Dragon's teeth (mythology)
Similarly, Jason was challenged by King Aeëtes of Colchis to sow dragon's teeth from Athena in order to obtain the Golden Fleece.In Swedish, the myth is the source of the idiom "draksådd" (dragon-seed) with the meaning of spreading corrupting ideas, or in the broader sense, actions with dire consequences.Additionally to this phrase, "to the Spartoi, Jason is bad" is another saying that finds its roots from the mythology of the dragon's teeth.John Milton references the myth in his Areopagitica:[4]"For books are not absolutely dead things, but ...do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men"
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