. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. stowed upon him his great bow and hisunerring arrows. And it was this bow and these arrows, broughtfrom Philoctetes, that afterward helped to take Priams pile that Heracles stood upon was fired. High up, abovethe sea, the pile burned. All who were near that burning fled— all except Iole, that childlike maiden. She stayed andwatched the flames mount up and up. They wrapped the sky,and the voice of Heracles was heard calling upon Zeus. Thena great chariot came and Heracles was borne away to , after many labors, He
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. stowed upon him his great bow and hisunerring arrows. And it was this bow and these arrows, broughtfrom Philoctetes, that afterward helped to take Priams pile that Heracles stood upon was fired. High up, abovethe sea, the pile burned. All who were near that burning fled— all except Iole, that childlike maiden. She stayed andwatched the flames mount up and up. They wrapped the sky,and the voice of Heracles was heard calling upon Zeus. Thena great chariot came and Heracles was borne away to , after many labors, Heracles passed away, a mortal passinginto an immortal being in a great burning high above the sea. V. ADMETUS I T happened once that Zeus would punishApollo, his son. Then he banished himfrom Olympus, and he made him put offhis divinity and appear as a mortalman. And as a mortal Apollo sought toearn his bread amongst men. He cameto the house of King Admetus and tookservice with him as his herdsman. For a year Apollo served the young king, minding his herds. THE HEROES OF THE QUEST 259 of black cattle. Admetus did not know that it was one of theimmortal gods who was in his house and in his fields. But hetreated him in friendly wise, and Apollo was happy whilstserving Admetus. Afterward people wondered at Admetuss ever-smiling faceand ever-radiant being. It was the gods kindly thought ofhim that gave him such happiness. And when Apollo was leav-ing his house and his fields he revealed himself to Admetus,and he made a promise to him that when the god of the Under-world sent Death for him he would have one more chance ofbafrling Death than any mortal man. That was before Admetus sailed on the Argo with Jason andthe companions of the quest. The companionship of Admetusbrought happiness to many on the voyage, but the hero towhom it gave the most happiness was Heracles. And oftenHeracles would have Admetus beside him to tell him aboutthe radiant god Apollo, whose bow and arrows Herac
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