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. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Jason ( Greek: Ἰάσων, Etruscan: Easun, Laz: Yason) was a late ancient Greek mythological For other uses of this term see Argonaut. In Greek mythology, the Argonauts ( Ancient Greek:) were a band of heroes Iolcos (also known as Iolkos or Iolcus, Greek: Ιωλκός was an ancient City in Thessaly, central-eastern Greece (near In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (Χρυσόμαλλον Δέρας is the fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallos (Χρυσόμαλλος The Argo was built by the shipwright Argus, and its crew were specially protected by the goddess Hera. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (ˈhɪərə or /ˈhɛrə/ Greek) or Here ( in Ionic and Homer The best source for the myth is the Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius. The Argonautica ( Greek:) is a Greek Epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BCE.

According to a variety of sources of the legend, the Argo was said to have been planned or constructed with the help of Athena. ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. 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. The prow is the very most forward part of a Ship 's Bow that cuts through the water Dodona (from Doric Greek Δωδώνα Ionic Greek: Δωδώνη - Dodone) in Epirus in northwestern Greece, was a prehistoric After the successful journey, the Argo was consecrated to Poseidon in the Isthmus of Corinth. In Greek mythology, Poseidon ( Greek:; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the Sea and as "Earth-Shaker" The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow landbridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth It was then translated into the sky and turned into the constellation of Argo Navis. In common usage a constellation is a group of celestial bodies that are connected together in some arrangement typically stars to form a visible figure or picture Argo Navis (or simply Argo) was a large southern Constellation representing the Argo, the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts ^[1]

Several authors of antiquity (Apollonius Rhodius, Pliny,^[2] Philostephanus) discussed the hypothetical shape of the ship. Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, ( AD 23 – August 25, AD 79 better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient Author Philostephanus is also a genus of plant bugs among the Miridae. 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. A galley (from Greek γαλέα - galea is an ancient Ship which can be propelled entirely by human oarsmen, used for Warfare ^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. Cyclopaedia or A Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ( folio, 2 vols The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone [1]
2. ^ Hist. Nat. 1. c. 56

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• Artist's rendering of the Argo
• Argo's voyage