Editing Argo (section)

==Name==
Most accounts name the ship after her builder, [[Argus (Argonaut)|Argus]]. The adjectival form<ref>e.g. Robert Cooper Seaton (1912), ''Rhodius Apollonius: The Argonautica'', p. 339</ref> is ''Argoan'' {{IPAc-en|ɑr|'|g|oʊ|ə|n}},<ref>Noah Webster (1832) ''A Dictionary of the English Language''</ref> from Greek ''Ἀργῶος'' through Latin ''Argōus''.<ref>{{L&S|Argo|ref}}</ref>

[[File:Iolkos2.jpg|thumb|left|Prow of the ''Argo'' on the [[reverse (coin)|reverse]] of a coin of [[Iolcos]] (4th century BC), with [[Artemis|Artemis Iolkia]] on the [[obverse]]]]
[[Diodorus Siculus]] records that some thought the name was derived from an ancient Greek word for "swift" to indicate that the ship was designed to move quickly.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U6wTAAAAYAAJ&q=argo+ship+jason&pg=PA86 |title = A Classical Dictionary: Containing a Copious Account of All the Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors|last1 = Lemprière|first1 = John|year = 1825}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oysUAAAAYAAJ&q=diodorus+argo+swift&pg=PA254 | title=The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian: In Fifteen Books. To which are Added the Fragments of Diodorus, and Those Published by H. Valesius, I. Rhodomannus, and F. Ursinus| last=Diodorus (Siculus)| year=1814}}</ref> [[Cicero]], the [[Roman senator]] and orator, proposed that it was named after the [[Argives]], a name for the Greek people of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] in the [[Peloponnese]] that was commonly used by [[Homer]].