The Argonauts

About this book

Jason must face a prophecy, gather companions and sail towards the Golden Fleece. Medea waits further along the voyage, bringing love, danger and a different kind of power into the ancient adventure.

Aleister Crowley's early poetic drama revisits the Argonaut story through five connected pieces, including sections devoted to Jason, the Argo and Medea. It shows Crowley working within classical forms before his later occult writings made him famous. The myth gives him room for theatrical speeches, ritual gestures and the difficult bargains of heroic ambition.