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Jason of the Argonauts, an ancient Greek mythological hero, appears often in popular culture. ==Film== *Episode 2 of the 2008 TV series ''Age of the Gods: Journeys Edition'', titled "Jason", is based on the myth of Jason and relates the stories of King Pelias, the Argonauts, the Isles of Lemnos, Phineus and the Harpies, the Symplegades, Medea, the Iron Bulls and Sown Men, the Golden Fleece, the Betrayal of Medea, and the Death of Jason. *Michael Eisner's web show, ''All-for-nots'', is loosely based on the Argonautika. It follows an indie rock band whose name is reminiscent of `The Argonauts' and that tours America on their way to the golden fleece of rock stardom. *In the children's show, ''Class of the Titans'', one of the main characters, Jay, is a descendant of Jason, and the characters have run-ins with Medea and Talos. *A 1958 Italian production of ''Hercules'' starring Steve Reeves, featured Jason and the Argonauts, as well as Ulysses. *Jason was portrayed by Jeffrey Thomas (with Chris Conrad as young Jason) in ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''. *Episode 3 of the documentary, ''In Search of Myths and Heroes'' by Michael Wood, talks about the Jason myth. *Two movies titled ''Jason and the Argonauts'' have been produced: ''Jason and the Argonauts'' (1963), directed by Don Chaffey, and ''Jason and the Argonauts'' (2000), a Hallmark TV movie. *Lars Von Trier's made for TV movie entitled ''Medea'' (1988) depicts Udo Kier as Jason after he has retrieved the Golden Fleece. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jason in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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