Golden Fleece the Twelve Olympians. The golden fleece was defended by bulls with hoofs of brass and breath of fire. It was also guarded by a never sleeping dragon with teeth which could become soldiers when planted in the ground. The dragon was at the foot of the tree on which the fleece was placed. Pindar employed the quest for the Golden Fleece in his Fourth Pythian Ode (written in 462 BCE), though the fleece is not in the foreground. When Aeetes challenges Jason to yoke the fire-breathing bulls, the fleece is the prize: "Let the King do this, the captain of
Tintin and the Golden Fleece wine which Paparanic gave him while visiting him last Christmas, and told him to drink after his death. On the way down from the mountain, Haddock accidentally breaks the bottle, the label of which turns out to be that of a map, obviously showing the location of Paparanic's gold. Tintin and Haddock return to the Golden Fleece, where they discover that they have been joined by their friend Professor Cuthbert Calculus. Secretly, Yefima drains the oil out of the engines in order to prevent the ship from leaving port but Tintin discovers him, and after Tintin throws him overboard he