The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles

by Padraic Colum


Description:  A lively account of the story of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece, beginning with the construction of the Argo and the gathering of the heroes. Further adventures of many of the Argonauts are also recounted, including Theseus and the Minotaur, and Heracles and His Labors. A book sure to delight younger readers!


Additional information:

Ages:  10-12
Format:  Ebook
Illustrations:  Black and white
Year published:  2015
ISBN:  978-1-63334-535-5
Genres:  Literature, Greek Mythology

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Table of Contents

PART I. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS

1. The Youth Jason

2. King Pelias

3. The Golden Fleece

4. The Assembling of the Heroes

5. The Argo

6. The Beginning of Things 7Polydeuces' Victory and Heracles' Loss

8. King Phineus

9. King Phineus's Counsel; the Landing in Lemnos

10. The Lemnian Maidens

11. Demeter and Persephone

12. Atalanta's Race

13. The Departure from Lemnos

14. The Golden Maid

15. The Passage of the Symplagades

16. The Mountain Caucasus 

17. Prometheus 


PART II. THE RETURN TO GREECE 

18. King Aeetes

19. Medea the Sorceress

20. The Winning of the Golden Fleece

21. The Slaying of Apsyrtus

22. Medea Comes to Circe

23. In the Land of the Phaeacians

24. They Come to the Desert Land

25. The Carrying of the Argo

26. The Story of Perseus

27. Near to Iolcus Again 


PART III. THE HEROES OF THE QUEST

28. Atalanta the Huntress

29. Peleus and His Bride from the Sea

30. Theseus and the Minotaur

31. The Life and Labors of Heracles

32. The Battle of the Frogs and Mice

33. Admetus

34. How Orpheus the Minstrel Went Down 

35. Jason and Medea

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