Argo she was imagined like a Greek warship, a galley, and authors hypothesized that she was the first ship of this type that had gone out on a high-sea voyage. Argo In Greek mythology, Argo (; in Greek: ) was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece. She was named after her builder, Argus. "Argo" was constructed by the shipwright Argus, and its crew were specially protected by the goddess Hera. The best source for the myth is the "Argonautica" by Apollonius Rhodius. According to a variety of sources of
Colchis Colchis In pre-Hellenistic Greco-Roman geography, Colchis (; Ancient Greek: "Kolkhís") was an exonym (foreign name) for the Georgian kingdom and region of Egrisi () located on the coast of the Black Sea, centred in present-day western Georgia. It has been described in modern scholarship as "the earliest Georgian formation" which, along with the Kingdom of Iberia, would later contribute significantly to the development of the medieval Georgian statehood and the Georgian nation. Internationally, Colchis is perhaps best known for its role in Greek mythology, most notably as the destination of the Argonauts, as well as the home to Medea and