Identifier: goldenfleeceherocolu Title: The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors: Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 Pogány, Willy, 1882-1955, ill Subjects: Argonauts (Greek mythology) Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: d Heracles Loss 38 7. King Phineus 45 8. King Phineuss Counsel; the Landing in Lemnos . 52 9. The Lemnian Maidens . . 58 Demeter and Persephone 61 Atalantas Race . . 73 vii viii CONTENTS Part I. Continued. 10. The Departure from Lemnos 81 The Golden Maid 83 11. The Passage of the Symplegades 94 12. The Mountain Caucasus 97 Prometheus ... 99 Part II. The Return to Greece. 1. King iEetes 109 2. Medea the Sorceress 118 ^r 3. The Winning of the Golden Fleece 127 4. The Slaying of Apsyrtus 134 5. Medea Comes to Circe 139 6. In the Land of the Phaeacians 142 7. They Come to the Desert Land 14S 8. The Carrying of the Argo 152 The Story of Perseus 156 9. Near to Iolcus Again 176 Part III. The Heroes of the Quest. 1. Atalanta the Huntress 183 2. Peleus and His Bride from the Sea 192 ^ 3. Theseus and the Minotaur 201 4. The Life and Labors of Heracles 223 The Battle of the Frogs and Mice 247 5. Admetus 258 6. How Orpheus the Minstrel Went Down to the World of the Dead 268 7. Jason and Medea 273 Text Appearing After Image: I L L H S TRA T 1 ON S Jason and Medea Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Argo • 24 Hylas 42 Persephone and Aidoneus 64 Atalantas Last Race 80 Prometheus ,....,. 102 The Field of the Dragons Teeth 128 Perseus and Andromeda 168 is PART I. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.