Modern-day Argonauts


	Modern-day Argonauts

hitchhiker08

7-7-2008 4:38 AM

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golden fleece, mycenaean era, mythology, jason, adventure, exploration

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7-7-2008 8:29 AM

Fast T friend

One of my most favorite childhood stories. thanks for this clip.

7-8-2008 12:09 AM

hitchhiker08

Urw, FTF.....

7-8-2008 5:26 AM

Fast T friend

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6d52d3e8-5cba-4c6c-a362-04e6f2b0ca56/D8E8DEE3-BD96-4479-AD58-8A9A1B5E642F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html" href="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.odditycentral.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html"><DIV class="titlebg">Modern-day Argonauts</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html"><P>One of the world’s most fascinating legends is <STRONG>Jason and the Argonaut’s journey for the Golden Fleece</STRONG>. Now there are those who want to retake the unbelievable journey in an identical wooden ship.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/016EE02B-EAAE-4F1E-80E8-043E59D7E263" alt="modern_argonauts.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html">A replica of the <STRONG>Argo</STRONG> has been built according to the known designs for warships in the <STRONG>Mycenaean era</STRONG>, equipped with a ram used to break the hull of enemy ships. The ship will carry 50 oarsmen with another 22 standing by on a ship sailing behind the <STRONG>Argo</STRONG>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/88DF97D7-5C25-444C-98EF-E7FBAC67933A" alt="modern_argonauts1.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html">The <STRONG>modern argonauts</STRONG> will spend 2 months at sea, sailing 2000 nautical miles (3700 km), but unfortunately won’t be able to follow the journey of the original <STRONG>Greek heroes</STRONG>. Turkey has refused to guarantee safe passage for the 28.5 meters long ship through the <STRONG>Bosporus Strait</STRONG>, so the adventurers won’t be able to reach the city of <STRONG>Colchis</STRONG>, in modern <STRONG>Georgia</STRONG>. It will however retrace part of the argonauts return voyage.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/4FCE76D0-516E-4D6B-9624-C8EC46509CD9" alt="modern_argonauts2.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/modern-day-argonauts.html"><P><STRONG>Argo</STRONG> and the 50 <STRONG>argonauts</STRONG> left on June 13 and will reach their destination on August 11.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_Fleece&oldid=223555316" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_Fleece&oldid=223555316" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_Fleece&oldid=223555316"><H1 class="firstHeading"><SPAN><SPAN>Golden Fleece</SPAN></SPAN></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_Fleece&oldid=223555316"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/251AB3E4-07E7-4FC0-AD32-B0686937BC62" alt="Jason returns with the golden Fleece on an Apulian red-figure calyx krater, ca. 340–330 BCE" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D8E8DEE3-BD96-4479-AD58-8A9A1B5E642F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>