of the ship was also made with a special piece of oak from Dodona, an area sacred to Zeus. The oak was said to be able to speak with a human voice and could tell oracles.

Catullus wrote that the Argo was the first ship to travel on the sea. Dionysius Scytobrachion called the Argo a well crafted vessel but did not consider her the first ship. Some sources state that since people had not seen