Jason And The Argonauts Movie Characters

The argonaut named polydeuces the victorious boxer in the games is more commonly known as pollux.

Jason and the argonauts movie characters. Todd armstrong as jason dubbed by tim turner uncredited nancy kovack as medea dubbed by eva haddon uncredited gary raymond as acastus laurence naismith as argus niall macginnis as zeus michael gwynn as hermes priest douglas wilmer as pelias jack gwillim as king aeëtes honor blackman as hera. A part of the argonauts tale that is not shown in the film is the story of pollux and amycus king of bithynia. Jason london as jason frank langella as king aeëtes natasha henstridge as hypsipyle derek jacobi as phineus olivia williams as hera angus macfadyen as zeus dennis hopper as pelias jolene blalock as medea james callis as aspyrtes brian thompson as hercules adrian lester as orpheus ciarán hinds as. Heracles pressured them to leave as he was disgusted by the antics of the argonauts.

As a mere boy jason the heir to the kingdom of ancient greece witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of his ruthless uncle pelias. The women of lemnos lived for a while without men with hypsipyle as their queen. One of the most legendary adventures in all mythology is brought to life in jason and the argonauts an epic saga of good and evil. Jason fathered twins with the queen.

Cast jason london jason jolene blalock medea dennis hopper pelias frank langella aertes ciarán hinds king aeson derek jacobi phineas natasha henstridge hypsipyle mark lewis jones mopsus diana kent polymele adrian lester orpheus angus macfadyen zeus kieran o brien actor hugh quarshie the centaur brian thompson hercules olivia williams hera david calder argos. The sign of the zodiac called gemini is also named for them. Special effects technician 2 episodes 2000 tez palmer. Since their ship is named the argo after the ship s builder argos laurence naismith they are dubbed the argonauts.

Senior special effects technician 2 episodes 2000 ceri nicholls. Special effects technician 2 episodes 2000 andrew kelly. During the visit of the argonauts the women mingled with the men creating a new race called minyae. Men from all over greece compete for the honor of joining jason.

Among those chosen are hercules nigel green and acastus gary raymond the son of pelias who is sent by his father to sabotage the voyage.