Jason
3 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Jason. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
1000 Classical Characters (1900)
A celebrated hero, son of Aeson and Alcimedes. His education was entrusted to the Centaur Chiron . The greatest feat recorded of him is his voyage in the Argo to Colchis to obtain the Golden Fleece , which, aided by Juno , he succeeded in doing. Medea , daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis, fell in love with Jason. She was a powerful magician, and on Jason having vowed eternal fidelity to her, she gave him charms to protect him from danger. After securing the Fleece, Jason set sail from the country with his wife Medea. After some years he bebecame enamored of Glauce, daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, whom he married, having divorced Medea. This cruel act was revenged by Medea, who destroyed her children in the presence of their father. Jason is said to have been killed by a beam which fell on his head as he was reposing by the side of the ship which had borne him to Colchis. Jerusalem or Hierosolyma. The capital of Palestine, in Asia . It was originally the chief city of the Jebusites, a Canaanitish tribe, but was taken by David in B. c. 1050, and was made by him the capital of the kingdom of Israel. Jordanes (Jordan). A river of Palestine, rising at the south foot of Mount Hermon (the southmost part of Anti-Libanus), flowing south into the Sea of Galilee (Lake of Tiberias), and thence into the lake Asphaltites (Dead Sea), where it is finally lost. Josephus, Flavius. A celebrated Jew, born in Jerusalem, who signalized himself in a siege conducted by Vespasian and Titus in a small town in Judaea. He was present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, and received all the sacred books which it contained, from the conqueror's hands. He wrote a history of the wars of the Jews in Syriac, and afterwards translated it into Greek. He also wrote a work, which he divided into twenty books, on Jewish antiquities. He died A. D. 93, in his fifty-sixth year. Jovianus, Flavius Claudius. A native of Pannonia elected emperor of Rome by the soldiers after the death of Julian. He refused the purple at first, but on being assured that his subjects were favorably disposed toward Christianity he accepted the crown. He died about seven months after assuming the supreme power, being found in bed suffocated by the vapors of charcoal which had been lighted in his room, A. D. 364.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
in Grecian legend the leader of the Argonautic expedition. Jason was the son of Aeson, a king of Thessaly. Aeson became tired of his responsibilities and gave up the kingdom to his brother, Pelias, on condition that he would yield it to Jason when he became old enough to reign. When Jason was grown, he demanded his rights. Pelias was unwilling to yield the crown, but he was a wily individual and laid plans for getting rid of Jason. He told the young man that he was ready to give up the kingdom, but that it would be much wiser if he, Jason, should perform some deed of valor by which he could win wealth and fame before he settled down to the duties of ruling. Pelias suggested an expedition in search of the golden fleece , which he said was in Colchis on the eastern shore of the Black Sea . Jason thought well of his master's plan and fitted out an expedition. Argus built him a ship that would hold fifty men. It was named the Argo. The Argonauts reached Colchis safely. The king of that country consented to give up the golden fleece if Jason would yoke two fire-breathing, brass-footed bulls to the plough and sow the teeth of the dragon which Cadmus had slain. This Jason accomplished by the aid of Medea, the king's daughter. She was a sorceress and gave him a charm by which he overcame the bulls. When he had sowed the teeth, armed men sprang up from the furrow. They attacked Jason, but another of Medea's charms set them fighting among themselves until all were destroyed. With still another charm, the dragon which guarded the golden fleece was put to sleep, and Jason seized the prize and escaped taking Medea with him as his wife. The sowing of the dragon's teeth by Jason is only another version of a story told usually in connection with Cadmus. Jason was not very happy with Medea. She restored his father to youth by her enchantments, but she slew his uncle. Jason finally deserted her for another. Medea, in rage at his unfaithfulness, killed her children, set fire to the palace, and departed never to return. Jason, according to some accounts, killed himself soon after. Another version of the story is that he lost life accidentally. See Cadmus
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
in classic fable, a Greek hero; of Æson, This 12th in the breast-plate of the Jewish high-priest (Exod. xxviii : gem, the 12th in the breast-plate 20), 1491 b. c., son King of Iolchos, a city of Thessaly. Peleas having h-priest (Exod. xxviii was esteemed by the Greeks and Romans. usurped the throne on the death of was esteemed by the Æson, the youthful prince was driven from his kingdom. Subsequently in