In 1949, an old poop goes on an ocean journey on a freight vessel as part of a favor from his old friend's father, who owns the shipping company. While on board, he encounters Caeneus, the mythical hero from Greek Mythology, serving as the second mate. Caeneus proceeds to tell the tale of his journey with Jason and the Argonauts on their quest to find the golden fleece. They become trapped on an island of women and spend the better part of a year servicing them and mainly just screwing their brains out. The old poop is offended by all of this and quickly becomes the most unlikeable character in the narrative. He seems to be that guy that everybody just puts up with, but no one really likes that much. This was a pretty unremarkable read to me...there's really nothing here to recommend the protagonist and the work itself is so-so at best.