Jason Looks for
The Golden Fleece . . .

Follow the strange and wondrous adventures of Jason's four brave Argonauts: Heracles, Orpheus, Tiphys and Nauplis. To uncharted waters where rocks dash up the sea and crush whatever may be between; to shores where harpies with wings of birds and heads of women torment wise mortals. Listen to the songs of Orpheus; of Pandora and her jar filled with the wrath of Zeus; of Persephone in the Underworld; of Prometheus who gave the sacred gift of fire to man.

Without losing the integrity of the separate tales, Padraic Colum skillfully blends the strands of Greek mythology into one great tale. His words speak quickly to children, for the gift of the born storyteller is in them—rich, musical narrative, poetic and true.

Many of today's adults discovered the joy and reward of great literature when, as children, they read this Greek epic. Now reissued by popular demand, THE GOLDEN FLEECE, with the original illustrations by Willy Pogany, is available once more to touch and enrich the lives of boys and girls today.

From the dust jacket of 1949 printing