02-10-2020, 06:21 PM
Koen,
When you ask about 'examples', what do you mean? Do you refer to visual examples or literary examples or something else? Actual classical examples, as you have posted, seem rather improbable, especially compared to the traditional familiarity with the myth itself. Initially it derived from classical mythology and the story of Jason and the Argonauts, but over several years, as it was employed in Burgundy, it morphed into Gideon and the Golden Fleece. It's also a switch from Classical to Christian.
This would seem to be a fairly substantial change. One requiring a sufficient degree of mythological flexibility. Compared to that level of flexibility, pretty much anyone who has seen a sheep can make an attempt at drawing a fleece, and not need to see a Greek vase first. Do you need a Greek vase to draw a VMs nymph?
When you ask about 'examples', what do you mean? Do you refer to visual examples or literary examples or something else? Actual classical examples, as you have posted, seem rather improbable, especially compared to the traditional familiarity with the myth itself. Initially it derived from classical mythology and the story of Jason and the Argonauts, but over several years, as it was employed in Burgundy, it morphed into Gideon and the Golden Fleece. It's also a switch from Classical to Christian.
This would seem to be a fairly substantial change. One requiring a sufficient degree of mythological flexibility. Compared to that level of flexibility, pretty much anyone who has seen a sheep can make an attempt at drawing a fleece, and not need to see a Greek vase first. Do you need a Greek vase to draw a VMs nymph?