King Aeetes of Colchis attempted to stop Jason from taking the Fleece by demanding he complete several impossible tasks. After many adventures, they came to the land of Colchis, where the Fleece was kept. To accomplish this, Jason assembled a team of heroes that became known as the Argonauts, due to their ship being called the Argo. In an attempt to preserve his throne, Pelias demanded Jason take an impossible quest to obtain the Golden Fleece. On the journey, he helped the goddess Hera in disguise earning her favor while in the process losing his sandal. Years later, Jason returned to claim his throne. An oracle later informed Pelias that a man with one sandal would overthrow him. Due to a prophecy that Jason would one day kill him, Pelias attempted to have Jason killed, but his mother saved him by sending him to Chiron to be raised. The son of King Aeson of Iolcus and his wife Amphinome, Jason's father was driven from his throne by his half-brother Pelias.
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