The Quest For The Golden Fleece
Jason assembled a great group of heroes, known as the Argonauts after their ship, the Argo. The group of heroes included the Boreads (sons of Boreas, the North Wind) who could fly, Heracles, Philoctetes, Peleus, Telamon, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux, Atalanta, and Euphemus.
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—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
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