Key Points

- Massive dragon the guards the Golden Fleece

- Killed by Jason 

Brief Bio

The Colchian Dragon was a giant, watchful serpent which guarded the Golden Fleece in the sacred grove of Ares in Kolkhis. When Jason and the Argonauts came to fetch the fleece, the beast was either slain by the hero or put to sleep by the witch Medea.

The monster's teeth were harvested by King Aeetes for their magical properties. He commanded Jason sow them in a sacred field of Ares with a plough drawn by fire-breathing bulls. When they were seeded a tribe of warlike men (Spartoi) sprang up full-grown from the earth.