Argo
Sat Jul 27 2002 at 23:07:20
When King Pelius sent Jason on a quest to find the Golden Fleece, he had much to do in preparation. He needed a crew, he needed supplies, and since the Golden Fleece was across the sea, in Colchis, he needed a boat.
Jason went to the best shipwright in Greece, Argus, and commissioned him to make a ship for his journey. In a fit of (possible) narcissism, Argus named the ship (kinda) after himself. It became known as the Argo, the greatest ship to ever sail in it's time, and the members of the Argo's crew were called the Argonauts. Jason's only specification for the Argo was that it needed spaces for 50 oars; however, Argus had more than just himself working on the Argo.