ARGONAUTIC EXPEDITION.
Ship Argô in the Odyssey.—In Hesiod and Eumêlus.—Jasôn and
his heroic companions.—Lêmnos.—Adventures at Kyzikus, in
Bithynia, etc.—Hêraklês and Hylas.—Phineus.—Dangers of the
Symplêgades.—Arrival at Kolchis.—Conditions imposed by Æêtês
as the price of the golden fleece.—Perfidy of Æêtês—flight of
the Argonauts and Mêdea with the fleece.—Pursuit of Æêtês—the
Argonauts saved by Mêdea.—Return of the Argonauts—circuitous and
perilous.—Numerous and wide-spread monuments referring to the
voyage.—Argonautic legend generally.—Fabulous geography—gradually
modified as real geographical knowledge increased.—Transposition
of epical localities.—How and when the Argonautic voyage
became attached to Kolchis.—Æêtês and Circê.—Return of the
Argonauts—different versions.—Continued faith in the voyage—basis
of truth determined by Strabo. 231-256