The Argo Navis

Our story takes place in 1300 B.C., when the Argo Navis was built. The Argo Navis was a ship that was later divided into four smaller constellations: Carina, Puppis, Pyxis, and Vela. It was built so people could escape a flood, like Noah’s Ark. It was called the Argo Navis because it belonged to Jason and the Argonauts. Jason had to recover gold fleece from a ram, that was being guarded by the Colchis dragon, in a grove. Jason had to navigate between the Symplegade’s crashing rocks, that would crush anything that tried to pass it. Before they got there, they met a man named Phineas that could see into the future. He told them to release a dove before they reached the Symplegades. They released the dove and the rocks split. The rocks were closing,