. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. is called to him. He strove to gather it all up in his arms;Medea was beside him, and they went swiftly on. They came to the river and down to the place where theArgo was moored. The heroes who were aboard started up,astonished to see the Fleece that shone as with the lightningof Zeus. Over Medea Jason cast it, and he lifted her aboardthe Argo. O friends, he cried, the quest on which we dared thegulfs of the sea and the wrath of kings is accomplished, thanksto the help of this maiden. Now may we return to Greece;now have
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. is called to him. He strove to gather it all up in his arms;Medea was beside him, and they went swiftly on. They came to the river and down to the place where theArgo was moored. The heroes who were aboard started up,astonished to see the Fleece that shone as with the lightningof Zeus. Over Medea Jason cast it, and he lifted her aboardthe Argo. O friends, he cried, the quest on which we dared thegulfs of the sea and the wrath of kings is accomplished, thanksto the help of this maiden. Now may we return to Greece;now have we the hope of looking upon our fathers and ourfriends once more. And in all honor will we bring this maidenwith us, Medea, the daughter of King ^Eetes. Then he drew his sword and cut the hawsers of the ship,calling upon the heroes to drive the Argo on. There was a dinand a strain and a splash of oars, and away from Aea the Argodashed. Beside the mast Medea stood; the Golden Fleece hadfallen at her feet, and her head and face were covered by hersilver i34 THE GOLDEN FLEECE IV. THE SLAYING OF APSYRTUS HAT silver veil was to be splashed witha brothers blood, and the Argonauts,because of that calamity, were for a longtime to be held back from a return totheir native land. Now as they went down the river theysaw that dangers were coming swiftlyupon them. The chariots of the Colchians were upon thebanks. Jason saw King JEetes in his chariot, a blazing torchlighting his corselet and his helmet. Swiftly the Argo went, butthere were ships behind her, and they went swiftly too. They came into the Sea of Pontus, and Phrontis, the son ofPhrixus, gave counsel to them. Do not strive to make thepassage of the Symplegades, he said. All who live aroundthe Sea of Pontus are friendly to King ^Eetes; they will bewarned by him, and they will be ready to slay us and take theArgo. Let us journey up the River Ister, and by that way wecan come to the Thrinacian Sea that is close to your land. T
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