In many ways the voyage of the Argo might be regarded as a kind of dress rehearsal for the epic siege of Troy and, even more so, its aftermath, the Odyssey and the fall of the house of Atreus.163 The interference, protection, and enmity of the Olympians; the treachery of some heroes and the selfless sacrifice of others; the wit and cunning, the horrible cruelty, the endurance, patience, faith, and determination of the warriors in the teeth of what wind, weather, malice, chance, and betrayal threw at them—all these were as much a feature of the voyage of the Argo as the legendary expedition to
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