the character of; to pretend to be

Look what I found: Jason and the Argonauts

Pelias was leading a ceremony to honor Poseidon when Jason entered the city … he recognized Jason immediately and knew that Aeson's son had returned to claim his birthright. He decided that the best way to dispose of Jason would be to send him on a seemingly hopeless quest. Pelias commanded Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece from King Aietes (Aeetes) in the far-off land of Kolchis (Colchis). He promised to relinquish the throne of Iolkos to Jason when he returned with the Fleece. Pelias knew that King Aietes would never surrender the Golden Fleece willingly and if Jason survived the dangerous sea voyage to Kolchis, he would undoubtedly be killed when he arrived.

What on earth is a Golden Fleece?

The story of the fleece is an interesting tale in itself. Zeus, the King of the Gods, had given a golden ram to Jason's ancestor Phrixus. Phrixus later flew on the golden ram from Greece to Colchis, whose king was Aietes, the son of Helios the Sun God. Aietes sacrificed the ram and hung the fleece in a sacred grove guarded by a dragon, as an oracle had foretold that Aietes would lose his kingdom if he lost the fleece.

So, what is this all about? Many scholars believe it reflects the mining practices of the people in this region along the Black Sea ( modern Georgia-ish) used the fleece of sheep to get gold out of water. Sheep fleeces, sometimes stretched over a wood frame, would be submerged in the stream, and gold flecks borne down from upstream placer deposits would collect in them. The fleeces would be hung in trees to dry before the gold was shaken or combed out. Alternatively, the fleeces would be used on washing tables in alluvial mining of gold or on washing tables at deep gold mines. Judging by the very early gold objects from a range of cultures, washing for gold is a very old human activity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Fleece

http://mythagora.com/bios/jason.html

http://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_four_jason.html



11/20

placebo:"I will please"; fake medicine

pro se " for one's self" ; you have the right to act pro se in court, but I would not recommend it. There is an old saying " He who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client"

implacable: not able to be pleased The Greeks had an implacable hatred for the Trojans. complacent: pleased with one's self; showing a smug satisfaction with one's own achievements or one's self Despite our success on the battlefield, we must continue to fight hard. We cannot be complacent about victory.

To go on the quest for the Golden Fleece, Jason needs a boat, the Argo , and a crew, the Argonauts. The Argonauts included many of the heroes of Ancient Greece, like Heracles, Orpheus, and Theseus. Lots and lots of people claimed to have Argonauts among their ancestors, like people claim to have had ancestors on the Mayflower. It had a lot of cache to say so and be believed. The story places the number of men at about 50 or so.



11/24

sic: thus ( it was found and quoted) ; often seen in direct quotations to indicate that the mistake in grammar or spelling came from the source, not from the writer or reporter. " Dere (sic) John..."

per centum ( per cent.) : through ( out of ) a hundred ; An interest rate of 2 per cent ( percent) is pretty low.

centennial: pertaining to, or marking the completion of, a period of 100 years

centipede: a bug with a hundred feet ;or more technically: any of numerous predaceous, chiefly nocturnal arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having an elongated, flattened body composed of from 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, the first pair being modified into poison fangs.

Jason and the Argonauts on t he Island of Lemnos Midway across the northern Aegean Sea, the Argonauts arrived at the island of Lemnos. The strange thing about this place was that the only inhabitants were women. Years earlier, the women of Lemnos had failed to honor the goddess Aphrodite properly. To punish them, the goddess had given the women a horrible odor which drove their men away, seeking refuge in Thrace. There, they raided the area and brought back with them to Lemnos female captives, with whom they began having children. Enraged, the native women of Lemnos killed all their female adversaries, as well as all the men. When the Argonauts set their foot on the island, the women saw them as their potential lovers and lured them into their bed chambers. Jason himself mated with their queen, Hypsipyle, with whom he had two sons. The Argonauts were finally convinced to leave the island and continue their journey, only when Hercules, who remained on board Argo, sent a message questioning them whether this was the way they wanted to gain glory for themselves. http://www.igreekmythology.com/argonauts.html#L6

11/30 non compos mentis: not of composed mind ; not mentally competent to conduct one's affairs; legally insane nihil per os (n.p.o): nothing by mouth ; medical term for when a doctor issues an order that a patient not eat or drink anything

composition: that which is put together ( like an essay or a piece of music) demented: out of one's mind

Now that out Argonauts have had their fun on the Island of Lemnos, moving on....

The Argo sailed from Lemnos and crossed Hellespont landing at Propontis to replenish their supplies. This was the home of the Doliones and ruled over by King Cyzicus, a kind and noble man who greeted the Argonauts warmly. While the Argonauts were gathering supplies they were attacked by Gegenees, earth-born monsters with six arms. King Cyzicus had forgotten to warn Jason about these monsters who now attempted to destroy the Argo and kill the handful guarding it. However, the fearless and mighty warrior Hercules was one of the men guarding the ship, repelling the monsters until Jason and the other Argonauts returned. Together they killed the monsters and took to the sea again but in the dark of the night, a twist of fate brought them back to the land of the Doliones. King Cyzicus, unable to recognize his friends, the Argonauts, thought them to be marauders and attacked them with his men. In the confusion that ensued King Cyzicus was killed. In the dawn, both sides realized their mistake and with heavy hearts held a grand funeral for the King.

The Doliones gave the Argonauts a warm send-off and soon the heroes were sailing along the coast of Mysia. Hercules, realizing he had broken his oar, went ashore with his squire Hylas to make an oar from the woods. While Hercules was at work, Hylas went to fetch water but was bewitched by a water nymph and followed her into the water.  Hercules, heart-broken for not being able to find Hylas, refused to accompany the rest of the men on their quest. Some wanted to leave him behind but most wished to wait for him since Hercules was an invaluable asset to the team. The situation aboard the Argo soon became mutinous but Glaucus, a minor sea-god, appeared and calmed them all. He told the Argonauts that it was the will of the gods that Hercules stays there and goes on to complete other tasks. The Argo put out to sea again leaving behind Polyphemus to assist the mighty Hercules in his missio n. Source: [|www.greeka.com]

Remember this guy? That's Hylas. They drown him.

12/2

in vitro: in glass terra firma: firm ground ( as opposed to the sky or the sea)

terrestrial: of the earth vitriol: something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism. What on earth does that have to do with glass. ..well, this is another more scienctific meaning: Chemistry. any of certain metallic sulfates of glassy appearance, ascopper sulfate or blue vitriol, iron sulfate or green vitriol, zinc sulfateor white vitriol, etc. so, sulfates are able to degrade things...thus, vitriol in terms of speech or criticism is degrading.

Phineus and the HARPIES

Phineus and the Harpies Thence they put to sea and came to the court of Phineus, king and seer from Salmydessus in Thrace who had lost the sight of both eyes. He is variously alleged to have been blinded by the gods for foretelling men the future, or by Boreas 1 and the ARGONAUTS because he blinded his own sons at the instigation of their stepmother, or by Poseidon, because he revealed to the children of Phrixus how they could sail from Colchis to Hellas. The gods also sent the HARPIES to him. These were winged female creatures, and when a table was laid for Phineus, they flew down from the sky and snatched up the food, and what little they left stank so that nobody could eat it. But the ARGONAUTS chased the HARPIES away, and being rid of them, Phineus revealed to the ARGONAUTS the course of their voyage, and advised them about the Clashing Rocks in the sea. http://www.maicar.com/GML/ARGONAUTS.html

hey kids! check this out...The National Argonaut Program

12/4

manus manum lavat: one hand washes the other sine qua non: without which not ( a necessity)

manual: by hand

sinecure: without a care

After having sailed past the Thermodon and the Caucasus, they arrived to Colchis, which was ruled by King Aeetes, the man who had received from Phrixus 1 the Golden Fleece. When the ARGONAUTS arrived, Jason met Aeetes and invited him to give him the Golden Fleece. Aeetes promised to give it if single-handed he would yoke the brazen-footed bulls (a gift he had received from Hephaestus), and with them sowed the Dragon's teeth (for he had got from Athena half of the dragon's teeth which Cadmus sowed in Thebes)

Cadmus' men killed by the dragon

When still at the dawn of the short Heroic Age (for these events took place approximately 200 years before the Trojan War) Cadmus was about to found the city of Thebes in Boeotia in mainland Greece, some of his men were taken by surprised, and killed by a dragon sacred to Ares (or perhaps the god's own offspring) when they came to a spring, Dirce or Castalia, to draw water. Cadmus kills the dragon Cadmus then, having gone in search of his comrades, discovered the dragon of Ares and killed it, a deed that costed him dear, for he was forced to serve Ares during an eternal year, which is eight years of our reckoning, and in addition he and his wife were transformed into serpents at the end of their lives, many years later. The dragon's teeth Cadmus was adviced by Athena to sow the teeth of the dragon of Ares, and when he did so, men in full armour rose from the earth. These SPARTI, sown-men, came up from the earth brawling for nothing, and fighting each other to death. Others have said that Cadmus provoked them to fight each other by casting stones, the SPARTI supposing, in their ignorance, that they were being pelted by each other.

12/8

p.c=post cenam: after a meal; medical abbreviation

ut dic=ut dictum: as said; as directed.

contradict: to speak in opposition to ( contra:against + dicere :to speak) The evidence contradicts the plaintiff's testimony.

abdicate: to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner ( ab: away+ dicere:to speak) King George of England abidcated the throne to marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson.

While Jason was trying to figure out how to perform these tasks, Medea, who was the king's daughter and a priestess of Hecate, fell in love with him. The girl then proposed him the following secret: she promised to help him to yoke the bulls and to give him the Golden Fleece, if he would marry her and take her to Hellas with him. And since ambition may give birth to any kind of promises to attain its aims, Jason swore to do so, and Medea gave him a drug to anoint his body, spear and shield with, which would protect him for one day against fire and iron, when he was about to yoke the bulls. Medea also anticipated that, when the teeth were sown, armed men would spring up from the ground against him, and that he should throw stones into their midst from a distance, so that they would fight each other, and that while they were busy in the fight he could draw near and kill them. So Jason, anointed with the miraculous drug, yoke the bulls, and having sown the Dragon's teeth, killed the warriors that came up from the ground, following Medea's instructions. However, Aeetes, who had apparently proposed these tasks only hoping for Jason's destruction, was not willing to give up the Golden Fleece, and started to plan the burning of the "Argo" and the destruction of its crew. But Medeabrought Jason by night to the the place where the Golden Fleece hang, and put to sleep by her drugs the Dragon that guarded it. And while the dragon was asleep, the ARGONAUTS took the Golden Fleece, and having come to the ship, they sailed away by night in a hurry.

Hecate, a divinity of the Underworld and companion of Persephone, is called the queen of night and goddess of the cross-roads. Her three faces are turned towards as many directions, and her name was shrieked at night at the cross-roads of cities.

http://www.maicar.com/GML/Jason.html a digital imaginem

an ancient imaginem https://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/tag/hecate/

[|hecate info]

Here is a fancy word, germane to our lesson : CTHONIC; pertaining to the Underworld. Hecate is a CTHONIC diety. Now you're fancy, too.

10/22

abyssus abyssum invocat : the abyss call the abyss

in absentia: in absence; a trial or sentencing in which the person is not present

abyss: great void of nothing; bottomless chasm

absence: not being present ( duh )

King Aeetes started off in pursuit of the ARGONAUTS, but could not overtake them. During the ARGONAUTS' flight from Colchis, Medea killed or took part in the murder of her brother Apsyrtus, who also was on board. It is sometimes said that Medea cut his brother limb from limb and threw the pieces into the sea and that, gathering Apsyrtus' limbs, Aeetes fell behind in the pursuit. Because of his son's death, King Aeetes returned to Colchis, but he sent many others to search for the ARGONAUTS, threatening that, if they did not bring his daughter back to him, they should suffer the punishment due to her.

On his return, Jason surrendered the Golden Fleece as it had been agreed, and traveling to the Isthmus of Corinth, he dedicated the "Argo" to Poseidon. Having fixed these practical details, he asked Medea, the woman who could solve all his troubles, to devise how he could punish Pelias. So Medea went to the palace of Pelias, and persuaded his daughters to make mincemeat of their father and boil him, by promising them to make him young again by her drugs. When Pelias was dead, Acastus, the king's son and one of the ARGONAUTS, became king, and having buried his father, or what was left of him, he expelled Jason and Medea from Iolcus.

Jason and Medea settled in Corinth, where they lived happily for ten years. Later however, Jason started to feel that a younger princess would make a more representative wife than a foreign witch. So he decided to marry the king's daughter and divorce his wife. When Medea discovered that, although being Jason's benefactress, she was treated with scorn, she decided to take vengeance. So with the help of poisonous drugs, she made a golden crown or a robe and bade her sons give it as a gift to their stepmother. When this was done, she killed her own sons and fled to Athens. Some say that the young princess Glauce took the gift, being burned to death along with Jason and Creon, her father. But others affirm that Jason, unable to endure the loss of both wife and children, killed himself. Still others say that Medea foretold him a foul death: the wreckage of the Argo would fall upon Jason and kill him. http://www.maicar.com/GML/ARGONAUTS.html