The Argo, painting by Lorenzo Costa

In Greek mythology, the Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcus to retrieve the Golden Fleece. The Argo was built by the shipwright Argos, and its crew were specially protected by the goddess Hera. The best source for the myth is the Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1576x1322, 248 KB) Description: Title: de: Argonautenschiff Technique: de: Tempera auf Holz Dimensions: de: 47 × 58 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Padua Current location (gallery): de: Museo Civico Other notes: Source: The Yorck Project: DVD-ROM... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1576x1322, 248 KB) Description: Title: de: Argonautenschiff Technique: de: Tempera auf Holz Dimensions: de: 47 × 58 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Padua Current location (gallery): de: Museo Civico Other notes: Source: The Yorck Project: DVD-ROM... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the telling of stories created by the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ... Jason (Greek: Ιάσων, Etruscan: Easun) is a hero of Greek mythology who led the Argonauts in the search of the Golden Fleece. ... The Argo, by Lorenzo Costa In Greek mythology, the Argonauts (Ancient Greek: ) were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece. ... Iolcos (also known as Iolkos or Iolcus, Greek: Ιώλκος) was an ancient city in Thessaly, central-eastern Greece (near the modern city of Volos). ... Jason returns with the golden Fleece on an Apulian red-figure calyx krater, ca. ... There are five figures in Greek mythology named Argus or Argos (Άργος). Argus Panoptes (Argus all eyes) is a giant with a hundred eyes. ... In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (IPA pronunciation: ; Greek or ) was the wife and older sister of Zeus. ... The Argonautica (Greek: ) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the mythical land of Colchis. ... Apollonius of Rhodes (Apollonius Rhodius), librarian at Alexandria, was a poet, the author of Argonautica, a literary epic retelling of ancient material concerning Jason and the Argonauts quest for the Golden Fleece in the mythic land of Colchis. ...

According to a variety of sources of the legend, the Argo was said to have been planned or constructed with the help of Athena. According to other legends it contained in its prow a magical piece of timber from the sacred forest of Dodona, which could speak and render prophecies. After the successful journey, the Argo was consecrated to Poseidon in the Isthmus of Corinth. It was then translated into the sky and turned into the constellation of Argo Navis.^[1] Helmeted Athena, of the Velletri type. ... Prow, the fore part of a ship, the stem and its surrounding parts, hence used like keel, by metonymy, of the ship itself. ... Theatre of Pyrrhus in Dodona. ... Neptune reigns in the city of Bristol. ... The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow landbridge which connects the Peloponnesos peninsula with the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The constellation Argo Navis drawn by Johannes Hevelius in 1690 Argo Navis (or simply Argo) was a large southern constellation representing the Argo, the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology. ...

Several authors of antiquity (Apollonius Rhodius, Pliny,^[2] Philostephanus) discussed the hypothetical shape of the ship. Generally it was imagined like a Greek warship, a galley, and authors hypothesized that it was the first ship of this type that had gone out on a high-sea voyage.^[1] Apollonius of Rhodes (Apollonius Rhodius), librarian at Alexandria, was a poet, the author of Argonautica, a literary epic retelling of ancient material concerning Jason and the Argonauts quest for the Golden Fleece in the mythic land of Colchis. ... Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19c portrait. ... A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...

Etymology

Ancient authors were divided about the origin of the name of the ship. Some ascribed it to the name of the person who built it, Argus, son of Phrixus; others to the Greek word αργός, "swift", as being a light sailer; others to the city of Argos, where they suppose it was built; yet others to the Argives, who went on board it, according to the distich quoted from ancient Roman statesman Cicero, in his first Tusculan. There are five figures in Greek mythology named Argus or Argos (Άργος). Argus Panoptes (Argus all eyes) is a giant with a hundred eyes. ... In Greek mythology, Phrixus figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. ... Coordinates 37°37′ N 22°43′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Argolis Province Argos Population 29,505 Area 5. ... Argos (Greek: Άργος, Árgos) is a city in Greece in the Peloponnesus near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor, named for Nauplius. ... A couplet is a pair of lines of verse that form a unit. ... Cicero at about age 60, from an ancient marble bust Marcus Tullius Cicero (IPA:Classical Latin pronunciation: , usually pronounced in English; January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, widely considered one of Romes greatest orators and prose stylists. ... Also known as the Tusculan Disputations, written about the greatness of Rome etc. ...

Notes

Many companies today have named themselves after the ARGO, notably pikey trading firms such as ARGO Traders LLP, ever in their quest for the golden fleece. Firms such as these are very much like the ancient Greeks and believe highly in one-on-one and group man-love. Ancient entry rituals have replaced the traditional hiring procedures at such firms, with all-male fellatio sessions and mutual masturbation sessions with your superiors commonplace.

1. ^ ^{a b} This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]
2. ^ Hist. Nat. 1.c.56

Table of Trigonometry, 1728 Cyclopaedia Cyclopaedia, or, A Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

External links

• Artist's rendering of the Argo
• Argo's voyage
• News article about restoration attempt