Golden Fleece (disambiguation)
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Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece
In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which can be procured in Colchis. It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest by order of King Pelias for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus...

is an element of Greek mythology.

Golden Fleece can also refer to:
  • Golden Fleece Award
    Golden Fleece Award
    The Golden Fleece Award is presented to those public officials in the United States whom the judges feel waste public money.Established in 1975 by former U.S. Senator William Proxmire , and issued until 1988, it was revived by the Advisory Board of the Taxpayers for Common Sense in 2000...

    , ironic American political award
  • Golden Fleece (horse)
    Golden Fleece (horse)
    Golden Fleece was an American-bred and Irish-trained Thoroughbred race horse, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1982. He retired unbeaten from his four races.He was foaled and raised at Hilary J. Boone's Wimbledon Farm in Fayette County....

    , Irish racehorse
  • Goldenfleece
    Ericameria arborescens
    Ericameria arborescens is a species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common name goldenfleece. This plant is native to California and Oregon where it is a resident of chaparral communities and open woodlands. This is a resinous, glandular shrub exceeding two meters in maximum...

    , a species of plant
  • Golden Fleece, a science fiction novel by the Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer.
  • Operation Golden Fleece
    Operation Golden Fleece
    The operation Golden Fleece was the humanitarian operation carried out by Greece in 1993 to evacuate over 1,000 native Greeks from Georgia fleeing the War in Abkhazia.-Greeks in Abkhazia:...

    , a humanitarian mission by Greece to rescue native Greeks from the war in Abkhazia
  • Order of the Golden Fleece
    Order of the Golden Fleece
    The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal. It evolved as one of the most prestigious orders in Europe...

    , order of chivalry
  • The Golden Fleece (painting)
    The Golden Fleece (painting)
    The Golden Fleece, originally known as Shearing at Newstead, is an 1894 painting by the Australian artist Tom Roberts. The painting depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed at Newstead North, a sheep station near Inverell on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales...

    , an 1894 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts.

Places

  • Golden Fleece Mine (Colorado)
    Golden Fleece Mine (Colorado)
    The Golden Fleece Mine is a gold mining site in Hinsdale County, Colorado, south of Lake City. The mine is located half a mile west of the north end of Lake San Cristobal. By 1904 it had produced $1,400,000 in silver and gold ore. The mine operated intermittently until 1919...

    , famous gold mine in Hinsdale County
  • Golden Fleece Inn, York, English inn

Companies

  • Golden Fleece (Petroleum), defunct Australian retail fuel chain
  • Golden Fleece, shortcut for designation of Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company (Iowa)
    Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company (Iowa)
    The Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company , was a mining company and was incorporated on May 7, 1893 under the laws of the state of Iowa. It had an initial capital stock of $600,000, 600,000 shares, $1.00 each. The company was represented by its president Biddle Reeves and its secretary and...

     on stock exchange

Transportation

  • LNER Class A4
    LNER Class A4
    The Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive, designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined design gave them high-speed capability as well as making them instantly recognizable, and one of the class, 4468 Mallard, still claims the...

     steam locomotive number 4495, originally named Great Snipe, later Golden Fleece
  • Golden Fleece (clipper)
    Golden Fleece (clipper)
    Golden Fleece was an 1855 medium clipper in the California trade, built by Paul Curtis. She was known for arriving with cargoes in good condition, for making passages in consistently good time, and for catching fire with a load of ice....

    , 1855 California clipper that caught fire with a cargo of ice
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