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Hercules, the strongest man alive with [br]a mighty heart to match.

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Orpheus, charmer of nature [br]and master of music.

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Castor and Pollux, the twin tricksters [br]hatched from an egg.

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The Boreads, sons of the North Wind [br]who could hurtle through the air.

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For untold times these heroes had roamed[br]ancient Greece,

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creating new legends wherever they went.

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But none of their adventures was so great [br]as when they joined forces

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for the sake of a young man named Jason.

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Years before, Jason’s uncle Pelias had [br]ruthlessly usurped the throne of Thessaly

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from Jason’s grandfather.

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When Jason returned to his [br]father’s stolen court,

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the cowardly king set him a seemingly [br]impossible task:

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cross the teeming seas to Colchis,

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and steal the golden fleece of a flying [br]ram from under King Aeetes’ nose.

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If Jason retrieved the Fleece,

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Pelias promised to relinquish the throne.

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Touched by his heroic mission,

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the Gods spread Jason’s call for help,

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and soon he had assembled [br]a not-so-motley crew.

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These heroes, alongside countless sailors,[br]soothsayers, and rebel demigods,

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named themselves the Argonauts [br]after their sturdy ship.

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But the path ahead was marked with [br]untold terrors–

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enough to test even the fiercest heroes.

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Their first stop was Lemnos, an isle of [br]women who had killed all the island’s men.

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As punishment, Aphrodite had cursed them[br]with a sickening stench–

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but that didn’t stop Jason fathering twins[br]with the queen.

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The rest of the crew also found themselves[br]embroiled in new romances;

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until Hercules chastised them [br]for not behaving like heroes.

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Eventually, they sailed on [br]to the Mount of Bears,

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an island where a group of ancient, [br]six-armed monsters

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lived alongside the peaceful Doliones.

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While the clan welcomed the Argonauts [br]with open arms,

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the monsters surged down from the [br]mountains

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and hurled rocks at the docked ship.

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Hercules held them off single-handedly,

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before his comrades joined the fray.

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Bolstered by their victory, the triumphant[br]heroes sailed onward–

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only to be blown back to the island [br]several stormy nights later.

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In the tempest, the Doliones thought these[br]new arrivals invaders.

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The Argonauts were similarly unaware of [br]their surroundings,

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and fought blunderingly in the dark, [br]slaying wave after wave of foe.

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But the morning light [br]revealed a horrible truth:

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their victims were none other [br]than their previous hosts.

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Yet again, Jason had allowed [br]the crew to be distracted,

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this time at a terrible cost.

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Ashamed at his conduct, he resolved [br]to focus only on the Fleece,

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but even this haste proved ruinous.

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When Hercules’ squire was abducted [br]by a water nymph, Jason sailed on–

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oblivious to the absence of his [br]most powerful crewmate.

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The remaining Argonauts continued [br]their quest,

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until stopping at the sight of an old man [br]surrounded by a swirl of harpies.

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This was Phineas, a seer cursed by Zeus[br]to endure old age, blindness,

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and endless torture for giving [br]away his prophecies.

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Moved by his plight, the wind brothers [br]set upon the flock,

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providing Phineas with a brief respite [br]from his punishment.

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In return,

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the seer told them how to overcome[br]the terrifying trial that lay ahead:

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the Symplegades, a pair clashing rocks [br]that reduced ships to splinters.

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But first, the Argonauts would have to [br]maneuver past the mouth of hell,

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around the island of the bloodthirsty [br]Amazons, and under psychedelic skies.

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These adventures cost the crew both [br]in men and morale–

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and some feared they might [br]be losing their minds.

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Upon, reaching the clashing rocks, [br]the exhausted crew quaked with fear.

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But Phineas’ advice rang in their heads.

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The Argonauts released a single dove

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and sped through in its wake [br]to emerge unscathed.

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With this narrow escape, the Argonauts [br]finally had Colchis in their sights.

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Yet while Jason rested and celebrated [br]with his crew,

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he could feel his time among them [br]was drawing to a close.

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As the fleece gleamed in his mind, he knew[br]he would have to retrieve it alone.

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But he could not guess

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that this final task would have [br]the most horrible price of all.