astic ▁and ▁border ▁on ▁fair y ▁tale , ▁as ▁they ▁sl ay ▁mon sters ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Ch im era ▁and ▁Med usa . ▁B eller oph on ' s ▁advent ures ▁are ▁common place ▁types , ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁advent ures ▁of ▁Her acles ▁and ▁These us . ▁S ending ▁a ▁hero ▁to ▁his ▁pres umed ▁death ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁rec urrent ▁theme ▁of ▁this ▁early ▁hero ic ▁tradition , ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁cases ▁of ▁Per se us ▁and ▁B eller oph on . ▁ ▁Arg onaut s ▁ ▁The ▁only ▁surv iving ▁H ellen istic ▁ep ic , ▁the ▁Arg onaut ica ▁of ▁Ap oll on ius ▁of ▁Rh odes ▁( ep ic ▁poet , ▁scholar , ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Alexand ria ) ▁tells ▁the ▁myth ▁of ▁the ▁voyage ▁of ▁Jason ▁and ▁the ▁Arg onaut s ▁to ▁retrieve ▁the ▁Golden ▁Fle e ce ▁from ▁the ▁myth ical ▁land ▁of ▁Col ch is . ▁In ▁the ▁Arg onaut ica , ▁Jason ▁is ▁imp elled ▁on ▁his ▁quest ▁by ▁king ▁Pel ias , ▁who ▁receives ▁a ▁prop he cy ▁that ▁a ▁man ▁with ▁one ▁sand al ▁would ▁be ▁his ▁nem esis . ▁Jason ▁los es ▁a ▁sand al ▁in ▁a ▁river , ▁arriv es ▁at ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁Pel ias , ▁and ▁the ▁ep ic ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁motion . ▁Near ly ▁every ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁generation ▁of ▁hero es , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Her acles , ▁went ▁with ▁Jason ▁in ▁the ▁ship ▁Ar go ▁to ▁fetch ▁the ▁Golden