. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. and that a mighty wind pitches against, Talos stoodupon his tireless feet, swaying to and fro. Then, emptied ofall his strength, Minoss man of bronze fell into the Cretan heroes landed. That night they lay upon the land ofCrete and rested and refreshed themselves. When dawn camethey drew water from a spring, and once more they went onboard the Argo. A day came when the helmsman said, To-morrow we shallsee the shore of Thessaly, and by sunset we shall be in the har-bor of Pagasae. Soon, 0 voyagers, we shall be back in the cit
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. and that a mighty wind pitches against, Talos stoodupon his tireless feet, swaying to and fro. Then, emptied ofall his strength, Minoss man of bronze fell into the Cretan heroes landed. That night they lay upon the land ofCrete and rested and refreshed themselves. When dawn camethey drew water from a spring, and once more they went onboard the Argo. A day came when the helmsman said, To-morrow we shallsee the shore of Thessaly, and by sunset we shall be in the har-bor of Pagasae. Soon, 0 voyagers, we shall be back in the cityfrom which we went to gain the Golden Fleece. Then Jason brought Medea to the front of the ship so thatthey might watch together for Thessaly, the homeland. TheMountain Pelion came into sight. Jason exulted as he lookedupon that mountain; again he told Medea about Chiron, theancient centaur, and about the days of his youth in the forestsof Pelion. The Argo went on; the sun sank, and darkness came was there darkness such as there was on that THE RETURN TO GREECE 179 They called that night afterward the Pall of Darkness. Tothe heroes upon the Argo it seemed as if black chaos had comeover the world again; they knew not whether they were adriftupon the sea or upon the River of Hades. No star pierced thedarkness nor no beam from the moon. After a night that seemed many nights the dawn came. Inthe sunrise they saw the land of Thessaly with its mountain, itsforests, and its fields. They hailed each other as if they had metafter a long parting. They raised the mast and unfurled the sail. But not toward Pagasae did they go. For now the voiceof Argo came to them, shaking their hearts: Jason and Orpheus,Castor and Polydeuces, Zetes and Calais, Peleus and Telamon,Theseus, Admetus, Nestor, and Atalanta, heard the cry of theirship. And the voice of Argo warned them not to go into theharbor of Pagasae. As they stood upon the ship, looking toward Iolcus, sorrowcame over all t
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