The Golden Fleece In Homer's Odyssey

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And so, Jason sets sail from Greece, with his crew of valiant Greek heroes, known as the ‘Argonauts’, in a great galley, called the ‘Argo’, constructed by Argus ‘‘wrought by the guidance of Athena’’ (Argonautica, 1: 18).
Under the protection of the goddess Hera, the crew of the Argo’s quest was to retrieve the Golden Fleece in order to restore Jason as the rightful King to the throne of Iolcus, a title which was taken from him by his treacherous uncle, Pelias, who had usurped the thrown. (Myth Index, 2007.)
However, while en route to find the Golden Fleece they first stopped on the island of Lemnos. This was an island inhabited solely by women. As punishment for their neglect of their worship to the goddess Aphrodite, she made the women so …show more content…

Hypsipyle, queen of Lemnos, gave birth to twins, fathered by Jason.
After several months on Lemnos, Heracles, who hadn’t taken part in any affairs with the woman, pressured the Argonauts to leave. He was annoyed with the other hero’s lack of will power causing them to not focus on their quest to retrieve the Golden …show more content…

He had been such an effective seer that Zeus took away his sight, as punishment for revealing too many of the Gods secrets. It was Zeus that had also sent the Harpies to torment Phineus even further.
As a reward for being saved from his awful faith, Phineus used his powers and revealed the location of Colchis to Jason. It was in Colchis where Jason would find the Golden Fleece, guarded by a terrifying dragon. Additionally, Phineus also warned the Greek heroes of the Symplegades, or the Clashing Rocks which lay ahead in their journey to Colchis. These were a pair of rocks which crashed together whenever any vessel attempted to pass between often destroying the vessel and killing all crew on board. Phineus also gave the Argonauts advice on how to defeat these Clashing Rocks.
The Argonauts again set off, this time from Salmydessus. Their destination was Colchis, and they were, after so many months, closer than ever to completing the journey to find the Golden

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