S11E8 - All Systems Argo 5 - Fleecing the Family
Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

S11E8 - All Systems Argo 5 - Fleecing the Family

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 202621 min
  • Fiction & stories

Oh Muses! It's time for the Argonauts to grab the Golden Fleece and skiddadle. We encounter unequal gender roles, the disappointment of a cool aunt, an unforgivable crime that turns out to be forgivable, the death of a brother, and dragons that are actually snakes.

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Now we kind of left it at a cliffhanger last time.

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now they needed to flee from Kolkas.

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The stories featured in Greeking Out are original adaptations of classic Greek myths. This week's story features unequal gender roles, the disappointment of a cool aunt, an unforgivable crime that turned out to be forgivable, the death of a brother, and dragons that are actually snakes.

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Welcome back, listeners, to Greeking Out and our series on Jason and the Argonauts. Now we kind of left it at a cliffhanger last time. Medea learned that her father found out she helped Jason with his impossible tasks, and now they needed to flee from Kolkas.

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Right, exactly, but not before Jason grabbed what he had come for, the Golden Fleece. Unfortunately, finding the fleece was going to be easy. Medea knew exactly where it was. Unfortunately, she also knew the golden fleece was being guarded by a giant, fierce dragon.

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