Editing Argo (section)

== Voyage ==
[[Image:Lorenzo Costa 001.jpg|thumb|''The Argo'' ({{circa|1500–1530}}), painting by [[Lorenzo Costa]]]]
It was Athena who taught [[Tiphys]] to attach the sails to the mast, since he was the steersman and would need to know the workings of the ship.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.argonauts-book.com/the-argo.html|title=The Argo|website=Jason and the Argonauts|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> Other sources say he had previously been a sailor along with two other members, which is why he was chosen to steer the boat.<ref name=":1" /> Lynceus was also said to have helped guide the ship because he had great sight during night and day.<ref name=":0" />

The ship carried enough supplies, such as vases holding water, for the collective crew and lasted four days before having to refuel.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sleeswyk|first1=Andre Wegener|last2=Meijer|first2=Fik|date=January 1998|title=The Water Supply of the Argo and Other Oared Ships|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00253359.1998.10656684|journal=The Mariner's Mirror|volume=84|issue=2 |pages=131–138|doi=10.1080/00253359.1998.10656684 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Other items, such as a bronze tripod, were carried aboard. [[Herodotus]] claimed the bronze tripod was given to [[Triton (mythology)|Triton]] after the Argonauts got lost in Lake Tritonis and needed assistance.<ref>{{cite book | author=Herodotus | last2=Strassler | first2=Robert B. | last3=Purvis | first3=Andrea L. | title=The landmark Herodotus : the histories | publisher=Anchor Books | publication-place=New York | date=2009 | isbn=978-1-4000-3114-6 | oclc=264043716}}</ref> It was said the boat had to be carried over land for 12 days to get back on course.<ref>{{cite book | last1=How | first1=W. W. | last2=Wells | first2=J. | title=A commentary on Herodotus with introduction and appendixes | publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=Oxford [Oxfordshire] | date=1991| isbn=0-19-814384-2 | oclc=18558958}}</ref>

The ''Argo'' was said to be loved by the [[Nereids]], who alongside Triton helped guide the ship at dangerous times in the Argonauts' journey.<ref>Conington, John (1876). ''Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 1''. London: Whittaker and Co. pp. Lines 144.</ref>