Editing Jason (section)

===Treachery of Jason===
In Corinth, Jason became engaged to marry [[Creusa (daughter of Creon)|Creusa]] (sometimes referred to as [[Glauce]]), a daughter of the King of Corinth, to strengthen his political ties. When Medea confronted Jason about the engagement and cited all the help she had given him, he retorted that it was not she that he should thank, but Aphrodite who made Medea fall in love with him. Infuriated with Jason for breaking his vow that he would be hers forever, Medea took her revenge by presenting to Creusa a cursed dress, as a wedding gift, that stuck to her body and burned her to death as soon as she put it on.{{sfn|Godwin|1876|p=42}}

Creusa's father, [[Creon (king of Corinth)|Creon]], burned to death with his daughter as he tried to save her. Then Medea killed the two boys that she bore to Jason, fearing that they would be murdered or enslaved as a result of their mother's actions. When Jason learned of this, Medea was already gone. She fled to Athens in a chariot of dragons sent by her grandfather, the sun-god [[Helios]].{{sfn|Godwin|1876|p=42}}

Although Jason calls Medea most hateful to gods and men, the fact that the chariot is given to her by Helios indicates that she still has the gods on her side. As [[Bernard Knox]] points out, Medea's last scene with concluding appearances parallels that of a number of indisputably divine beings in other plays by Euripides. Just like these gods, Medea "interrupts and puts a stop to the violent action of the human being on the lower level, ... justifies her savage revenge on the grounds that she has been treated with disrespect and mockery, ... takes measures and gives orders for the burial of the dead, prophesies the future", and "announces the foundation of a cult".<ref>B.M.W. Knox. ''Word and Action: Essays on the Ancient Theatre.'' Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979, p. 303.</ref>

Later Jason and [[Peleus]], father of the hero [[Achilles]], attacked and defeated Acastus, reclaiming the throne of Iolcus for himself once more. Jason's son, [[Thessalus]], then became king.

As a result of breaking his vow to love Medea forever, Jason lost his favor with [[Hera]] and died lonely and unhappy. He was asleep under the [[stem (ship)|stem]] of the rotting ''[[Argo]]'' when it fell on him, killing him instantly.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/medeatranslatedi00euriuoft|title=The Medea. Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray|last=Euripides|last2=Murray|first2=Gilbert|date=1912|publisher=New York Oxford University Press|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|pages=77–78, 96}}</ref>