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The classic myth of the golden fleece

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This is a classic story from Greek mythology. As you will see in the video, this fleece was from a coveted golde ram whose hair was made out of gold. Anyone who was able to get their hands on this fleece would be considered a true king and would gain access to power over the land. This is where the story gets a little more complicated...
 
This is one of my favorite stories. Thank you for sharing!
 
k_tsoukalas said:
This is one of my favorite stories. Thank you for sharing!
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This myth is probably the first real Greek myth in that it utilises numerous characters based on constellations, with the ram of the Golden Fleece [Aries] and Tyro, mother of Pelias, the most important as the originator of this myth was seeking to link the
constellations to places related to the known world then ,from a Greek point of view.
A far older version of this was already in existence in Egypt. Khnum [Bata/Neleus] of Elephantine is Greek Aquarius/Ganymede [Ganesha in India/Ganges-lord].Leo is the Sphinx. Hydra is the Nile [Neilos/Nilus] Delta [9 heads/9 branches of Nile] =Wadjit of Buto. Canopus,main star of Argo Navis ,was a port on the coast of Egypt frequented by Argive ships. Scorpio was linked to the Eastern Desert robbers of merchant [ Mercury/Saggitarius] convoys from Coptos [ Min]. Ursa Minor was linked to Wepwawet of Asyut/Lycopolis [see Dendera zodiac]. Pisces is Esna [Latopolis/Nile perch symbol of Neith].
In the Greek version Leo remained the Sphinx, Virgo was Cyrene, Cancer Tyre/Tyro, Taurus Mountains, Aries was Colchis, Pisces Don[Dione] and Donets, Aquarius was Hylaea [Hylas/Iulus/Iolaus/Horus/Helios/Atum/Sol/Saulius the Scythian king] in Scythia/Ashkenaz/Ai Sakas/Ascanius.
Ai means Alas in Greek [see Linus/Ailinus]. Capricorn was Aegai/Macedon, Saggitarius was Aeolia and Scorpio was Dodona.Ursa Minor linked to Lycia and Ursa Major [Taweret/Sekhmet of Memphis in Egypt] to Cyprus.
Greek medon means lord as does Sanskrit Esha and Pati.
The Argo was a penteconter with 50 oarsmen [100 eyes].
Canopus/Argo Navis is Argus Panoptes [Helios/Khnum; confused with Hapi/Apis].Io is Canis Major/Sirius. Canopus is dog and optes/eye.Argus watched Io.
The claim that Pelias [Abel/Cycnus] and Neleus were sons of Poseidon and Tyro is an error in Greek mythology and was followed in Irish myth,The Sons of Lir.Abel is a name of Abelio/Apollo/Abellio [ apple-god ]/Ruadan/Rudianos/Aplu Enlil/Nergal/Reshef/Geb in Egypt.Aeetes [Eetion/eagle/Aetos] and
Tantalus [Iobates/Thiassi/Priam/Brahma]
were names of Mercury [Adam/Phoroneus].Priam means ransomed.Phoroneus means bringer of a price.
Iobates is Biblical Job and is a joining of Io and Bata [Khnum/Helios], his parents. Dione [Athena Peitho] was Leto
[ Neith/Tefnut]. Mercury was Shu [Anhur/
Actaeon/Aegialus/Oneiros/Morpheus/
Periclymenus] in Egypt and Hyacinthus/Hyacynthos [son of Hyas and Cynthia/dog-star] in Greece,
Brahma [ Budha/Buddha] in India. Brahma and Hyacinthus [Larkspur flower in antiquity ] are both depicted riding on a swan [Hamsa/constellation Cygnus/Ornis/lark/
laverock/Lyrcus/Phocus/Peleus].
Actaeus means coast and aegialus means sea-shore.
Akhilleus/Achilles is linked to the Orca/
killer-whale [linked to the much smaller dolphin/Delphinus/Telipinu/Set]. Orcas kill and eat seals [Phocus].
Ptah is Capricorn
and Epimetheus as well as being Pan.
Neleus was Horus and Acastus/Agastya. Castor was Seth.
Jason [Iasion] was Pan/Paean/Cain/Hephaestus [Capricorn]. Aeson is Mercury [Aeetes].
Pelias [Mars] slew Aeson [Mercury].
Medea is Anahita [called Angitia/Anguitia in Italy] and is Cassandra [Cassiopeia/Iole/Antiope].
Phrixus son of Athamas [Tammuz/Adonis] is Mithras
[Perseus/Hades/Theseus]. Mithras is Misharu ['Law'],son of Shamash [Nergal/Mesha-deva/Mazda/Shimegi/Shamgar].
The Perseus constellation is Phrixus who sacrificed Aries [Ares/Shamash, real father of Misharu]
with the Triangulum [knife]. Mithras is linked to Mot/
Mavet [Osiris]. Argus is Horus.
The clash of the Spartoi and the Argonauts refers to the wars between the Spartans
[called Shardana in the Amarna period]
and the Argives.
The Argonauts [Argives] attack on Talos
[Sea-god/Palaemon] in Crete refers to the Dorian invasion of Crete. The failed attack of the Sardinians on Talos refers to the Shardana.
The Shardana were first recorded as mercenary troops of Egypt in the reign of Akhenaton [Aeetes/Shu] on contemporary
Egyptian Amarna illustrations [see Joyce Tyldesley's old book on Akhenaton].
Apsyrtos Phaethon is Tutankhamun who died from complications due to a broken leg caused in a chariot accident.The constellation Cygnus was a swan, a dove, a lark, a kingfisher, a woodpecker,a hoopoe, or a magpie [see Picus]. The constellation Aquila was an eagle,a rooster, or a crow.
Aries is Arsaphes/Herishef/Reshef [Nergal].
Ra or Re [Atum/Helios/Horus/Savitr] is the god of the king [Rajah/Rex] of Egypt. Mercury is the god of the king's chief minister [Dan/Judge at Jerusalem/Brahmins].
Mars is the god of soldiers [Kshatriyas].
Hesperus is linked to the king's Treasurer. Lucifer was linked to the King's Paymaster,
who paid the soldiers'/mercenaries' wages. Thoth/Tjehuti means Mayor and Hermes Epeius is Roman Equeius [Knights/Equestrian class]. Daksha/Medraut/Skillful/Pan/Paeon/Peon/peasants/Daedalus [husband of Perdix/pheasant] was the class/caste below the knights.
They employed the unskilled labour [ the vast majority of the population, who looked to Zeus as their champion/god ].
The Peleiades [female doves/Pleiades] slew their father Pelias [Ares/Mars/War].
Python [sought to rape Leto/Gaia] is Indian Pushan [Mercury].Apollo slew Python. Python [Shu/Yahweh/Ixion] slew Opheltes/Archemorus
[Erichthonius/Helios/Eros/Acamas/
Aristaeus/Idmon/Idomeneus/Savitr/Satyr/Oedipus/Zoroaster/Zarathustra/
Nilus/Khnum/Ganymede/Bata/Deion].
Savitri is Sarasvati [Chione/Oreithyia/Neith/Nephele/cloud of snow/Asterodia/Ganymeda].Chiron [Centaurus] is Nessus the Centaur [Nemty/Anti/Antion/Antaeus/Creon/Tiw/
Aegialeus/Egil One-Hand/Anytos/Crius].
Anteia is Isis/Io/Phaedra and Antigone is Medusa [Nephthys/Megara/Scylla/Despoina/
Ariadne].
There is confusion between Hera/Hebe and Nephele/Chione/Asterodia. Ares punished Ixion.
Aeacus is Aeginetes.Peleus is Pelias.
 
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