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Argonauts

For other uses of this term, see Argonaut
Argonaut

Argonaut may refer to* Argonaut , a kind of octopus in the genus Argonauta* Jason and the Argonauts, sailors in Greek mythology* Argonauts of Saint Nicholas, a military order in Naples...
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In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, the Argonauts (Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
: ) were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War

Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
, accompanied Jason

Jason

Jason was a late ancient Greece Greek mythology figure, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus....
to Colchis

Colchis

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
) in his quest to find the Golden Fleece

Golden Fleece

In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallos . It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly....
. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo
Argo

In Greek mythology, the Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcus to retrieve the Golden Fleece....
, which was named after its builder, Argus

ARGUS

ARGUS, all capitalized, may refer to:* ARGUS , a particle physics experiment that ran at DESY* ARGUS distribution, a function used in particle physics named after the above experiment...
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In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Ancient Greek

Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
, accompanied Jason

Jason

Colchis

Georgia (country)

Golden Fleece

ARGUS

ARGUS, all capitalized, may refer to:* ARGUS , a particle physics experiment that ran at DESY* ARGUS distribution, a function used in particle physics named after the above experiment...
. "Argonauts

Argonauts

In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece....
", therefore, literally means "Argo sailors". They were sometimes called Minyans

Minyans

According to Greek mythology, the Minyans were an autochthonous group inhabiting the Aegean region. However, the extent to which the prehistory of the Aegean world is reflected in literary accounts of legendary peoples is subject to repeated revision....
, after a prehistoric tribe of the area.

Story

After the death of King Cretheus

Cretheus

In Greek mythology, Cretheus, or Kretheus was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus and Enarete. His wives were Sidero, Tyro and either Demodice or Biadice....
, the Aeolian Pelias

Pelias

Pelias was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology, the son of Tyro, daughter of Aleus, and of either Poseidon or Cretheus. His wife is recorded as either Anaxibia, daughter of Bias , or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion....
usurped the Iolcan throne from his half-brother Aeson

Aeson

In Greek mythology, Aeson or Aison was the son of Tyro and Cretheus, who also had his brothers Pheres and Amythaon. Aeson was the father of Jason and Promachus with Polymede, the daughter of Autolycus....
and became king of Iolcus in Thessaly

Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
(near the modern city of Volos

Volos

Volos is a coastal port city situated at the center of the Greece mainland, about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia Prefectures of Greece....
). Because of this unlawful act, an oracle warned him that a descendant of Aeolus

Aeolus

Aeolus , Latinized as ?olus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which....
would seek revenge. Pelias put to death every prominent descendant of Aeolus he could, but spared Aeson because of the pleas of their mother Tyro

Tyro

In Greek mythology, Tyro was the daughter of Salmoneus and mother of Pelias and Neleus. Her father, Salmoneus, was the brother of Athamus and Sisyphus....
. Instead, Pelias kept Aeson prisoner and forced him to renounce his inheritance. Aeson married Alcimede

Alcimede

In Greek mythology, Alcimede was one of the matrilineal Minyans daughters, the daughter of Clymene, Minyas ' daughter. She was the mother of Jason by Aeson, whom she met in the caves below Iolcus in Thessaly, a chthonic lair where the rightful king Aeson had been imprisoned by his evil half-brother Pelias....
, who bore him a son named Diomedes. Pelias intended to kill the baby at once, but Alcimede summoned her kinswomen to weep over him as if he were stillborn. She faked a burial and smuggled the baby to Mount Pelion

Pelion

Pelion or Pelium is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea....
. He was raised by the centaur

Centaur

In Greek mythology, the centaurs are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. In early Attica Pottery of ancient Greece, they are depicted with the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be....
Chiron

Chiron

In Greek mythology, Chiron or Cheiron was held as the superlative centaur among his brethren. Like the satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents....
, who changed the boy's name to Jason.

When Jason was 20 years old, an oracle ordered him to dress as a Magnesian

Magnetes

The Magnetes were an ancient Greece tribe living in Thessaly Magnesia who took part in the Trojan War. They later also contributed to the Greek colonies....
and head to the Iolcan court. While traveling Jason lost his sandal crossing the muddy Anavros

Anavros

The River Anavros is a small stream near the ancient city of Iolkos , flowing from Pelion into the Pagasetic Gulf.The hero Jason was said to have lost a sandal in its waters, as he ferried the disguised goddess Hera across its stream....
river while helping an old woman (Hera

Hera

In the Twelve Olympians of classical Greek Mythology, Hera or Here was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage....
in disguise) ford. The goddess was angry with King Pelias for killing his stepmother Sidero

Sidero

In Greek mythology, Sidero was the second wife of Salmoneus and stepmother of the twins Pelias and Neleus. She mistreated the twins' mother Tyro horribly, incurring their wrath when they reached adulthood....
after she had sought refuge in Hera's temple.

Another oracle warned Pelias to be on his guard against a man with one shoe. Pelias was presiding over a sacrifice to Poseidon

Poseidon

In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes. The name of the god Nethuns in Etruscan mythology was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon....
with several neighboring kings in attendance. Among the crowd stood a tall youth in leopard skin with only one sandal. Pelias recognized that Jason was his cousin. He could not kill him because prominent kings of the Aeolian family were present. Instead, he asked Jason: "What would you do if an oracle announced that one of your fellow-citizens were destined to kill you?". Jason replied that he would send him to go and fetch the Golden Fleece

Golden Fleece

In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallos . It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly....
, not knowing that Hera had put those words in his mouth.

Jason learned later that Pelias was being haunted by the ghost of Phrixus

Phrixus

File:Phrixos und Helle.jpgIn Greek mythology, Phrixus was the son of Athamus, king of Boeotia and Nephele . His twin sister Helle and him were hated by their stepmother, Ino....
. Phrixus had fled from Orchomenus

Orchomenus

Orchomenus is a name attributed to the following:...
riding on a divine ram to avoid being sacrificed and took refuge in Colchis

Colchis

In ancient geography, Colchis or Kolkhis was an ancient Georgia , state monarchy and region in the Western Georgia , which played an important role in the ethnic and cultural formation of the Georgians and its subgroups....
where he was later denied proper burial. According to an oracle, Iolcus would never prosper unless his ghost was taken back in a ship, together with the golden ram's fleece. This fleece now hung from a tree in the grove of the Colchian Ares, guarded night and day by a dragon that never slept. Pelias swore before Zeus

Zeus

Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
that he would give up the throne at Jason's return while expecting that Jason's attempt to steal the Golden Fleece would be a fatal enterprise. However, Hera acted in Jason's favour during the perilous journey.

Jason was accompanied by some of the principal heroes of ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
. The number of Argonauts varies, but usually totals between 40 and 55; traditional versions of the story place their number at 50.

Some have hypothesized that the legend of the Golden Fleece was based on a practice of the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
tribes; they would place a lamb's fleece at the bottom of a stream to entrap gold dust

Gold Dust

gold refers to fine particles of gold produced by machining or occurring naturally.Gold Dust may also refer to:*Dustin Rhodes, an American wrestler...
being washed down from upstream. This practice was still in use in recent times, particularly in the Svaneti

Svaneti

Svaneti or Svanetia is a historic province in Georgia , in the northwestern part of the country. It is inhabited by the Svan people, an ethnic subgroup of the Georgians....
region of Georgia

Georgia (country)

The crew of the Argo

There is no definite list of Argonauts. Many Greeks would claim their ancestors were Argonauts, and there were too many named for them all to be accurate. The following list is no more than an educated guess.

The Argonauts (Jason

Jason

Medea

Medea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Aeetes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children: Mermeros and Pheres....
are sometimes not counted) were:

Acastus
Acastus

Acastus is a character in Greek mythology. He sailed with Jason and the Argonauts, and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar....
Admetus
Admetus

In Greek mythology, Admetus /?d 'mi: t?s/ was a king of Pherae in Thessaly, succeeding his father Pheres after whom the city was named. Admetus was one of the Argonauts and took part in the Calydonian Boar hunt....
Aethalides
Aethalides

Aethalides was a son of Hermes and Eupolemeia, a daughter of Myrmidon. He was the herald of the Argonauts, and had received from his father the faculty of remembering everything, even in Hades....
Amphion
Amphion

There are several characters named Amphion in Greek mythology:* Amphion,son of Zeus and Antiope , and twin brother of Zethus . Together they are famous for building Thebes ....
Ancaeus
Ancaeus

The name Ancaeus or Ankaios is attributed to two heroes in Greek mythology. Both were among the Argonauts, and each met his death at the tusks of a boar....
Argus
ARGUS

ARGUS, all capitalized, may refer to:* ARGUS , a particle physics experiment that ran at DESY* ARGUS distribution, a function used in particle physics named after the above experiment...
Ascalaphus
Ascalaphus

In Greek mythology, two people share the name Ascalaphus .#Son of Acheron and Orphne. He told the other gods that Persephone had eaten a pomegranate in Hades....
Atalanta
Atalanta

Atalanta is a character from ancient Greek mythology.After being told by an oracle she would be ruined if she were to marry, Atalanta set up a contest to win her hand in marriage....
(others claim Jason forbade her because she was a woman)
Autolycus
Autolycus

In Greek mythology, Autolycus was a son of Hermes and Chione . He was the husband of Neaera, or according to Homer of Amphithea. Autolycus fathered Anticlea and several sons of whom only Aesimus is named....
Bellerophon
Bellérophon

Bell?rophon is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Thomas Corneille and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle first performed at the Palais Royal, Paris on 31 January 1679....
Butes
Butes

In Greek mythology, the name Butes referred to three different people.*An Argonauts, son of Teleon. Aphrodite's lover, a famous bee keeper and a Sicily king....
Calais
Boreads

The Boreads, in Greek mythology, were Calais and Zetes . They were the sons of Boreas and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens....
Canthus
Castor
Cytissorus
Echion
Erginus
Erginus

In Greek mythology, Erginus was king of Minyans Orchomenus in Boeotia. He was the son of Clymenus, his predecessor, and Buzyge . Erginus avenged his father's death at the hands of the Thebes ; he made war against Thebes, inflicting a heavy defeat....
Euphemus
Euphemus

There are two figures in Greek mythology known as Euphemus "reputable".One was the son of Poseidon, granted by his father the power to walk on water....
Euryalus
Euryalus

Euryalus refers to two different characters from classical literature:#In the Aeneid by Virgil, Nisus and Euryalus are ideal friends, who died during a raid on the Rutulians....
Gandhi
Heracles/Hercules
Heracles

In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles meaning "glory of Hera", or "Glorious through Hera" Alcides or Alcaeus " was a hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus....
Hylas
Hylas

In Greek mythology, Hylas was the son of King Theiodamas of the Dryopians. Other sources such as Ovid state that Hylas' father was Heracles and his mother was the nymph Melite, or that his mother was the wife of Theiodamus, whose adulterous affair with Heracles caused the war between him and her husband....
Idas
Idas

In Greek mythology, Idas was a son of Aphareus and Arene and brother of Lynceus . He and Lynceus loved Hilaeira and Phoebe and fought with their rival suitors, Castor and Polydeuces, killing the mortal brother Castor....
Idmon
Idmon

In Greek mythology, Idmon was an Argonauts seer. His father is said to have been Apollo but his mortal father was Abas. His mother was Asteria ....
Iolaus
Iolaus

In Greek mythology, Iolaus or Iolaos was a Thebes, Greece divine hero, son of Heracles' brother Iphicles and Automedusa.He was famed for being Heracles' nephew and for helping with for some of his Labours of Hercules....
Iphitos
Iphitos

Iphitos was a name attributed to five individuals in Greek mythology.*Iphitos was the son of Eurytus, king of Oechalia, and a descendant of Oxylus....
Jason
Jason

Jason was a late ancient Greece Greek mythology figure, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus....
Laertes
Laertes

In Greek mythology, La?rtes was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. He was the father of Odysseus and Ctimene by his wife Anticlea, daughter of the thief Autolycus....
Laocoon
Lynceus
Lynceus (Argonaut)

Lynceus was the jealous murderer of Castor and Polydeuces, along with his brother, Idas. Idas and Lynceus murdered Castor because they all sought Phoebe and Hilaeira, daughters of Leucippus ....
Medea
Medea

Medea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Aeetes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children: Mermeros and Pheres....
Melas
Meleager
Meleager

In Greek mythology, Meleager was the son of Althaea and Oeneus and, according to some accounts father of Parthenopeus and Polydora. His story has similarities with the Scandinavian Norna-Gests ??ttr....
Mopsus
Mopsus

In Greek mythology, Mopsus or Mopsos was the name of two famous seers....
Nestor
Nestor (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Nestor of Ger?nia was the son of Neleus and Chloris, and the King of Pylos. He became king after Heracles killed Neleus and all of Nestor's brothers and sisters....
Oileus
Oileus

In Greek mythology, Oileus was the king of Locris. His father was given as Odoedocus and his mother as Agrianome . Oileus's wife was Eriopis, who bore him a son named Ajax the Lesser....
Orpheus
Orpheus

Orpheus was a legendary figure, probably from Thracian origin, venerated by the Greeks and Thracians of the Classical age as a chief among poets and musicians, and the perfector of the lyre invented by Hermes....
Palaemon
Palaemon

Palaemon may refer to*Palaemon , a genus of shrimp*An alternative name for the Greek hero Herakles*An alternative name for the Greek hero Melicertes...
Palaimonius
Patroclus
Patroclus

In Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos , son of Menoetius , was Achilles? beloved comrade and, according to some , his lover....
Peleus
Peleus

In Greek mythology, Pele?s was a Greek hero cult who was already known to Homer. Peleus was the son of Aeacus, king of the island of Aegina, and Ende?s, the oread of Mount Pelion in Thessaly; he became the father of Achilles....
Philoctetes
Philoctetes

In Greek mythology, Philoctetes was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War....
Phrontis
Phrontis

Phrontis was one of four sons of Phrixus and Chalciope. He was also a grandson of King Ae?tes of Colchis .Phrontis and his brothers were raised in Colchis, but after their father died, he and his brothers set out to avenge their father?s ill treatment in the hands of king Athamas of Orchomenus and were stranded on the Island of Ares the...
Poeas
Poeas

In Greek mythology, Poeas, or Poias was one of the Argonauts and a friend of Heracles.*As an Argonaut, Poeas is identified as the greatest archer of the group....
Polydeuces (or Pollux)
Polyphemos (Eilatos' son, who fought with the Lapiths against the Centaurs)
Poriclymenus
Poriclymenus

In Greek mythology, Poriclymenus was a name attributed to two different individuals.Poriclymenus was a son of Poseidon and Chloris and would-be murderer of Amphiaraus in the Seven Against Thebes....
Talaus
Talaus

In Greek mythology, Talaus was the king of Argos and one of the Argonauts. He was the son of Bias and Pero. His wife was Lysimache, daughter of Abas....
Telamon
Telamon

In Greek mythology, Telamon , son of the king Aeacus, of Aegina, and Endeis and brother of Peleus, accompanied Jason as one his Argonauts, and was present at the hunt for the Calydonian Boar....
Theseus
Theseus

For other uses, see Theseus Theseus was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra , and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night....
Tiphys
Tiphys

In Greek mythology, Tiphys , son of Hagnias , was the helmsman of the Argonauts. He died of a mysterious illness. After his death, Ancaeus piloted the Argo....
Tyrone
Tyrone

The name Tyrone can refer to:*County Tyrone, a county in Northern Ireland, roughly corresponding to the ancient kingdom of T?r Eogain*An Earl of Tyrone...
Zetes
Boreads

The Boreads, in Greek mythology, were Calais and Zetes . They were the sons of Boreas and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens....

Spoken-word myths — audio files

Argonaut myths as told by story tellers
1. Heracles in Mysia (Hylas episode), read by Timothy Carter, music by Steve Gorn, compiled by Andrew Calimach
Bibliography of reconstruction: Homer Homer Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns.... , Odyssey, 12.072 (7th c. BC); Theocritus Theocritus Theocritus , the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.... , Idylls, 13 (350 - 310 BC); Callimachus Callimachus Callimachus was a native of the Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya, Libya. He was a noted poet, critic and scholar of the Library of Alexandria and enjoyed the patronage of ancient Egyptian Greeks Pharaohs Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Ptolemy III Euergetes.... , Aetia (Causes), 24. Thiodamas the Dryopian, Fragments, 160. Hymn to Artemis (310 - 250? BC); Apollonios Rhodios, Argonautika, I. 1175 - 1280 (c. 250 BC); Apollodorus Apollodorus Apollodorus of Athens son of Asclepiades, was a Greeks scholar and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius, and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace.... , Library and Epitome 1.9.19, 2.7.7 (140 BC); Sextus Propertius Sextus Propertius Sextus Aurelius Propertius was a Latin elegy poet who was born around 50?45 BCE in Mevania and died shortly after 15 BCE.Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of elegy. He was friends with the poets Gallus and Virgil, and had with them as his patron Maecenas, and through Maecenas, the emperor Augustus.... , Elegies, i.20.17ff (50 - 15 BC); Ovid Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso was a Roman Empire poet known as Ovid to the English language-speaking world, who wrote about love, seduction, and Roman mythology transformation.... , Ibis, 488 (AD 8 - 18); Gaius Valerius Flaccus Gaius Valerius Flaccus Gaius Valerius Flaccus was a Roman Empire poet who flourished in the "Silver Age of Latin literature" under the emperors Vespasian and Titus and wrote a Latin Argonautica that owes a great deal to Apollonius of Rhodes' more famous epic.... , Argonautica, I.110, III.535, 560, IV.1-57 (1st c. AD); Hyginus Gaius Julius Hyginus Gaius Julius Hyginus was a Latin author, though whether a native of Spain or of Alexandria it is not clear, a pupil of the famous Alexander Cornelius, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus, by whom he was made superintendent of the Palatine library, according to Suetonius' minor works, De Grammaticis, 20.... , Fables, 14. Argonauts Assembled (1st c. AD); Philostratus the Elder, Images, ii.24 Thiodamas (AD 170 - 245); First Vatican Mythographer, 49. Hercules et Hylas
2. Orpheus and the Thracians, read by Timothy Carter, music by Steve Gorn, compiled by Andrew Calimach
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The Argonauts in literature

The Life and Death of Jason (1867) by William Morris
William Morris

William Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, and Socialism associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement....

Hercules, My Shipmate (1945) by Robert Graves
Robert Graves

Robert Ranke Graves was an England poet, translator and novelist. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works. He was the son of the Anglo-Irish writer Alfred Perceval Graves and Amalie von Ranke, a niece of the famous German historian Leopold von Ranke....

The Greek Myths
The Greek Myths

The Greek Myths is a mythography, a compendium of Greek mythology, by the poet and writer Robert Graves, normally published in two volumes....
by Robert Graves

Jason and Medea by John Gardner -- a modern, epic poem in English.

The Argonautica by Gaius Valerius Flaccus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus

Gaius Valerius Flaccus was a Roman Empire poet who flourished in the "Silver Age of Latin literature" under the emperors Vespasian and Titus and wrote a Latin Argonautica that owes a great deal to Apollonius of Rhodes' more famous epic....
-- a first-century AD Latin epic poem.

The Argonautica by Apollonius
Apollonius

Apollonius may be:Historical people:* Apollonius Cronus , philosopher of the Megarian school* Apollonius Dyscolus , grammarian* Apollonius Molon , rhetorician...
of Rhodes -- a Hellenistic, Greek epic poem.

The Argonauts on film

Two movies titled Jason and the Argonauts have been made.

Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts (film)

Jason and the Argonauts is a Columbia Pictures fantasy film feature film starring Todd Armstrong as the titular Jason in a story about his quest for the Golden Fleece....
(1963), directed by Don Chaffey, shows Jason hosting Olympics-like games and selecting his crew from among the winners. Jason is very satisfied with his crew.

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. This includes a thief who says "Who better than a thief to grab the Golden Fleece?"

A movie titled "Vesyolaya hronika opasnogo puteshestviya" (Amusing Chronicle of a Dangerous Voyage) was made in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
in 1986 starring a famous Russian actor Alexander Abdulov. ()

The Argonauts on radio

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as the ABC, is Australia's national Public broadcasting.With a budget of Australian dollar840 million annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Net...
featured Jason and the Argonauts in its children's radio broadcasting in Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. "The Argonauts' Club" ran from 1933 until its closure on 2 April 1972. Children listened to the afternoon radio program and interacted with the presenters, whose leader was "Jason", by sending in stories, poems, and art works, some of which were described on air. Their interaction helped them gain status within the organisation, such as the Order of the Dragon's Tooth and the Order of the Golden Fleece

Order of the Golden Fleece

The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in 1430 by Duke Philip III, Duke of Burgundy of Duchy of Burgundy to celebrate his marriage to the Portugal princess Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy....
; but children were always only known by their Ship and number (Oar) in its crew. The format was devised initially by author Nina Murdoch. The longest serving presenter, and "Jason" throughout the show's run, was Athol Fleming who died in May of 1972.

Also, The Argonauts are referenced in the They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....
song Birdhouse in Your Soul. Kate Bush

Kate Bush

Kate Bush is an England singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and Idiosyncrasy lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years having sold over 20,000,000 records worldwide....
also refers to argonauts on various songs. Metal band, 3 Inches of Blood reference the Argonauts in their song "The Hydra's Teeth". Warwick Lobban also referenced the Argonauts in his song 'The Prospective Argonaut'.

XTC

XTC

XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. Though the band enjoyed some significant chart success , they are more known for their long-standing critical success than for making hit records....
's outstanding 1982 album English Settlement

English Settlement

English Settlement is an XTC album released on February 12 1982. The album reached No. 5 on the UK album chart, No. 48 on the Billboard 200 album charts, No.1 on the Progressive Media Radio Album charts and No....
features the song "Jason and the Argonauts".

In 2001, a radio drama adaptation of Apollonius' Argonautica was presented on the Radio Tales
Radio Tales

Radio Tales is an United States drama anthology radio series produced by Generations Productions LLC. This award-winning anthology series adapted classic works of American and world literature, and was a recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts....
series for National Public Radio

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.

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Sources

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica I, 23-227;
Apollodorus
Apollodorus

Apollodorus of Athens son of Asclepiades, was a Greeks scholar and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius, and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace....
, Bibliotheke I, ix, 16.
Ken Inglis
Ken Inglis

Kenneth Stanley Inglis is an Australian historian.Inglis completed his Master's degree at the University of Melbourne and his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford....
, This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932-1983, 2006

Argonauts

Story

The crew of the Argo

Spoken-word myths — audio files

The Argonauts in literature

The Argonauts on film

The Argonauts on radio

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