\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \cf7 A large number of heroes, all young men of divine descent, had flocked to at the port of\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht10911 Iolcus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 in Thessaly to take part in \b \cf15 \ATXht11000 Jason\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 's expedition. The first to arrive was\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht11509 Orpheus\b0 \ATXht0 \cf7 who assumed the role of marking time for the rowers with his singing. He was followed
by, among others,\b \cf0 \ATXht11610 \cf15 Peleus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 ,\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , and the divine twins\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht10308 Castor\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 \cf7 and\b \ATXht11629 \cf15 Pollux\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . The s
hip was built by\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht10136 Argus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , from whom she took her name, but the instructions as to how it should be built came from the goddess\cf15 \b \ATXht6 Athena\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . A roll of thunder from a clear sky, a sure s
ign of divine approval for the venture, gave the signal for departure to the fifty-three heroes who represented the whole of Greece.
