Argo and the myth that «hides a grain of truth»

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The Argonauts’ expedition is mentioned in greek mythology as the first overseas voyage of the Greeks and probably the beginning of organized Greek navigation (the beginning of shipping according to the poet Pindar). At the same time, the myth speaks of the second historical great colonization of the Greeks in the Black Sea.

Led by Jason, the «Argonauts» expedition began from Iolcos, a coastal city located in the area where today is locates the city of Volos, and ended in Colchis on the Black Sea, in the area that today western Georgia lies, at the south of Caucasus.

The Argonauts made history, by opening new distant sea routes.

On 14th of June 2008, around 150 volunteers, rowers and support crew, followed a route equivalent to that of the mythical route. Human will and faith overcame the challenge.The modern Argonauts proved that «myth hides a grain of truth».

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