The Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their ship the Argo, was named after its builder, Argus.
History[]
Known Argonauts[]
- Jason
- Theseus
- Perseus
- Heracles
- Acastus
- Actor
- Admetus
- Aethalides
- Amphiaraus
- Amphidamas
- Amphion
- Ancaeus
- Areius
- Argus (builder of the Argo)
- Argus (son of Phrixus)
- Ascalaphus
- Asclepius
- Asterion (son of Cometes)
- Asterius (brother of Amphion)
- Atalanta
- Augeas
- Agnius
- Autolycus (son of Deimachus)
- Azorus
- Bellerophon
- Butes
- Calais (son of Boreas)
- Zethes (son of Boreas)
- Caeneus (son of Coronus)
- Canthus
- Castor and Pollux
- Cepheus (King of Tegea)
- Clytius (son of Eurytus)
- Coronus (son of Caeneus)
- Cytissorus
- Deucalion of Crete
- Echion
- Eribotes
- Erginus (son of Poseidon)
- Erytus (brother of Echion)
- Euphemus
- Euryalus
- Eurydamas
- Eurymedon (son of Dionysus)
- Eurytion
- Eurytus (son of Hermes)
- Hippalcimus
- Hylas
- Idas
- Idmon
- Iolaus (nephew of Heracles)
- Iphitos
- Jason
- Laertes (father of Odysseus)
- Laokoon (half-brother of Oeneus)
- Leitus
- Leodocus
- Lynceus
- Melas
- Meleager
- Menoetius
- Mopsus
- Nauplius
- Neleus (son of Poseidon)
- Nestor
- Oileus
- Orpheus
- Palaemon
- Palaimonius (son of Hephaestus)
- Peleus
- Peneleos
- Periclymenus (grandson of Poseidon)
- Phalerus
- Phanus (brother of Staphylus and Eurymedon)
- Philoctetes
- Phlias
- Phocus
- Phrontis
- Poeas
- Prias (brother of Phocus)
- Polyphemus
- Staphylus
- Talaus
- Telamon
- Thersanon (son of Helios and Leucothoe)
- Tiphys
- Medea (joined when the Fleece was recovered)