Excerpt from The Greek Heroes: Stories Translated From Niebuhr, With Additions
So he built a great ship for himself and his companions. The goddess Athene, or Minerva, loved him, so She helped him and gave him a tree which was to be the mast of the ship; it was a wonderful mast, for it could always give Jason advice when he needed it.
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