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Golden Fleece

In Greek legend, the fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallus, which hung on an oak tree at Colchis and was guarded by a dragon. It was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts.

Golden Fleece

Former order of knighthood in Spain and Austria which was instituted by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, 1429, and revived in Vienna 1713 by Charles VI.
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