Literary notes about argonaut (AI summary)
In literature, "argonaut" is used with remarkable versatility, evoking both mythic adventure and modern enterprise. Authors draw on its ancient heritage—as seen in allusions to Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece [1], [2]—to symbolize daring exploration and pioneering spirit. At the same time, the term appears in contexts that celebrate innovation and travel, whether as the name of a ship making unprecedented voyages [3], [4] or as a metaphor for individuals venturing into new territories [5], [6]. In scientific and natural discourse, it even designates the curious paper nautilus, linking biology to myth [7], [8], [9]. This blend of classical and contemporary usage makes "argonaut" a rich, multi-layered term in literary expression.
- Darvid's remote prototype, the Argonaut Jason, must have had quite a different exterior when he sailed on toward Colchis to find the golden fleece.
— from The Argonauts by Eliza Orzeszkowa - To fetch this golden fleece the famous expedition of the Argonauts (see “ Argonautæ ”) was undertaken.
— from The Circle of Knowledge: A Classified, Simplified, Visualized Book of Answers - In 1898, also, the Argonaut made the trip from Norfolk to New York under her own power and unescorted.
— from The Submarine in War and Peace: Its Development and its Possibilities by Simon Lake - Colnett, who came to Mexico with my consent to present his complaints, will now return to San Blas, where he will receive his ship, the Argonaut .
— from The Nootka Sound Controversy: A dissertation by William R. (William Ray) Manning - I again had the pleasure of feeling that in this, as in other enterprises, I was an argonaut and a pioneer.
— from My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands, Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by George Francis Train - He was an argonaut of the Rockies and a citizen of Montana and of other Western territories before the coming of the days of law.
— from The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado by Emerson Hough - The argonaut, as it is called, has eight short arms, the upper pair being largely developed at their tips, forming fanlike or saillike organs.
— from Half Hours with the Lower Animals Protozoans, Sponges, Corals, Shells, Insects, and Crustaceans by Charles Frederick Holder - The argonaut, or paper-nautilus , must be carefully distinguished from the pearly-nautilus or nautilus proper.
— from The Circle of Knowledge: A Classified, Simplified, Visualized Book of Answers - But modern science has not endorsed these designations, and this mollusk is now known by the name argonaut.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
