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	Golden Fleece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is that of the winged ram Chrysomallos (Χρυσομαλλος).
		Phrixus then sacrificed the ram and hung its fleece on a tree (sometimes an oak tree) in a grove sacred to Ares, where it was guarded by a dragon.
		Sheep fleeces, sometimes stretched over a wood frame, would be submerged in the stream, and gold flecks borne down from upstream placer deposits would collect in them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Golden_Fleece (1232 words)

	Order of the Golden Fleece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Order of the Golden Fleece (Orden del Toisón de Oro in Spanish) is an order of chivalry founded in 1430 by Duke Philip III of Burgundy to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Isabelle of Aviz.
		Her right to award the Fleece was challenged by Carlists and the prestige of the Order inevitably suffered due to the political controversies of the period.
		Sovereignty remained with the head of the Spanish house of Bourbon during the republican (1931-39) and Francoist (1939-1975) periods and is held today by the present king of Spain, Juan Carlos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece (684 words)

	THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Golden Fleece came to be an élite society or companionage of sovereigns, princes and great nobles whose statutory duties became largely nominal by the middle of the sixteenth century.
		The allegation that the Sovereignty of the Golden Fleece was attached to possession of the Netherlands was entirely without merit, although after the First World War it led some Belgian officials to claim the Sovereignty on behalf of their King.
		The Sovereignty of the Golden Fleece was attached to the titular duchy of Burgundy and neither to the Headship of the House of Habsburg nor to Sovereignty of the Netherlands.
	www.chivalricorders.org /orders/other/goldflee.htm (4315 words)

	Golden Fleece
		The Golden Fleece was the treasure sought by Jason and the Argonauts.
		When the crop failed, messengers were sent to consult the oracle at Delphi, and Ino persuaded the messengers to say that that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus to restore fertility to the fields.
		Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus, and gave its pelt (the Golden Fleece) to Aeetes.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/g/golden_fleece.html (180 words)

	The Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The succession of Philip V of Spain to the Sovereignty of the Golden Fleece was at first unchallenged by the Habsburgs but after the death of the Emperor in 1712, his younger brother and heir, the Archduke Charles begun to make awards of the Order.
		Unlike the succession to the Crown itself, the Sovereignty of the Golden Fleece was always a subordinate dignity which the founder had invested as a perpetual inheritance for his heirs.
		Although it was claimed by the Carlists, and by some later writers, that Isabel's assumption of the Sovereignty of the Golden Fleece was in contravention of the Statutes, the original terms of the Burgundian succession would have placed her as the heir after the death of Ferdinand VII.
	www.chivalricorders.org /orders/spanish/spangdfl.htm (3380 words)

	Hermeticism and the Golden Fleece - Joseph Caezza
		Hermeticism and the Golden Fleece - Joseph Caezza
		Every century and upon every continent a handful of exceptional men are born who possess the innate ability to read the signatures of nature directly, to see immediately into the mystery of continuous creation and to know pristine reality revealed by the power of imaginal identification.
		A generation ahead of mythic Cadmus, a generation behind Homer's Ulysses, Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece constitutes a fabulous example of the archetypal process of Nature referred to in the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Tristmegistus as "the operation of the Sun".
	www.levity.com /alchemy/caezza3.html (2239 words)

	AllRefer.com - Golden Fleece (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
		Golden Fleece, in Greek mythology, the magic fleece of the winged ram that saved Phrixus and Helle, the children of Nephele and Athamas, from the jealousy of Ino, Athamas' second wife.
		Phrixus arrived safely, sacrificed the ram, and hung its fleece in a wood guarded by a dragon.
		The quest of Jason and the Argonauts was for this fleece.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GoldenFl.html (216 words)

	Golden Fleece on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		GOLDEN FLEECE [Golden Fleece] in Greek mythology, the magic fleece of the winged ram that saved Phrixus and Helle, the children of Nephele and Athamas, from the jealousy of Ino, Athamas' second wife.
		New Golden Fleece Award to be Announced on July 5.
		The Golden Fleece Reunited With Colt Pegasus At Oakland University's Meadow Brook Hall.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/GoldenF1l.asp (357 words)

	Society of the Golden Fleece
		Through their efforts the Golden Fleece remains the symbol for the highest service of mankind through a life of selfless duty.
		We have loaned them the Fleece, to be worn on the appropriate ribbon by Phillip II in their filming of The Conquest of America that is due to air in April, 2005.
		His pages on the Spanish Fleece and the Austrian Fleece are equally good, but his internal navigation links are often old and unreliable.
	www.antiquesatoz.com /sgfleece (770 words)

	Vicunas: Bearers of the Golden Fleece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vicuna fleece was seen as so valuable that only the Inca ruler and his court were allowed to wear garments spun form it.
		In today's open market, a pound of raw fleece shorn from a vicuna sells for more than $225, which means that vicuna wool is the world's most valuable natural fiber.
		It was the first to begin processing vicuna fleece into high-end garments in conjunction with the chacu program, which ensures villagers get the lion's share of profits.
	www.bonnydoonalpacas.org /vicunart.htm (1444 words)

	Taxpayers for Common Sense: Golden Fleece Awards: About the Golden Fleece
		This history of the Senator and his famous Golden Fleece Award is compiled in his honor.
		The dubious distinction of a Golden Fleece Award was not given to just any example of government waste in the federal budget.
		Golden Fleece not only makes its point about the potential dangers of ill-managed and ill-conceived government programs, but reminds us of the humor and character of this noble public servant.”
	www.taxpayer.net /awards/goldenfleece/about.htm (1211 words)

	Review of Robert J. Sawyer's Golden Fleece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Golden Fleece is Robert J. Sawyer's first novel and it uses many of the same themes and anxieties as does 2001.
		The aliens of Golden Fleece are as cryptic as the monoliths or the monolith-makers, and the enigmatic presence of the Other drives the narrative in similar ways in both cases.
		Golden Fleece itself stands up quite well to such later triumphs as the Nebula-winner The Terminal Experiment, and it's a worthy successor of 2001.
	www.challengingdestiny.com /reviews/goldenfleece.htm (821 words)

	The Golden Fleece
		Apollo asketh the Author of the Golden Fleece wherefore his Countreymen of Wales, hauing the commodiousnesse of the Sea with a large scope of land, are notwithstanding very much impouerished of late.
		Apollo to make the Golden Fleece a complete Catholike Restoratiue to the State of Great Britaine, commands the Seuen Wisemen of Greece to declare out of their experience, some more meanes for the inriching of that State: which they seuerally performe.
		NOTE: This document was transcribed from the original The Golden Fleece published in 1626 and contained in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, QueenElizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
	www.mun.ca /rels/hrollmann/relsoc/texts/vaughan/contents.html (3354 words)

	Golden Fleece, Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1853
		In memory of this good deed, and as a token of his true heart, the fleece of the poor dead ram was miraculously changed to gold, and became one of the most beautiful objects ever seen on earth.
		So she put a golden box into his hand, and directed him how to apply the perfumed unguent which it contained, and where to meet her at midnight.
		Jason caught the fleece from the tree, and hurried through the grove, the deep shadows of which were illuminated as he passed by the golden glory of the precious object that he bore along.
	www.ibiblio.org /eldritch/nh/tt07.html (11475 words)

	Golden Fleece
		I went to the British Museum in January 2001 to study silver cobs from the Colombian mints of Nuevo Reino and Cartagena, cobs are a crude style of hand hammered coins made in Spain and Spanish America.
		To understand how the Golden Fleece design came into being it is necessary to place it in historical context.
		The emblem of the Golden Fleece and the Collar of the Golden Fleece have been used on thousands if not millions of coins in the last 500 years, it is by far one of the most familiar designs on Spanish coinage.
	www.macuquina.com /histories/fleece.htm (2397 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Golden Fleece.
		Ino persuaded her husband, Ath’amas, that his son Phryxos was the cause of a famine which desolated the land, and the old dotard ordered him to be sacrificed to the angry gods.
		Phryxos being apprised of this order, made his escape over sea on a ram which had a golden fleece.
		Australia has been called “The Land of the Golden Fleece,” because of the quantity of wool produced there.
	www.bartleby.com /81/7338.html (164 words)

	Land of “Golden Fleece” \| Argonauts path \| “Golden Fleece” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The king had a priceless treasure, the hide of a golden ram, which hung in a tree in a sacred grove and was guarded day and night by a fire-breathing dragon.
		It was for that Golden Fleece that the serene-eyed Jason, having gathered heroes from all over Greece (one of whom was Heracles), set out on his journey.
		The plot of the ancient epic by Apollonius of Rhodos is associated with the city -this concerns the legendary town of Colchis, to which the argonauts sailed in search of the Golden Fleece.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/10909.html (666 words)

	The Golden Fleece- Medea
		Mercury assisted her, and gave her a ram with a golden fleece, on which she set the two children, trusting that the ram would convey them to a place of safety.
		Jason seized the fleece and with his friends and Medea accompanying, hastened to their vessel before AEetes the king could arrest their departure, and made the best of their way back to Thessaly, where they arrived safe, and Jason delivered the fleece to Pelias, and dedicated the "Argo" to Neptune.
		Amid the rejoicings for the recovery of the Golden Fleece, Jason felt that one thing was wanting, the presence of AEson, his father, who was prevented by his age and infirmities from taking part in them.
	www.harvestfields.ca /ebook/etexts1/02/09/05.htm (9367 words)

	Padraic Colum 1922. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Fiction > Padraic Colum > The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles.
		The heroes who were aboard started up, astonished to see the Fleece that shone as with the lightning of Zeus.
		The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles.
	www.bartleby.com /72 (135 words)

	Bulfinch's Mythology, Chapter 17: Jason and the Argonauts - Medea
		Mercury (Hermes) assisted her, and gave her a ram with a golden fleece, on which she set the two children, trusting that the ram would convey them to a place of safety.
		Phryxus sacrificed the ram to Jupiter (Zeus), and gave the Golden Fleece to AEetes, who placed it in a consecrated grove, under the care of a sleepless dragon.
		Jason seized the fleece and with his friends and Medea accompanying, hastened to their vessel before AEetes the king could arrest their departure, and made the best of their way back to Thessaly, where they arrived safe, and Jason delivered the fleece to Pelias, and dedicated the "Argo" to Neptune (Poseidon).
	www.bulfinch.org /fables/bull17.html (2719 words)

	Taxpayers for Common Sense: Golden Fleece Awards
		One of the most popular and enduring icons of American politics, Senator Proxmire’s Golden Fleece Award embodied both outrage and humor as it put the public spotlight on waste and abuse of taxpayer money.
		The first revised Golden Fleece was awarded to the FAA for fleecing taxpayers out of a half a billion dollars in lost taxpayer revenue at the Tampa International Airport.
		In honor of Senator Proxmire, Taxpayers for Common Sense has also, for the first time ever, collected the complete history of the Golden Fleece for the education and enjoyment of taxpayers of all generations.
	www.taxpayer.net /awards/goldenfleece (206 words)

	California Golden Fleece Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The California Golden Fleece Awards are given for spending programs or regulations that violate common-sense principles of responsible government, would be considered wasteful by people of varying political philosophies, and are well documented.
		The California Golden Fleece Awards are directed by Dr. Lawrence J. McQuillan, director of Business and Economic Studies at PRI.
		California governor Gray Davis receives the first California Golden Fleece Award for leading the state to the fiscal abyss by failing to cut waste from the state budget.
	www.pacificresearch.org /centers/cfe/cgfa (914 words)

	COLCHIS, THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE, REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
		Ancient Greek legends told of a fabulously wealthy land where Jason and the Argonauts stole the Golden Fleece from King Aeetes with the help of his daughter Medea.
		An abundance of artifacts are found including imported Greek painted pottery and new types of pottery for the storage or transportation of cereals, oil and honey as well as the fermentation and storage of wine.
		Rich burial sites with large quantities of golden jewelry, silver and bronze adornments, pottery and luxury items befitting the status of the deceased indicate that the ruling elite were buried here while poorer graves were found only in the surrounding areas.
	www.great-adventures.com /destinations/rep_georgia/colchis.html (2475 words)

	The Golden Fleece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Welcome to the Golden Fleece, a store full of color and imagination.
		There are classes and supplies for knitting, weaving, crochet, spinning, natural dying, felting and doll making.
		The Golden Fleece was opened in 1994 as a place to teach arts and crafts it has now blossomed into a haven encouraging creativity in the hearts and minds of artisans of all ages.
	www.thegoldenfleece.com (62 words)

	----- DILOS CRUISES, GOLDEN FLEECE, SEVEN DAY CRUISE IN THE AEGEAN SEA -----
		Piraeus is the port for Athens, where you can step from the shadow of the Acropolis into the world of the modern day Olympics.
		Sip a coffee with ouzo and join the Greeks in a toast to a new "golden age".
		Straddling the Golden Horn between Europe and Asia, this venerable city of Istanbul blends ageless antiquity with dazzling modernity.
	www.dilos.com /cruise/golden_fleece.html (1009 words)

	Golden Fleece
		For over 25 years, Golden Fleece Dairy has been producing the finest, freshest goat and cow milk available.
		For your health we are offering non-homogenized OLD FASHIONED CREAM TOP cow and goat milk as well as cultured milk products, days fresher and all the goodness of fresh whole milk direct from the farm to you.
		Delicious Organics is carrying a full array of Golden Fleece Products including Goat Milk, Goat Cheeses, Milk, and Cheese.
	www.deliciousorganics.com /Products/goldenfleece.htm (391 words)

	The Golden Fleece
		Jason told the king that he had come for the Golden Fleece and he would do any services that the king might ask in return.
		Medea sent a message to her brother and told him that she would meet him on an island with the Golden Fleece.
		I chose to tell the story from her point of view was because she was a key character into helping Jason succeed in his mission.
	students.ou.edu /E/Andrew.D.Edwards-1/story4.html (1091 words)

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