The limbs of that guardian of this object are likened to the Nile and Po rivers, in a simile describing this object's theft written by Valerius Flaccus.
An alternate story in which this object's protector eats a man, then disgorges him, is sourced from two 5th-century Attic ceramics. The limbs of that guardian of this object are likened to the Nile and Po rivers, in a simile describing this object's theft written by Valerius Flaccus. It's not a ship, but a story centering on this object opens with an invocation to Phoebus that discusses the "mouth of Pontus." This object's origins are connected to the origin of the name "Hellespont," as Helle fell into the sea while being taken away from Boeotia ("bee-OH-shuh") with her brother Phrixus, after which this object was created through a sacrifice. Pelias told a character to obtain this object, which was kept in a sacred grove of Ares by King Aeetes in Colchis. Apollonius of Rhodes wrote an epic about the quest to obtain, for 10 points, what object sought by the Argonauts?
An alternate story in which this object's protector eats a man, then disgorges him, is sourced from two 5th-century Attic ceramics.
Golden Fleece [or Chrysomallus or Chrysómallon déras] &lt;Mythology&gt;