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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Argonauts .
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It was no tale of Homeric blows and knocks, Argonautic voyaging, or Theban family woe that inflamed their imaginations and spurred them onward.
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Think for a moment of all the marvels of the Argonautic expedition; that vessel, itself sentient and intelligent, having its prophet as well as pilot on board, darting through rocks which move and join together, like huge pincers, to crush the passing ship; think of the wondrous Medea who conducted the homeward voyage, and reflect upon the sort of people who created and credited all these marvels.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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He also formed one of the brave band who shared in the perils of the Argonautic expedition.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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Their names appear both among the hunters of the Calydonian boar-hunt and the heroes of the Argonautic expedition.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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The tale of the Argonautic Expedition is told with many variations in the legends of the Greeks.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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Its peaks outrank those of Switzerland both in height and in rugged grandeur of outline; its glaciers, ice-falls and avalanches are second in extent and magnitude only to those of the Himalayas: the diversity of its climates is only paralleled by the diversity of the races which inhabit it; and its history -- beginning with the Argonautic expedition and ending with the
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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The part of Thessaly opposite the Negropont is the ancient Myseria and the first scene of the memorable Argonautic
Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir Lady Biddulph of Ledbury
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Many who relinquish without effort the Argonautic expedition, and as an historical problem are glad to be rid of it, -- who resign all attempt to extract a prosaic truth out of the exploits of
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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Autolycus is also said to have instructed Heracles in the art of wrestling, and to have taken part in the Argonautic expedition.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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The Argonautic terrors of the Black Sea were forgotten or unheeded, and even those remote shores received their emigrants.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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