Editing Jason (section)

===The arrival in Colchis===
Jason arrived in [[Colchis]] (modern [[Black Sea]] coast of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) to claim the fleece as his own. It was owned by King [[Aeetes]] of Colchis. The fleece was given to him by [[Phrixus]]. Aeetes promised to give it to Jason only if he could perform three certain tasks. Presented with the tasks, Jason became discouraged and fell into depression. However, [[Hera]] had persuaded [[Aphrodite]] to convince her son [[Eros (mythology)|Eros]] to make Aeetes' daughter, [[Medea]], fall in love with Jason. As a result, Medea aided Jason in his tasks.<ref name="Ovid, Metamorphoses vii.100"/>

First, Jason had to plow a field with fire-breathing oxen, the [[Khalkotauroi]], that he had to yoke himself. Medea provided an ointment that protected him from the oxen's flames. Then, Jason sowed the [[Dragon's teeth (mythology)|teeth of a dragon]] into a field. The teeth sprouted into an army of warriors ([[spartoi]]). Medea had previously warned Jason of this and told him how to defeat this foe.<ref name="Ovid, Metamorphoses vii.100"/>

Before they attacked him, he threw a rock into the crowd. Unable to discover where the rock had come from, the soldiers attacked and defeated one another. His last task was to overcome the sleepless dragon which guarded the [[Golden Fleece]]. Jason sprayed the dragon with a potion, given by Medea, distilled from herbs. The dragon fell asleep, and Jason was able to seize the Golden Fleece.<ref name="Ovid, Metamorphoses vii.100">{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+7.1.100&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028|title=Metamorphoses}}</ref>

He then sailed away with Medea. Medea distracted her father, who chased them as they fled, by killing her brother [[Apsyrtus]] and throwing pieces of his body into the sea; Aeetes stopped to gather them. In another version, Medea lured Apsyrtus into a trap. Jason killed him, chopped off his fingers and toes, and buried the corpse. In any case, Jason and Medea escaped.