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In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of a golden-woolled ram, which saved Phrixus from Ino and carried him on his wings to Colchis, where Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus. Phrixus gave the fleece to King Aeetes, who kept it in a sacred grove guarded by a dragon. Jason and the Argonauts later stole the fleece from the grove with the help of Medea, daughter of Aeetes. The fleece is a symbol of power, luck and mercy of the gods

In the historical narrative, the hero Jason and his crew of Argonauts set out on a quest to find the Fleece by order of King Pelias, in order to rightfully place Jason on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly. With Medea's help, they acquire the Golden Fleece

Mentions of the Golden Fleece are found in many Greek myths, and the term itself has a practical meaning: the inhabitants of these territories mined gold from high mountain rivers using the skins of sheep on which it settled