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Iolcus
Iolcus
or
Iolcos
or
Iolkos
was a city in
Thessaly
in northeastern
Greece
.
Aeson
was the rightful king of Iolcus, but his brother
Pelias
usurped the throne. It was Pelias who sent Aeson's son
Jason
to look for the
Golden Fleece
.