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Feb 17, 2011 · The Greek tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece has been told for 3,000 years. It's a classic hero's quest tale - a sort of ancient Greek mission impossible - in which the hero embarks on a sea ...
Jason and the Argonauts: With Derek Jacobi, Olivia Williams, Angus Macfadyen, Dennis Hopper. One of the most legendary adventures in all mythology is brought to life in an epic saga of one man's quest for the Golden Fleece, a gift from the gods.
The Argonauts ( / ˈɑːrɡənɔːt / AR-gə-nawt; Ancient Greek: Ἀργοναῦται, romanized : Argonaûtai, lit. ' Argo sailors') were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) [1] accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, Argo ...
Jason assembles a team of great heroes for his crew and they sail aboard the Argo. The first stop of the Argonauts is the Greek Isle of Lemnos, populated only by women. Unknown to Jason and his ...
Jun 5, 2024 · For Jason and the Argonauts, Harryhausen created impressive stop-motion animations, including the seven-headed Hydra that guards the Golden Fleece and the bronze giant Talos who destroys the Argo. The most memorable scene, which took Harryhausen four months to create, was the battle between Jason and two Argonauts and an army of skeletons.
The Argonauts, detail of a panel painting by Lorenzo Costa, c. 1480–90; in the Civic Museum, Padua, Italy. Argonauts, In Greek legend, a band of 50 heroes who went with Jason in the ship Argo to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the grove of Ares at Colchis. They had many adventures before arriving at Colchis, from which they were eventually ...
