Argonaut
noun
a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
Argonautic
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a word derived from
Argonaut.
Example Sentences
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The result was the memorable Argonautic expedition of the ship Argo, to the distant land of Colchis, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
He also formed one of the brave band who shared in the perils of the Argonautic expedition.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens
Railways, steamboats, and telegraphs, annihilating space and time, would also have annihilated the Argonautic expedition and the wanderings of Ulysses.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various
It then recounts the individual history of Jason's companions subsequent to the Argonautic expedition, showing how almost all came to an untimely end.
From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Frank Justus Miller
And by these wars and the Argonautic expedition, the great Empire of Egypt breaks in pieces.
From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Sir Isaac Newton
