Argos (Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos, [ˈarɣos]) is a city and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. It is 11 kilometres from Nafplion, which was its historic harbour. A settlement of great antiquity, Argos has been continuously inhabited for the past 7,000 years, making it one of the oldest cities in Greece and Europe. The city is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network. At a strategic location on the fertile plain of Argolis, Argos was a major stronghold during the Mycenaean era. In classical times Argos was a powerful rival of Sparta for dominance over the Peloponnese, but was eventually shunned by other Greek city-states after remaining neutral during the Greco-Persian Wars. Numerous ancient monuments can be found in the city today, the most famous of which is the renowned Heraion of Argos, though agriculture (particularly citrus production) is the mainstay of the local economy.
Kathleen Anne "Katy" Brien (born 8 May 1989 in Peckham, South London), better known as Katy B, is an English singer-songwriter and a graduate of the BRIT School. She is a dubstep, R&B, funky, house and UK garage singer and has also performed under the name Baby Katy. She released her first single with the label Rinse in 2010. The same year, she completed a degree in Popular Music at Goldsmiths, University of London. She was nominated for the 2011 Mercury Prize.
Katy was born in Peckham, South London in 1989, and attended Lyndhurst Primary school, Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College[citation needed] and the BRIT School.
Katy featured on many tracks before and during the release of her album, DJ NG's song "Tell Me", on which she featured as Baby Katy, was released on a white label and later signed to Ministry of Sound. Katy B has collaborated with Geeneus to cover the Kevin Saunderson produced "Good Life" and the track "As I". She also provides vocals on the track "Hold Me" for The Count & Sinden's debut album Mega Mega Mega and features on Magnetic Man's tracks "Perfect Stranger" and "Crossover".
Michael Hazen James McIntyre (born 21 February 1976) is a British stand-up comedian. As well as his stand-up, he has performed on programmes such as Live at the Apollo and has his own programme, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow.
McIntyre has released two stand-up DVDs; Live and Laughing in 2008 featured material from his first nationwide tour, while Michael McIntyre: Hello Wembley was released in November 2009 following a set at Wembley Arena. The former was the fastest selling debut stand-up DVD ever, and Hello Wembley is the fastest selling stand-up DVD in UK chart history, selling over a million copies. In 2009 McIntyre performed live to half a million people and won Best Live Stand-up at the British Comedy Awards.
In 2010, McIntyre released his autobiography, Life and Laughing: My Story, and also became the youngest-ever host of the Royal Variety Performance. He started as a judge on the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent in April 2011. He is to embark on his second nationwide tour in 2012.
Bill Bailey (born Mark Bailey; 13 January 1964) is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.
Bailey was listed by the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the 7th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Bailey was born in Bath, Somerset and spent most of his childhood in Keynsham, a town situated between Bath and Bristol in the West of England. His father was a medical practitioner and his mother was a hospital ward sister. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe, built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather who was a stonemason and builder. Two rooms at the front of the family house were for his father's surgery.
Bailey was educated at King Edward's School, an independent school in Bath where he was initially a highly academic pupil winning most of the prizes. However, at about the age of 15 years, he started to become distracted from school work when he realised the thrill of performance as a member of a school band called Behind Closed Doors, which played mostly original work. He was the only pupil at his school to study A-level music and he passed with an A grade. He also claims to have been good at sport (captain of KES 2nd XI cricket team 1982), which often surprised his teachers. He would often combine music and sport by leading the singing on the long coach trip back from away rugby fixtures. It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" so well on the guitar.
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One of the most legendary adventures in all mythology is brought to life in Jason and the Argonauts, an epic saga of good and evil. As a mere boy Jason, the heir to the kingdom of Ancient Greece, witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of his ruthless uncle, Pelias. After narrowly escaping death, Jason flees his home and returns twenty years later to reclaim the throne. Upon learning of his return, Pelias sentences him to death. To save his life, Jason promises to deliver the most converted gift of the gods to his uncle - the Golden Fleece. Joined by the Argonauts, a stout-hearted crew of sailors, he embarks on a perilous voyage to capture the Fleece and fulfill his destiny.
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Emperor: Whip him harder!
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Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the Golden Fleece. Jason follows his advice and assembles a sailing crew of the finest men in Greece, including Hercules. They are under the protection of Hera, queen of the gods. Their voyage is replete with battles against harpies, a giant bronze Talos, a hydra, and an animated skeleton army, all brought to life by the special effects wizardry of Ray Harryhausen.
Keywords: amulet, ancient-greece, animate-skeleton, animate-statue, antiquity, archery, argonaut, athletic-competition, based-on-greek-myth, battle
Greatest Odyssey Of The Ages - for the first time on the screen
The epic story that was destined to stand as a colossus of adventure!
Zeus: For the moment, let them enjoy a calm sea, a fresh breeze and each other. The girl is pretty and I am always sentimental. But for Jason, there are other adventures. I have not finished with Jason. Let us continue the game another day.
Zeus: If I had to punish *every* blasphemy, I would have *no followers*!
Zeus: The gods are best served by those who need their help the *least*.
Phineas: Zeus, I was a sinner. I've never tried to deny it. But I didn't sin every day. Why then do you punish me *every day*?
Phineas: Go ahead, Zeus. Throw down a thunderbolt, let the earth swallow me up. I defy you!::[Loud crash of thunder]::Phineas: You can growl away all you like, Zeus. I mean what I say.
Hera: [asked why the gods set temptations and traps for mortals] So that the gods may know them, and men may know themselves.
Jason: Now the voyage is over, I don't want any trouble to begin::Polydeuces: There won't be any trouble, Jason. Just tell us where the city is and when we attack.::Jason: We don't attack.::Polydeuces: But that's foolish, you have the finest fighting men in the world.::Jason: 40 fighting men against a nation?::Phalerus: Better forty than one Jason.::Jason: We're not *pirates*, Phalerus.::Acastus: What's that girl done to you? We thought you were a fighting man.::Jason: I'm going up alone in the morning. See what the situation is.::Polydeuces: Oh, you mean spy out the land. Well, why alone? Why not take a few of us scouting.::Jason: The fewer who go, the less can get caught. Now what's the fewest you can think of?::Polydeuces: One, of course.::Jason: Right. I accept your advice.
Zeus: Hera my dear, You really *must* learn to win without cheating... or to at least lose *gracefully*.
Argos: Pray to the gods, Jason!::Jason: The gods of Greece are cruel! In time, all men shall learn to live without them.
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In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus to tutor Iphitus, son of king Pelias; immediately on arrival, he falls in love with the king's delectable, briefly clad daughter Iole. Before he can win her, he must succeed in a series of quests, in the course of which he teams up with Jason, true heir of Iolcus, whom he accompanies on the famous voyage of the Argonauts.
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See the seductive Amazons lure men to voluptuous revels and violent deaths! SEE the heroic Hercules rip down the Age of Orgy's lavish palace of lustful pleasure! SEE the Mightiest of Men fight the Mightiest of Beasts, the killer Cretan Bull! SEE Hercules fight off the savage love-starved Amazon women! SEE the seductive Amazons lure men to voluptuous revels and violent deaths! SEE the powerful Hercules crush the savage ape-men who guard the shrine of the Golden Fleece!
The stupendous saga of the mightiest of mortals! Half god...half pagan!
See the heroic Hercules rip down the Age of Orgy's lavish palace of lustful pleasure! See the seductive Amazons lure men to voluptuous revels and violent deaths!
The mighty saga of the world's mightiest man!
Spectacles of massive might beyond any ever known before!
Antea, Queen of the Amazons: My heart has reached the crossroads of destiny.
Antea, Queen of the Amazons: In your arms, I found I was not a queen, but a real woman.
Title Card: Immense and immortal was the strength of Hercules, like the world and the gods to whom he belonged... Yet from letter men he learned one eternal truth - that even the greatest strength carries within it a measure of mortal weaknes...
Ercole: No Jason, it's no use to go on torturing yourself. You'll never know who killed your father now Crion's dead.::Jason: I wanted so badly to get at the truth, but he would never tell me. He could read my thoughts, he felt my desire for revenge.::Ercole: And I see by the look in your eyes that your desire for revenge is bound to grow worse.::Jason: I feel it. The desire for revenge dominates all my thinking, but the assassin has no face and I don't know his name.
Eurysteus: I'll be going now, to my hiding place. As you promised, it was the only reward I got.::Pelias, King of Iolcus: And the gold?::Eurysteus: The gold? But you need light to see it well. It's like blood on my hands. Bloody, like your brother was.
Argos: All of you here in the arena? And have you all changed to his ways? Ha. Talk to the men, they speak only of Hercules.::Laertes: He's won their hearts. They won't listen to me. To my way of thinking, he could start them battling against their elders.::Orpheus: No, Laertes. Just watch Hercules, a born master of these things. If he could fight here, he could bring defeat to our enemies. Look at him, standing with Castor and Pollux. Deceit does not go with a man of such qualities.
Ulysses: My father said you put strength ahead of everything, but I know you want us to use our forces only to serve our intelligence.::Ercole: And you are right. Alright. Now, you will stay by my side and I'll teach you to fight. But not only with your hands. And some day, your friends and enemies will honor you and name you the wise.
Iole, Daugher of Pelias: What's the matter? Why do you sit and stare at me like that?::Ercole: I don't know. So few women come this way.::Iole, Daugher of Pelias: And so?::Ercole: As long as your here, I might as well. I never saw a girl more beautiful.
Eurysteus: Hercules was Chiron's close friend. He hasn't forgotten what's happened to him.::Pelias, King of Iolcus: That took place years ago.::Eurysteus: Hercules is honest. And honesty always finds the trust, even after many years. His purpose for coming here is to clear Chiron's name.
Ercole: The sun is high already. You sleep too much.::Iphitus, Son of Pelias: The pleasures I enjoy must aggravate you, but it's early, so please don't start that eternal nagging just because I delayed the great Hercules.