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The Argonautica

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Jason and the Argonauts sail for the Golden Fleece, with a bronze giant guarding Crete and a princess who knows magic. The Greek poem behind the myth, translated into English.

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Made byApollonius Rhodius
TranslatorR. C. Seaton
LanguageEnglish
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Why we can share it: Project Gutenberg record: 'Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.' Translator Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915) died 1915; the text states 'Translation by R.C. Seaton, 1912'.

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BeingTalosA giant of bronze circled Crete three times a day hurling rocks at ships. His whole body was armored except one blood-red vein running neck to ankle, sealed by a single nail. Ancient tales say Medea brought him down. Was Talos a monster, or one of the first imagined robots? Historians disagree.

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