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WritteninthethirdcenturyBCinAlexandria,thisistheonlyfullsurvivingaccountofJason'slegendaryquestfortheGoldenFleece.ItdescribesthethrillingadventuresoftheArgonautsontheirvoyagetoColchistopleadwithkingAeetesforthefleece,hisgreatesttreasureandtheEros-inspiredpassionfeltbyhisdaughter,thebeautifulwitch-princessMedea,fortheschemingJason.ChroniclingajourneythatseesJasonandhiscrewtraverseperilousseas,negotiatethetreacherousCyaneanRocks,andconfrontthelureoftheSirens'song,TheVoyageofArgoisamasterfuldepictionofdistinctlyhumanheroismandbetrayalcausedbylove.Aneloquentmarriageofromanceandrealism,ittellsthedefinitiveversionofoneofthegreatestlegendsoftheclassicalage:anepictaleofbravery,prophecyandmagic.