Golden Fleece origin of the myth of the golden fleece—unless they call them Iberians, by the same name as the western Iberians, from the gold mines in both countries." Another interpretation is based on the references in some versions to purple or purple-dyed cloth. The purple dye extracted from the purple dye murex snail and related species was highly prized in ancient times. Clothing made of cloth dyed with Tyrian purple was a mark of great wealth and high station (hence the phrase "royal purple"). The association of gold with purple is natural and occurs frequently in literature. Jason attempts to put
Jonny's Golden Quest Jonny's Golden Quest Jonny's Golden Quest is a 1993 animated television movie produced by Hanna-Barbera and originally aired on USA Network. It attempts to fill back-story holes that were left unexplored in the original "Jonny Quest" cartoon series. It was in particular a follow-up to "The New Adventures of Jonny Quest", with the same actors voicing Dr. Quest (Don Messick, also from the original), Race Bannon (Granville Van Dusen) and Hadji (Rob Paulsen). It cannibalized the storyline of that series' episode "Deadly Junket," wherein a little girl appears to ask the Quest party to help her find her missing father,