In the fabulous annals of ancient Greek mythology, few characters were as famous as Jason JAY-sin. He appears in several myths. But his most renowned deed was finding the Golden Fleece. That gleaming hide of a special, magical ram long rested in Colchis, a remote land located on the Black Seas northern coast. Jason and the men who accompanied him on his quest became known as the Argonauts. This was because their ship was the Argo, named after Argus AR-gis, the man who built her.,