. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. ings going to happen to you. So he shouted, that insolent king, and his followers raised theirclubs and growled approval of what their master said. But theArgonauts were not dismayed at the words of Amycus. One ofthem stepped toward the Bebrycians. He was Poly deuces, goodat boxing. Offer us no violence, king, said Polydeuces. We areready to obey the law that you have laid down. Willingly do Itake up your challenge, and I will box a bout with you. The Argonauts cheered when they saw Polydeuces, the goodboxer, step forward, and when
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. ings going to happen to you. So he shouted, that insolent king, and his followers raised theirclubs and growled approval of what their master said. But theArgonauts were not dismayed at the words of Amycus. One ofthem stepped toward the Bebrycians. He was Poly deuces, goodat boxing. Offer us no violence, king, said Polydeuces. We areready to obey the law that you have laid down. Willingly do Itake up your challenge, and I will box a bout with you. The Argonauts cheered when they saw Polydeuces, the goodboxer, step forward, and when they heard what he had to turned and shouted to his followers, and one of thembrought up two pairs of boxing gauntlets — of rough cowhidethey were. The Argonauts feared that Polydeuces hands mighthave been made numb with pulling at the oar, and some of themwent to him, and took his hands and rubbed them to make themsupple; others took from off his shoulders his beautifully coloredmantle. Amycus straightway put on his gauntlets and threw off his. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS 41 mantle; he stood there amongst his followers with his great armscrossed, glowering at the Argonauts as a wild beast might when the two faced each other Amycus seemed like one of theEarth-born Men, dark and hugely shaped, while Helens brotherstood there light and beautiful. Polydeuces was like that starwhose beams are lovely at evening-tide. Like the wave that breaks over a ship and gives the sailors norespite Amycus came on at Polydeuces. He pushed in upon him,thinking to bear him down and overwhelm him. But as the skill-ful steersman keeps the ship from being overwhelmed by themonstrous wave, so Polydeuces, all skill and lightness, baffled therushes of Amycus. At last Amycus, standing on the tips of histoes and rising high above him, tried to bring down his great fistupon the head of Polydeuces. The hero swung aside and took theblow on his shoulder. Then he struck his blow. It was a stro
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