Jason Colavito is also a frequent contributor to Skeptic magazine, and has earned praise from Archaeology magazine for his archaeology writing. He lives in Delmar, New York and can be found online at www.JasonColavito.com.

“thorough and engaging...entertaining and informative...a rich compendium of materials”—Library Journal; “If I had to reduce my entire Argonaut library to one single book, Jason and the Argonauts through the Ages, published by McFarland would undoubtedly be the tome I would choose to keep”—Hercules Invictus; “solid research”—ProtoView.

• Table of ContentsPreface 1Introduction 3Part One: Origins1. The World of Myth 142. Mycenaean Greece 33Part Two: Development of the Myth3. The God: The First Jason Stories 544. The Hero: The Making of an Epic 755. The Man: From Hero to Human 98Part Three: The Myth in Context6. The Archetype: Heroes and Villains 1287. The Traveler: The Descent into the Underworld 1468. The Occultist: Magic, Monsters, and the Golden Fleece 169Part Four: The Afterlife of the Myth9. The Knight: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance 19410. The Star: Jason in the Modern World 21511. The Symbol: Scholarly Investigations and Theories 23612. The Astronaut: Jason in Outer Space 259Conclusion 277Appendix: Selected List of Argonauts 285Chapter Notes 287Bibliography 311Index 323

Jason Colavito is also a frequent contributor to Skeptic magazine, and has earned praise from Archaeology magazine for his archaeology writing. He lives in Delmar, New York and can be found online at www.JasonColavito.com.

“thorough and engaging...entertaining and informative...a rich compendium of materials”—Library Journal; “If I had to reduce my entire Argonaut library to one single book, Jason and the Argonauts through the Ages, published by McFarland would undoubtedly be the tome I would choose to keep”—Hercules Invictus; “solid research”—ProtoView.

• Table of ContentsPreface 1Introduction 3Part One: Origins1. The World of Myth 142. Mycenaean Greece 33Part Two: Development of the Myth3. The God: The First Jason Stories 544. The Hero: The Making of an Epic 755. The Man: From Hero to Human 98Part Three: The Myth in Context6. The Archetype: Heroes and Villains 1287. The Traveler: The Descent into the Underworld 1468. The Occultist: Magic, Monsters, and the Golden Fleece 169Part Four: The Afterlife of the Myth9. The Knight: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance 19410. The Star: Jason in the Modern World 21511. The Symbol: Scholarly Investigations and Theories 23612. The Astronaut: Jason in Outer Space 259Conclusion 277Appendix: Selected List of Argonauts 285Chapter Notes 287Bibliography 311Index 323

Jason Colavito is also a frequent contributor to Skeptic magazine, and has earned praise from Archaeology magazine for his archaeology writing. He lives in Delmar, New York and can be found online at www.JasonColavito.com.

“thorough and engaging...entertaining and informative...a rich compendium of materials”—Library Journal; “If I had to reduce my entire Argonaut library to one single book, Jason and the Argonauts through the Ages, published by McFarland would undoubtedly be the tome I would choose to keep”—Hercules Invictus; “solid research”—ProtoView.

• Table of ContentsPreface 1Introduction 3Part One: Origins1. The World of Myth 142. Mycenaean Greece 33Part Two: Development of the Myth3. The God: The First Jason Stories 544. The Hero: The Making of an Epic 755. The Man: From Hero to Human 98Part Three: The Myth in Context6. The Archetype: Heroes and Villains 1287. The Traveler: The Descent into the Underworld 1468. The Occultist: Magic, Monsters, and the Golden Fleece 169Part Four: The Afterlife of the Myth9. The Knight: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance 19410. The Star: Jason in the Modern World 21511. The Symbol: Scholarly Investigations and Theories 23612. The Astronaut: Jason in Outer Space 259Conclusion 277Appendix: Selected List of Argonauts 285Chapter Notes 287Bibliography 311Index 323