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The Golden Fleece : and the heroes who lived before Achilles / Padraic Colum ; illustrations by Willy Pogány.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1949.Description: 315 p.: ill.; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780486824475
  • 0486824470
Uniform titles:
  • Golden Fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.20937 F COL 1949
LOC classification:
  • BL820.A8 C64 2018
Summary: Jason was born the son of King Aeson. His destiny was to rule lolcus, the land that his fathers brother, King Pelias, had taken from him. When Jason comes of age he returns to lolcus. But the king is not yet willing to give up his throne.So, he cunningly persuades 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 fat, far from the land he loves.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972. Golden Fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles.
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Children's Library Children's Area Fiction 823 COL 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 000322 Available MzUCLibM-000322
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Children's Library Children's Area Fiction 823 COL 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 000321 Available MzUCLibM-000321
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"This Dover edition, first published in 2005 and reissued in 2018, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published as The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by The Macmillan Company, New York, in 1921. The color plates have been omitted, and the three black-and-white illustrations in the front matter have been moved from their original positions. Captions have been provided for the illustrations"-- Publisher's note.

Jason was born the son of King Aeson. His destiny was to rule lolcus, the land that his fathers brother, King Pelias, had taken from him. When Jason comes of age he returns to lolcus. But the king is not yet willing to give up his throne.So, he cunningly persuades 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 fat, far from the land he loves.

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