. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. een in Iolcus. He lay against the side of the ship, his cloak wrapped aroundhis head. And there death would have come to him and to theothers if the nymphs of the desert had been unmindful of thesebrave men. They came to Jason. It was midday then, andthe fierce rays of the sun were scorching all Libya. They drewoff the cloak that wrapped his head; they stood near him,three nymphs girded around with goatskins. Why art thou so smitten with despair? the nymphssaid to Jason. Why art thou smitten with despair, thou whohast wrought so muc
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. een in Iolcus. He lay against the side of the ship, his cloak wrapped aroundhis head. And there death would have come to him and to theothers if the nymphs of the desert had been unmindful of thesebrave men. They came to Jason. It was midday then, andthe fierce rays of the sun were scorching all Libya. They drewoff the cloak that wrapped his head; they stood near him,three nymphs girded around with goatskins. Why art thou so smitten with despair? the nymphssaid to Jason. Why art thou smitten with despair, thou whohast wrought so much and hast won so much? Up! Arousethy comrades! We are the solitary nymphs, the warders ofthe land of Libya, and we have come to show a way of escapeto you, the Argonauts. Look around and watch for the time when Poseidons greathorse shall be unloosed. Then make ready to pay recompenseto the mother that bore you all. What she did for you all,that you all must do for her; by doing it you will win back tothe land of Greece. Jason heard them say these words and. THE RETURN TO GREECE 151 then he saw them no more; the nymphs vanished amongst thedesert mounds. Then Jason rose up. He did not know what to make outof what had been told him, but there was courage now andhope in his heart. He shouted; his voice was like the roar ofa lion calling to his mate. At his shout his comrades rousedthemselves; all squalid with the dust of the desert the Argo-nauts stood around him. Listen, comrades, to me/ Jason said, while I speak of astrange thing that has befallen me. While I lay by the sideof our ship three nymphs came before me. With light handsthey drew away the cloak that wrapped my head. They de-clared themselves to be the solitary nymphs, the warders, ofLibya. Very strange were the words they said to me. WhenPoseidons great horse shall be unloosed, they said, we wereto make the mother of us all a recompense, doing for her whatshe had done for us all. This the nymphs told me to say, butI ca
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