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Exultation as the Argonauts sail successfully through the Clashing Rocks. Scene from Wrath of the Gods.


Argonauts (AR-guh-nawts). The group of heroes who sailed with Jason after the Golden Fleece. Their name derived from their vessel, the Argo. Among them were Heracles, Orpheus and the heroine Atalanta. The Argonauts navigated between both the Clashing Rocks and the Wandering Rocks and managed to avoid the fatal allure of the Sirens.