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.