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Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, and biographer known to be one of the leading figures in the Celtic Revival. In 1916 Colum wrote The King of Ireland's Son, which was his first children's book. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles describes the cycle of myths around the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece, as well as the tales of the Creation of Heaven and Earth. The strange and wondrous adventures of Jason and his brave Argonauts, who sought the famous Golden Fleece are interwoven with the adventures of the mythical tales of Orpheus, Atalanta, Theseus, and Pandora and her secret box. This book is recommended for grades 5-8 and older interested readers.

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This book includes: PART I. The Voyage to Colchis: The Youth Jason; King Pelias; The Golden Fleece; The Assembling Of The Heroes And The Building Of The Ship; The Argo; Polydeuces' Victory And Heracles' Loss; King Phineus; King Phineus's Counsel; The Landing In Lemnos; The Lemnian Maidens; The Departure From Lemnos; and The Passage Of The Symplegades. The Mountain Caucasus. Part II. The Return To Greece: King Æetes; Medea The Sorceress; The Winning Of The Golden Fleece; The Slaying Of Apsyrtus; Medea Comes To Circe; In The Land Of The Phaeacians; They Come To The Desert Land; The Carrying Of The Argo; and Near To Iolcus Again. Part III. The Heroes Of The Quest: Atalanta The Huntress; Peleus And His Bride From The Sea; Theseus And The Minotaur; The Life And Labors Of Heracles; Admetus; How Orpheus The Minstrel Went Down To The World Of The Dead; and Jason And Medea. Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's writer and folklorist. He was among the key figures of the Irish Literary Revival. He was given an award by Cumann na nGaedheal for his anti-enlistment theatrical, The Saxon Shillin'. During his show he came to be implicated with the National Theatre Society and came to be involved in the foundation of the Abbey Theatre, inditing a number of its first performances. His first show, Broken Soil, retitled as The Fiddler's House was staged by W. G. Fay's Irish National Dramatic Company. The Land, was among the theater’s first huge successes. He produced another significant presentation for the Abbey entitled Thomas Muskerry. His first issued poetry was seen in The United Irishman, a collection edited by Arthur Griffith. His first collection, Wild Earth gathered some of these rhymes and was dedicated to Æ.

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Jason is born the son of King Aeson. His destiny is to rule Iolcus, the land that his father's brother, King Pelias, has taken from him. When Jason comes of age, he returns to Iolcus, but the king is not yet willing to give up his throne. So he cunninglypersuades Jason to accept a dare to bring back the famous Golden Fleece of Colchis. Jason accepts the challenge - unaware that he is being conned into a dangerous and perhaps fatal journey far, far from the land he loves. Along with Heracles and Theseus,Perseus and Atalanta and, of course, the sorceress Medea, Jason travels on a wondrous journey in the ship Argo to strange lands populated by even stranger inhabitants. While they travel, Orpheus, the famous Greek storyteller, sings songs about the gods and goddesses and the creation of heaven and earth. This is the story of Jason, the Argonauts, and their quest for the Golden Fleece.