Diodorus Siculus tells us that upon the assassination of the tyrant Jason of Pherae, in 370 BC, his brother Polydorus ruled for a year, but he was then poisoned by Alexander, another brother.

However, according to Xenophon, Polydorus was murdered by his brother Polyphron, who was, in turn, murdered by his nephew Alexander — son of Jason, in 369 BC.

The states of Thessaly, which had previously acknowledged the authority of Jason of Pherae, were not so willing to submit to Alexander the tyrant, ( especially the old family of the Aleuadae of Larissa, who had most reason to fear him ).

Thebe, Alexander's wife and cousin ( or half-sister, as the daughter of Jason of Pherae ), concealed her three brothers in the house during the day, had the dog removed when Alexander had gone to rest, and, having covered the steps of the ladder with wool, brought up the young men to her husband's chamber.

In addition, Jason Alexander, who performed as Pseudolus in one scene in Jerome Robbins ' Broadway, also won a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical.

Galaxy Quest is a once-popular television space-drama series starring Jason Nesmith as the commander of a spaceship called the NSEA Protector, Alexander Dane as the ship's alien science officer, Fred Kwan as the chief engineer, Gwen DeMarco as the computer officer, and Tommy Webber as a precocious child pilot.

Sarris's men activate the ship's self-destruct sequence, but Jason and Alexander use a gambit from one of the show's episodes to kill the aliens guarding them.

Jay Scott Greenspan ( born September 23, 1959 ), better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, director, producer, writer, singer, and comedian.

Among the irregular contributors with just a single Mad byline to their credit are Charles M. Schulz, Chevy Chase, " Weird Al " Yankovic, Andy Griffith, Will Eisner, Kevin Smith, J. Fred Muggs, Boris Vallejo, Sir John Tenniel, Jean Shepherd, Winona Ryder, Jimmy Kimmel, Jason Alexander, Walt Kelly, Rep. Barney Frank, Tom Wolfe, Steve Allen, Jim Lee, Jules Feiffer, Donald Knuth and Richard Nixon, who remains the only President credited with " writing " a Mad article.

* Alexander, Jason.

* 1959 – Jason Alexander, American actor

In commentary from the final season DVD, Jerry Seinfeld outlines that he and Jason Alexander spoke about this scene being in Monk's Cafe, with George saying " That was brutal " in reference to the four's stint in jail.

Non-candy products featured in Seinfeld include Rold Gold pretzels ( whose advertisements at the time featured Jason Alexander ), Kenny Rogers Roasters ( a chicken restaurant chain ), Oreo Cookies, Triscuits, Ben & Jerry's, H & H Bagels, Baskin-Robbins, Dockers, Drake's Coffee Cakes, Ring Dings, Pepsi, Mello Yello, Snapple, Clearly Canadian, Bosco Chocolate Syrup, Kix ( cereal ), Cadillac, Saab, Ford Escort, Tyler Chicken ( a parody of Tyson Chicken ), Specialized Bicycles, Nike, BMW, Volvo, Toyota, Tupperware, Calvin Klein, Klein Bicycles, Ovaltine, Yoo-hoo, Arby's, TV Guide, Trump Tower, Glide Floss, Gore-Tex, Entenmann's, J. Peterman clothing catalog, and the board games Risk, Boggle, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, and Battleship.

Another advertisement featured Jason Alexander in a Chrysler commercial.

The performers included: Laura Benanti, Matt Cavenaugh, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Jenn Colella, Jason Danieley, Alexander Gemignani, Joanna Gleason, Nathan Gunn, George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, John McMartin, Donna Murphy, Karen Olivo, Laura Osnes, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Bobby Steggert, Elaine Stritch, Jim Walton, Chip Zien, the 2009 Broadway revival cast of West Side Story and a ballet performed by Blaine Hoven and Maria Riccetto set to Stephen Sondheim's score of Warren Beatty's Reds.

* September 23 – Jason Alexander, American actor

This still happens to a degree ( Jason Alexander, Jon Stewart, Brad Garrett, Jonah Hill, Winona Ryder and Natalie Portman for instance ), but the growing acceptance of ethnic performers in the performing arts has made this occurrence less frequent.

On the soundtrack album, Family Guy: Live in Vegas, Jason Alexander reports that Scrappy is the product of a drunken encounter between Scooby-Doo and Daphne.

In the episode, she appeared with former Seinfeld mates Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in her opening monologue, parodying the so-called " Seinfeld Curse ".

* Jason Alexander

USA Network's Duckman, starring the voice of Jason Alexander, found a cult following.

In 1997, Norwood was hand-picked by executive producer Whitney Houston to play the title character in Rodgers and Hammerstein ’ s television version of Cinderella featuring a multi-cultural cast that also included Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, and Houston.

Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall, the film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy ( in his final performance ), and Jason Alexander in supporting roles.

Edward re-assures him by telling him how they met, and Philip ( Jason Alexander ) then approaches Vivian and offers to hire her once she is finished with Edward, inadvertently insulting her.

* Jason Alexander as Philip Stuckey, Edward's insensitive lawyer.

Also in 2011, Aniston starred in the comedy movie Horrible Bosses, with Colin Farrell, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jamie Foxx, directed by Seth Gordon.

A Hallmark presentation TV movie, Jason and the Argonauts ( 2000 ), on the other hand, shows Jason having to settle for men with no sailing experience.

Otherwise, he had minor, fleeting parts, often trading on his Trek fame, such as the Captain in the short-lived Saturday morning live-action kids ' show, Jason of Star Command, or a cameo in the made-for-TV movie Knight Rider 2000 as " Jimmy Doohan, the guy who played Scotty on Star Trek ".

Erin, Jason and John Boy are married in later television movie sequels.

The movie Safe, starring Jason Statham filmed at Parx Racing and Casino.

* Jason Segel-He was trained in performing a puppet when he was working on Forgetting Sarah Marshall by Michael Oosterom and the other puppeteers that worked in that movie.

Jennifer Jason Leigh had auditioned for the part, but later decided not to do the movie after she read the script because she felt it was sexist.

Friday the 13th Part 2 ( 1981 ) introduced Jason Voorhees, the son of Mrs. Voorhees, as the primary antagonist, which would continue for the remaining sequels ( with exception of the fifth movie ) and related works.

Changes involved an addition to the title — as opposed to a number attached to the end — like " The Final Chapter " and " Jason Takes Manhattan ", or filming the movie in 3-D, as Miner did for Friday the 13th Part III ( 1982 ).

Sullavan's elder daughter, actress Brooke Hayward, wrote Haywire, a best-selling memoir about her family, which was made into a television movie starring Lee Remick as Margaret and Jason Robards as Hayward.

* A 2011 direct-to-video animated movie The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle, starring Jane Seymour, Jason Alexander, and Tim Curry

* The fictional slasher character Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th was revealed to have suffered from hydrocephalus in the first movie.

Farrell starred in the 2011 comedy movie Horrible Bosses, with Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman and Jason Sudeikis, directed by Seth Gordon.

* a British made-for-TV movie ( 1990 ) directed by Jane Howell starring David Jason, Anne Carroll, Rowena Cooper, Con O ' Neill and Lee Ross.

simple: Jason and the Argonauts ( 1963 movie )

* A 1927 movie, Casey Jones ( 1927 ), starred Ralph Lewis as Casey Jones, Kate Price as his wife, and a young Jason Robards Sr. as Casey Jones, Jr.

Marina Gregg is a famous, temperamental, much loved movie star who has come to settle down in the village of St. Mary Mead after the death of Colonel Bantry, who used to live at Gossington Hall where Marina has taken up residence with her husband Jason Rudd.

Critics, though far from uniformly negative about Selleck's performance, generally compared it unfavorably to that of Jason Robards, Jr., who won awards in the 1960s for playing the character on the stage and in a movie version.

These novels also followed the films closely, with the adaptation of Freddy vs. Jason containing a different ending than the movie.

* Jason Robards in Hour of the Gun, a 1967 sequel to the 1957 movie, with James Garner as Earp.

A slightly different version of the character appeared in the Disney 1994 live-action movie Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book starring Jason Scott Lee.

Jason Bonham also appeared in the movie Rock Star, 2001.

Bill Hader tells Jason Segal he should take a trip to Gstaad, in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall.