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Golden Fleece

:''For the chivalric order, see Order of the Golden Fleece.'' In Greek mythology, the ram with the Golden Fleece (Okros Satsmisi in Georgian) was given to Nephele of Thessaly by Hermes for her to transport her children, Helle and Phrixus, away from Ino. The ram flew eastwards and while Helle fell into the sea (at the point named Hellespont) Phrixus was carried to Colchis (Georgian name of the Kingdom of Colchis is Kolkheti, territory of modern West Georgia). Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus and presented its fleece to the King of Colchis, Aeetes (Ayeti in Georgian). The legend of the Argonauts relates that once upon a time in Aea-Colchis there ruled the mighty King Aeetes, son of Helios and father of Medea. Alongside with other numerous riches he possessed the Golden Fleece - the skin of a sheep with golden fleece. Jason and the Argonauts tried to take the fleece from Colchis to enable Jason to claim his inheritance. Overcoming many hazards, they eventually recovered the fleece with the help of Medea, who married Jason. There are claims the golden fleece of Argonaut fame was woven from a type of thread produced by mussels called byssus, which are used to attach mussels to surfaces. Ancient authors (Palephatus, Dionysius of Miletus, Strabo, Appian and others) give a different interpretation of the ''Golden Fleece''. Evidently, by this notion we should mean a whole complex of cultural achievements of ancient tribes and mainly sheep-breeding which was widespread among the ancient west-Georgian tribe of Tibareni (''Tibarens'') and highly developed Metallurgy among the other ancient west-Georgian (''Colchian'') tribe of Halybes (or Khalib/Khaldi). Ancient Greeks considered ''Halybes'' to be "''the inventors of iron''". Materials of material culture discovered in Georgia dating back to the 3rd-2nd millennia BC speak of the high level of development of metal processing, gold in particular, thus

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Golden Fleece

And in French the Golden Fleece is the ''Toison d'Or.'' In Italian, Jupiter is now ''Giove''. But why are we being told this? Wetman 02:01, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC) Well, Colchis is in modern Georgia...I guess that's why. Probably still unnecessary. Adam Bishop 02:03, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)

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The Fleece Inn

The Fleece Inn is a public house in Bretforton, Worcestershire in the Vale of Evesham: The half-timbered building, over six hundred years old, has been a pub since 1848, and is now owned by the National Trust. The inn was extensively damaged by fire on February 27, 2004 — repairs and rebuilding commenced on November 1, 2004.

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http://thefleeceinn.co.uk The Fleece Inn Category:National Trust properties in England Category:Buildings and structures in Worcestershire Category:British Public Houses

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Tintin And The Golden Fleece

Tintin and the Golden Fleece (originally ''Tintin et Le Mystère de la Toison D'or'') is a film first released in France on December 6, 1961. It is a live-action adaptation of the Tintin comic book series written and drawn by the Belgian writer-artist Hergé. Tintin was played in this film (and its sequel) by Jean-Pierre Talbot. Dario Moreno makes a guest appearance in the movie.

http://www.angelfire.com/space/u_line/toison.htm Tintin and the Golden Fleece

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055526/#comment Internet Movie Database profile of the film Category:Tintin books Category:Tintin films fr:Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'or

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Order Of The Golden Fleece

The Order of the Golden Fleece (''Ordre de la Toison d'Or'' in French) is an order of chivalry founded in 1430 by Duke Philip III of Burgundy to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Isabelle of Aviz in Vienna, Austria.]] It was modelled on the English Order of the Garter (Philip had been elected to membership of the Garter in 1422, but had declined to avoid offending the king of France), but dedicated to Saint Andrew. Like the Garter it was restricted to a limited number of knights, initially 24 but increased to 30 in 1433 and 51 in 1516. The order was explicitly denied to "heretics", and so became an exclusively Catholic award during the Reformation, though the choice of the pagan Golden Fleece of Colchis as the symbol of a Christian order caused some controversy. The badge of the Order was suspended from a jewelled collar with the motto "Pretium Laborum Non Vile" ("Not a bad reward for labor") engraved on the front of the central link, with Philip's motto "Non Aliud" ("I will have no other") on the back. With the absorption of the Burgundian lands into the Habsburg empire, the sovereignty of the Order passed to the Habsburg kings of Spain, where it remained until the death of the last of the Spanish Habsburgs, Charles II, in 1700. He was succeeded by Philip of Anjou, a Bourbon. There followed a dispute between the Houses of Habsburg and Bourbon over sovereignty, which was resolved by the division of the Order into Spanish and Austrian branches.

The Spanish Order

The Spanish Order of the Fleece has been a source of controversy in the past, particularly during the Napoleonic period. The award of the Order to Napoleon and his brother Joseph angered the exiled king of France Louis XVIII and caused him to return his collar in protest. These, and other awards by Joseph, were revoked by king Ferdinand on the restoration of Bourbon rule in 1813. In 1812 the acting government of Spain illegally awarded the order to the Duke of Wellington,

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