Jason is the rightful king of Iolcos. When his uncle seized the throne, he told Jason that he could become king only if he brought back Aeëtes’s golden fleece. When Jason goes to Colchis, Aeëtes’s kingdom, he meets Medea, who falls in love with him. When Jason and Medea escape with the fleece, they stop at Aiaia so that Circe may perform the cleansing rite of katharsis. After the rite is completed, she asks them for their story, which Jason and Medea tell together. While they speak, Circe notices that Jason takes the credit for getting the fleece, even though it was all thanks to Medea’s magic. His dismissal of Medea’s aid indicates that he sees women as not just inferior to men, but also as duty-bound to help men. As Circe puts it, he acts as though “a demigoddess saving him at every turn was only his due.” Circe also notes that Jason is afraid of Medea’s powers, and she predicts that Jason will leave Medea for a wife who is not as threatening to his sense of control. Circe finds out many years later that this is exactly what happens.