The golden fleece

[Simon Shakes]

Why was the golden fleece so important to Jason and the Argonauts?

[andy-hughes]

The story is here -

http://www.pccc.cc.nj.us/asrc/readwrit/jason.h tml

[gregwithnail]

Some "baddie" king (Pelias?) wanted to get rid of Jason, so he asked him to fetch the fleece, thinking he'd never come back. Ironically, it was Json's idea, when the king asked him how he would go about getting rid of someone who was being a pain in the backside!