ID: 901001830 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001830	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Quest for the Golden Fleece (Greek narrative)

Note: The Golden Fleece had originated in the following manner. Jason’s uncle Athamas had had two children, Phrixus and Helle, by his first wife, Nephele, the cloud goddess. Ino, his second wife, hated the children of Nephele and persuaded Athamas to sacrifice Phrixus as the only means of alleviating a famine. But before the sacrifice, Nephele appeared to Phrixus, bringing a ram with a golden fleece on which he and his sister Helle tried to escape over the sea. Helle fell off and was drowned in the strait that after her was called the Hellespont. Phrixus safely reached the other side, and, proceeding to Colchis on the farther shore of the Euxine (Black) Sea, he sacrificed the ram and hung up its fleece in the grove of Ares, where it was guarded by a sleepless dragon. Jason, having undertaken the quest of the fleece, called upon the noblest heroes of Greece to take part in the expedition.

Names:

	Quest for the Golden Fleece (Greek narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek narratives> (P)
		............Story of the Argonauts (Greek narratives) (I)
		................Quest for the Golden Fleece (Greek narrative) (P)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Jason
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Jason (Greek character)) [901000152]

	actor is .... Argonauts
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Argonauts (Greek characters)) [901000151]

	associated with .... Golden Fleece
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek allegory, symbolism, theme, Golden Fleece (Greek legendary thing)) [901001829]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Quest for the Golden Fleece (Greek narrative)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 94A story of the argonauts; quest for the Golden Fleece
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 94A story of the argonauts; quest for the Golden Fleece
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Argonaut," accessed 12 June 2017