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Costa, Lorenzo; Argonauts The Argonauts, detail of a panel painting by Lorenzo Costa, c. 1480ā€“90; in the Civic Museum, Padua, Italy.

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Argonaut, in Greek legend, any of a band of 50 heroes who went with Jason in the ship Argo to fetch the Golden Fleece. Jasonā€™s uncle Pelias had usurped the throne of Iolcos in Thessaly, which rightfully belonged to Jasonā€™s father, Aeson. Pelias promised to surrender his kingship to Jason if the latter would retrieve the Golden Fleece from Colchis. The Golden Fleece had originated in the following manner. Jasonā€™s uncle Athamas had had two...

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