Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Alcimede.
The gallery
Jason with the Golden Fleece
Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1803
Thorvaldsen's neoclassical Jason — the son Alcimede bears to Aeson in Apollonius and Hyginus, the Minyan mother behind the Argonaut captain.
Medea Rejuvenates Aeson
Bartolomeo Guidobono, c. 1700
Guidobono's Medea restoring Aeson — Alcimede's husband and Jason's father in the Argonaut genealogy that ties Iolcus to the Minyan line.
In play
Alcimede (mother of Jason)
Daughter of Phylacus and Clymene, wife of Aeson, mother of Jason — not every minor Alcimede of the catalogues.
Jason
Alcimede's son — the Argonaut leader her Minyan blood legitimates in Apollonius' opening genealogy.
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius names Alcimede among Jason's kin at the launch from Iolcus — the mother who weeps as the Argo sails.
Aeson
Alcimede's husband — Pelias' brother and the rightful king whose son she raises for the fleece-quest.