Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Argo

A ship sailing on an adventure. The galley of Jason that went in search of the Golden Fleece was so called, from the Greek argos (swift).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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