Jason and the Argonauts
Largest
ship thus far—built by Argus
its prow has a magic talking beam,
cut from Zeus' oracular oak
The
Argonauts (best of the best, pre-Troy):
o
Heracles
o
Theseus
o
Orpheus
o
Castor and Polyduces*
(imm) (Pollux)
§ sons
of Zeus
§ “Dioscuri”
§ brothers
of Helen of Troy
o
Boreads (Zetes and Calais)--winged
o
Telamon
(father of Ajax)
o
Peleus (father of Achilles)
o
Meleager
(brother of Deianira; hero of Boar hunt)
o
Admetus
(husband of Aclestis—helped by Heracles)
o
Augeas (stabler)
o
Tiphys—helmsman
o
Idmon
(seer)
o
Argus
To
the Black Sea!