Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts is a Greek myth about a hero named Jason with his ship Argo and his crew, who together came to be known as the Argonauts.

It was originally popularized by the movie: "Jason and The Argonauts" filmed in 1963 and remade for TV again as two-part movie in 2000.

Mary Zimmerman also wrote a play called Argonautika, which premiered in 2006. It is currently playing in the bay area at Berkeley Rep.

Here's a summary from the Bay Area Reporter today of the story of Jason:

"King Pelias of Thessaly, who believes Jason is fated to destroy him, sends him on a seemingly impossible sea-faring mission to recover the Golden Fleece from the king of Colchis, who provides his own set of horrible hoops through which Jason must jump. He does so with a little help from some friendly goddesses, as well as Medea, whose pre-maternal backstory puts her future actions in clearer perspective. Jason triumphs, but this being a big fat Greek yarn, there are serious downsides to his victories."

The story of Jason and the Argonauts is also known as "The Quest for the Golden Fleece".