Jason Golden Fleece

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To reclaim his stolen throne, Jason is sent by the usurper Pelias after the Golden Fleece — the hide of the golden ram that once bore the children Phrixus and Helle to safety (Helle falling on the way into the strait that bears her name, the Hellespont). The ram became the constellation Aries, and its fleece hangs in distant Colchis, guarded by a sleepless dragon. — Greek myth