Prince Jason of Iolcus was sent by his uncle Pelias, and usurper of his father’s throne, on a mission to bring the Golden Fleece to Iolcus from the faraway land of Colchis; this was the pelt of the sacred ram which on Zeus’ behest saved the lives of Phrixus and Helle. Jason, accompanied by fifty heroes that had gathered from all over Greece, sailed off in his ship, the Argo, from Iolcus, took the Fleece from Colchis and princess Medea and sailed to the delta of the Danube, in modern Romania;...