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Around Greek mythology, Argo was the ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcus to retrieve the Golden Fleece. A better source for the myth is Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius.

Argo was built by Argus, son of Phrixus, and was so known as fallowing its builder. A Argo got a gifts of speech & prophecy because it was processed of oak wood from either a oracle at Dodona.

A Argo & its crew were specially protected per goddess Hera.

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