Argonautic expedition

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The Argonautic expedition is the legendary Greek voyage led by Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece, a foundational myth of heroism, adventure, and divine intervention in ancient Greek mythology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek myth
heroic quest
mythological event
featuresEpisode Phineus and the Harpies
death of Apsyrtus
encounter with Scylla and Charybdis
encounter with the Doliones
encounter with the Sirens
flight from Colchis
loss of Hylas
passage of the Symplegades
purification by Circe
return to Iolcus
slaying of the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece
stay in Phaeacia
tasks set by King Aeetes
visit to Lemnos
hasCause Pelias’s command to Jason
hasDivineInvolvement Aphrodite
Apollo
Athena
Eros (primordial)
surface form: Eros

Zeus
hasGoal retrieval of the Golden Fleece
hasKeyFigure Aeëtes
surface form: Aeetes

Argus
Atalanta
Calais
Castor
Heracles
Hypsipyle
Lynceus
Medea
Orpheus
Pelias
Polydeuces
Zetes
hasLeader Jason
hasMotivation Jason’s claim to the throne of Iolcus
hasObject Golden Fleece
hasParticipant Argonauts
hasPatronDeity Hera
hasSource Argonautica
surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica

Medea
surface form: Euripides’ Medea

Pindar's odes
surface form: Pindar’s Pythian Odes
hasTheme adventure
betrayal
divine intervention
heroism
love and magic
hasVessel Argo
influenced European medieval romance
Roman literature
later Greek epic tradition
modern retellings of Jason and the Argonauts
partOf Greek mythology
takesPlaceIn Colchis
Iolcus
ancient mythic past
takesPlaceOn Argo

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Bibliotheca coversTopic Argonautic expedition
Orpheus mythologicalEvent Argonautic expedition
Theseus participatedIn Argonautic expedition
this entity surface form: Argonaut expedition (in some traditions)
Laertes participatedIn Argonautic expedition
this entity surface form: Argonautic expedition (in some traditions)
Nestor participatedIn Argonautic expedition
Heroic Age includesEvent Argonautic expedition
Pollux participatedIn Argonautic expedition
this entity surface form: voyage of the Argonauts
Peleus participantIn Argonautic expedition
Iolkos startingPointOf Argonautic expedition
this entity surface form: Argonauts' voyage
Telamon participatedIn Argonautic expedition
this entity surface form: Argonauts’ expedition