Dragons in Greek mythology guarded the Golden Fleece at Colchis. It was said to never sleep, rest, or lower its vigilance. According to Ovid's "Metamorphoses", the monster had a crest and three tongues. When Jason went to retrieve the Fleece, the witch Medea put the dragon to sleep with her magic and drugs, or perhaps Orpheus lulled it to sleep with his lyre. Afterwards, Medea herself had dragons pull her chariot. The Ismenian Serpent, of the spring of Ismene at Thebes, Greece, was slain by the hero Cadmus. It was the offspring of Ares, who later turned the hero into a serpent. According to
Tintin and the Golden Fleece Captain Haddock searching for treasure after inheriting a ship called the "Golden Fleece". The film was followed by a less successful sequel, "Tintin and the Blue Oranges". Captain Haddock (Georges Wilson) learns that an old shipmate, Paparanic, has died and left him a ship, the Golden Fleece. Tintin (Jean-Pierre Talbot), Snowy and the Captain travel to Istanbul only to find that it is an old cargo ship in a very dilapidated state. On board the boat, they meet the ship's cook Clodion and Paparanic's pet parrot Romulus. While outside the ship, a businessman named Anton Karabine (Demetrios Myrat) claims to