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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.83,0:00:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the center of Colchis \Nin an enchanted garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.06,0:00:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hide of a mystical flying ram \Nhung from the tallest oak,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.05,0:00:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guarded by a dragon who never slept.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.29,0:00:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason would have to tread carefully \Nto pry it from King Aeetes’ clutches
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.25,0:00:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and win back his promised throne.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.98,0:00:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But diplomacy was hardly \None of the Argonauts’ strengths.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.92,0:00:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason would have to navigate \Nthis difficult task alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.22,0:00:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or so he thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.18,0:00:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leaving most of his bedraggled crew \Nto rest,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.43,0:00:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason made for the palace with some \Nof his more even-tempered men.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.13,0:00:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His first instinct was to simply ask \Nthe king for his prized possession.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.11,0:00:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Aeetes was enraged \Nat the hero’s presumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.66,0:00:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this outsider wanted his treasure,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.98,0:01:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would have to prove his worth \Nby facing three perilous tasks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.07,0:01:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trials would begin the following day, \Nand Jason was dismissed to prepare.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.21,0:01:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But another member of the royal family \Nwas also plotting something.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.03,0:01:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to the encouragement \Nof Jason’s guardians on Mount Olympus,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.15,0:01:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Medea, princess of Colchis \Nand priestess of the witch goddess Hecate,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.05,0:01:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had fallen in love with the challenger.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.76,0:01:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She intended to protect her beloved \Nfrom her father’s tricks — at any cost.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.86,0:01:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a sleepless night, Jason \Nsomberly marched to the castle—
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.38,0:01:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but was intercepted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.25,0:01:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The princess armed him \Nwith strange vials and trinkets,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.09,0:01:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exchange for a promise \Nof eternal devotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.86,0:01:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they whispered \Nand planned their victory,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.05,0:01:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both hero and princess fell deeply \Nunder each other’s spell.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.97,0:01:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unaware of his daughter’s scheming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.85,0:01:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the king confidently led Jason \Nto face his first task.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.80,0:01:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hero was brought \Nto a huge field of oxen
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.13,0:02:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lay between him and the fleece,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.55,0:02:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told that he had to plough the land \Naround the crowds of oxen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.80,0:02:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A simple task— or so Jason thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.92,0:02:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Medea had concocted \Na fire-proof ointment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.13,0:02:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so he plowed the flickering fields \Nunscathed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.17,0:02:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the second task,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.52,0:02:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was given a box of serpent’s teeth \Nto plant into the scorched earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.33,0:02:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as Jason scattered them, each seed\Nsprouted into a bloodthirsty warrior.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.01,0:02:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They burst up around him, \Nbarricading his way forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.32,0:02:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Medea had prepared him \Nfor this task as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.97,0:02:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hurling a heavy stone she had given him \Ninto their midst,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.35,0:02:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fighters turned on themselves \Nas they scrabbled for it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.82,0:02:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,letting him slip by the fray.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.72,0:02:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the third task,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.04,0:02:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason was finally face to face \Nwith the guardian of the Fleece.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.19,0:02:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dodging sharp claws and singeing breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.29,0:02:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason scrambled up the tree \Nand sprinkled a sweet-smelling concoction
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.66,0:02:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the dragon.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.24,0:03:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the strains of Medea’s incantations \Nreached its ears
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.81,0:03:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the potion settled in its eyes, \Nthe dragon sank into a deep sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.96,0:03:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elated, Jason climbed \Nto the top of the tallest oak,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.62,0:03:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he slipped the gleaming fleece \Noff its branch.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.58,0:03:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the king saw the hero \Nsprinting away—
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.23,0:03:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only with the fleece, \Nbut his daughter in tow—
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.59,0:03:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he realized he had been betrayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.76,0:03:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Furious, he sent an army \Nled by his son Absyrtus
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.31,0:03:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring the ill-gotten prize \Nand his conniving daughter home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.11,0:03:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all the players in this tale \Nhad underestimated the viciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.10,0:03:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these disgraced lovers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.41,0:03:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the horror of the Gods, Jason ran \Nhis sword through Absyrtus in cold blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.31,0:03:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Medea then helped him scatter pieces \Nof the body along the shore,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.04,0:03:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distracting her grieving father \Nwhile the Argonauts escaped.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.86,0:03:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Colchis and their pursuers \Ngrew smaller on the horizon,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.30,0:03:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a solemn silence fell aboard the Argo.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.49,0:04:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason could now return \Nto Thessaly victorious—
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.69,0:04:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but his terrible act \Nhad tarnished his crew’s honor,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.42,0:04:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turned the Gods against them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.12,0:04:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buffeted by hostile winds,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.13,0:04:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wretched crew washed up \Non the island of Circe the sorceress.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.90,0:04:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Medea begged her aunt \Nto absolve them of wrongdoing—
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.93,0:04:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but bloody deeds \Nare not so easily forgotten,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.31,0:04:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fallen heroes \Nnot so rapidly redeemed.