Encyclopedia > Argo

Article Content

Argo

The Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed to retrieve the Golden Fleece. For more information on their journey, see Jason.

The Argo was built by Argus. The Argo had the gifts of speech and prophecy because it was made of oak wood from the oracle at Dodona.

The constellation Argo Navis represented the Argo; it has since been broken up among the ship's sails, keel and stern.

Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica I, 18-227, 519-30; Apollodorus. Bibliotheke I, 16.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

North Haven, New York

... Haven, New York North Haven is a village located in Suffolk County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 743. Geography North Haven ...