Argo 80988 220993967 2008-06-22T15:45:59Z 85.73.119.138 /* External links */ {{otheruses}} [[Image:Lorenzo Costa 001.jpg|thumb|right|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]]. The ''Argo'' was built by the shipwright Argus, and its crew were specially protected by the goddess [[Hera]]. The best source for the myth is the ''[[Argonautica]]'' by [[Apollonius Rhodius]]. According to a variety of sources of the legend, the ''Argo'' was said to have been planned or constructed with the help of [[Athena]]. 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. After the successful journey, the ''Argo'' was consecrated to [[Poseidon]] in the [[Isthmus of Corinth]]. It was then translated into the sky and turned into the [[constellation]] of [[Argo Navis]].<ref name="E1728">{{1728}} [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech000900240177&isize=L&q1=132]</ref> Several authors of antiquity ([[Apollonius Rhodius]], [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]],<ref>''Hist. Nat. 1.c.56</ref> [[Philostephanus]]) discussed the hypothetical shape of the ship. 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.<ref name="E1728" /> ==Notes== <references /> ==External links== *[http://www.volos-city.gr/Images/argo1.jpg Artist's rendering of the Argo] *[http://www.volos-city.gr/Images/2.jpg Argo's voyage] *[http://www.volosradio.gr/Argo_EN.htm Today's Argo's voyage] [[Category:Greek mythology]] [[Category:Mythological ships]] [[br:Argo]] [[cs:Argó]] [[de:Argo]] [[el:Αργώ]] [[es:Argo]] [[fr:Argo]] [[it:Argo (nave)]] [[la:Argo]] [[hu:Argó]] [[nl:Argo (mythologie)]] [[ja:アルゴー船]] [[pl:Argo]] [[pt:Argo]] [[ru:Арго (корабль)]] [[fi:Argo]] [[tr:Argo (gemi)]]