Questions about or pertaining to the company of the Greek hero Jason on his journey to find the Golden Fleece. They get there name from the ship they sailed on, The Argo.
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Was Talos an intelligent machine?
I've been playing "The Talos Principle". In it, Talos is presented as a symbolic representation of an intelligent artificial being (a robot, if you're feeling less pretentious). The bronze giant from the Argonautica is certainly a reasonable…
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What happened with the Golden Fleece?
As we all know, Jason and his company of Argonauts took the Golden Fleece from Colchis. What happened with it afterwards? Is it mentioned in any other story of the Greek mythology?
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Hittite story similar to the story of Jason and Medea?
The BBC History article Ancient History in depth: Jason and the Golden Fleece. BBC - History mentions a Hittite story similar to the story of Jason and Medea:
Thus the classic triangle of hero, dark power and female helper is formed, to be repeated…
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How does one get purified of murder in Greek mythology?
There are four myths that I know of where someone murders another and does something about it to be relieved of it. The first, most famous and only myth saying what is done, is Heracles. He murdered his family under the influence of Hera's madness.…
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Medea in the Dunciad
The mortal Medea, as described in Wikipedia, does not appear to characterize the lines in Alexander Pope's Dunciad:
As one by one, at dread Medea's strain,
The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain.
It's the use of the word strain and its…
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How long was the voyage of the Argonauts?
Is there any indication in the Argonautica or any other ancient telling of the myth of roughly how long it took Jason and his Argonauts to travel from Iolcos to Colchis and back?
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What was the oak branch of Dodona (within Argo) called?
This link makes it seems like it was referred to as "Koraki" but it seems like fan-fiction and I cannot validate using any of the accessible references.
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Planctae vs. Symplegades
In the Argonautica, both the Planctea and the Symplegades are mentioned. One on the way in search of the Golden Fleece and the other on the way back. The Planctea was also known as, "the Wondering Rocks," and the Symplegades had another name of,…
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Was the Argo sentient and capable of conversation, or was its speech more like Siri or the USS Enterprise computer?
The Argo was built with a branch from the Dodona oak which, according to numerous sources, could speak.
I’m wondering about the nature of this ability: did this “speech” make the Argo a fully developed character with opinions and desires of its own,…
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