NOUN
- in Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon; recovered by Jason and the Argonauts
How To Use Golden Fleece In A Sentence
- Timothy, tell the rash man there is no admittance into the Golden Fleece save at timeous hours. Anne of Geierstein
- The story focuses on two containers, one holding the blood of Herakles, which is being sought by the Octopus, and the Golden Fleece, which is being sought by Sand Serif, played by Eva Mendes, the Spirit's ex-high school girlfriend and high-class jewel thief. Epinions Recent Content for Home
- I preserved thee (as those Greeks well know as many as embarked with thee on board the same ship Argo) when sent to master the fire-breathing bulls with the yoke, and to sow the fatal seed: and having slain the dragon who watching around the golden fleece guarded it with spiry folds, a sleepless guard, I raised up to thee a light of safety. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
- Written in Gothic letters of gold leaf, the composer's name on the portrait above his left shoulder recalls the style of the escutcheons of the knights of the Golden Fleece.
- The golden fleece, the miner's pick, or the stook of wheat represented particular sectors of the economy, and grouped together they equated the nation with its economic resources.
- After narrowly escaping death, Jason flees his home and returns twenty years later to reclaim the throne, but the gods proclaim that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece.
- He acquired from Burgundy copies of works of conquest such as a Life of Julius Caesar displaying his collar of the Golden Fleece and the Garter to emphasise that the Fleece or the philosopher's stone was his regained kingdom.
- The Golden Fleece here would appear to be a Nielsen rating during sweeps.
- [6129] Non ita bovem argus, &c. Argus did not so keep his cow, that watchful dragon the golden fleece, or Cerberus the coming in of hell, as he keeps his wife. Anatomy of Melancholy
- The Minstrel and Golden Fleece won him the Epsom Derby, and he owned the winners of three Arcs and four Irish Derbies.