\paperw3795 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b Golden Fleece\par
\b0 This was the fleece of the ram born to \b \cf4 \ATXht12009 Theophane\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Po
seidon\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , which was then given by \b \cf4 \ATXht12 Hermes\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to Nephele, wife of \b \cf4 \ATXht10141 Athamas\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and mother of Phrixus and Helle. When the two children were to be sacrificed as a result of the int
rigues of Ino, their mother arranged their escape riding on the back of the sacred animal. During the journey, Helle fell into the sea and died (at the Hellespont), but Phrixus reached Asia Minor, where he sacrificed the ram to \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Its fleece, which brought wealth and power to anyone who possessed it, was given to King \b \cf4 \ATXht10110 Aeδtes\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of \b \cf4 \ATXht10327 Colchis\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and hung from an oak tree in the grove sacred to \b \cf4 \ATXht4 Ares\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , where it was guarded night and day by a dragon. It was to bring this treasure back to Greece that the expedition of \b \cf4 \ATXht11000 Jason\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and the \b \cf4 \ATXht100 Argonauts\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was mounted.
