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Jason:

as real-life hero, 2 , 7 , 24 –25, 205 ;

handles the loss of Heracles, 4 , 198 –210 passim ;

his future dealings with Medea, 9 , 96 –97, 211 ;

loses his sandal, 22 –25;

enlists the Argonauts, 26 ;

his quest, 32 ;

as diplomatic hero, 33 , 209 –10, 198 –210 passim ;

his departure from home, 37 –56;

his speech to Alcimede, 48 –52;

his comparison to Apollo, 52 –55, 92 –95;

definition of and election as leader, 61 –66;

his handling of quarrels, 66 –86 passim , 198 –210 passim ;

his sacrifice to Apollo, 74 –79;

his cloak, 120 –29;

his encounter with Hypsipyle (parallel with Odysseus's), 129 –46;

as love hero, 138 ;

his experience at Oros Arkton parallels Odysseus's with Ægeus, 160 –67;

his celebration of Samothracian and Cyzicene mysteries as prelude to heroic action, 167 –74;

his argument with Telamon, 198 –210 passim