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Golden Fleece
noun
- a fleece of pure gold, kept at Colchis by King Ae毛tes from whom it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts with the help of Ae毛tes's daughter, Medea.
Golden Fleece
noun
- Greek myth the fleece of a winged ram that rescued Phrixus and brought him to Colchis, where he sacrificed it to Zeus. Phrixus gave the fleece to King Ae毛tes who kept it in a sacred grove, whence Jason and the Argonauts stole it with the help of Ae毛tes' daughter See also Phrixus
Golden Fleece
- In classical mythology , the pure gold fleece of a miraculous flying ram. Jason and the Argonauts made their voyage in quest of it. The fleece was kept in a kingdom on the Black Sea .
Example Sentences
Perched high above the valley and dating to the early 13th century, the fortress contains three capes from the Golden Fleece, one of the most prestigious orders of chivalry in the world.
In the 1970s, Senator William Proxmire, a Democratic senator from Wisconsin, began issuing monthly 鈥淕olden Fleece Awards鈥 to projects that he believed were misusing tax dollars.
It鈥檚 a version of the Greek myth in which she, having helped Jason retrieve the Golden Fleece, exacts revenge on him after he abandons her.
Two goldenrods that behave better and spread more slowly than others in mixed plantings, Carey said, are Solidago rugosa Fireworks and the compact cultivar S. sphacelata Golden Fleece.
鈥淎h, that鈥檚 the ram that became the Golden Fleece that Jason and the Argonauts stole?鈥
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