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Poet who tells most of the story of the Quest in one very long poem
Father of Phrixus
Mother of Phrixus
City Ruled by Cadmus
Ino was the ______ of Cadmus (relation-wise)
God who sent the ram with fleece of gold
Name of Strait where Phrixus's sister slipped off the ram and was drowned
Country on Unfriendly sea ruled by Aeetes
Usurper of Jason's father's throne
It was foretold that Pelias would die at the hands of a kinsman, who would come to Pelias missing this important article of clothing.
Father of Achilles who went on the quest of the golden fleece
Musician who went on quest of golden fleece
Jason was favoured by this goddess
Lemnian leader of the uprising on Lemnos who spared her father by setting him afloat in a hollow chest
Hylas was retrieving this when a nymph threw her arms around her neck and took him away
Hounds of Zeus
wretched old man given gift of prophecy by Apollo
# of men who could help Phineus from his plight with the Harpies (Harpies defiled the food of Phineus every time Phineus tried to eat)
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Symplegades are better known as these things, in between which the Argo passed
Father of the Amazons
Mother of the Amazons
Hera wrapped the heroes in this so that they could go to the palace unseen
Cupid made this woman, daughter of the King, fall in love with Jason
Two bulls, whose feet were of this, and who breathed out this, were to be yoked and with them Jason would have to plow a field (answer with commas in between the two answers)
These things, cast into the furrows of the field (which was plowed by the bulls mentioned earlier), would cause, like seed-corn, armed-men to spring up
This Titan's blood first dripped down to earth, forming a plant from which a special ointment could be made
This form of music made the terrible serpent who guarded the fleece asleep
Brother of woman who fell in love with Jason
Talus, the last of the bronze race, grazed his ankle and died before he could attack the Argo successfully---------on which island?
These people cut up Pelias
According to one story, Media restored this person and made him young again
Jason lived with the woman who fell in love with him in this city
The woman who fell in love with Jason anointed a lovely robe with deadly drugs------when the daughter of the King of Corinth wore the robe, what happened?
This woman who fell in love with Jason killed still more people. Whom?
When Jason came to her, she was on the roof of the house, stepping into a chariot drawn by these
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