. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. He moved with finsthat were like the horns of the new moon. Triton helped Argoalong until they came into the open sea. Then he plungeddown into the abyss. The heroes shouted their thanks to they looked at each other and embraced each other withjoy, for the sea that touched upon the land of Greece was openbefore them. IX. NEAR TO IOLCUS AGAIN LHE sun sank; then that star came thatbids the shepherd bring his flock to thefold, that brings the wearied plowmanto his rest. But no rest did that starbring to the Argonauts. The bree
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. He moved with finsthat were like the horns of the new moon. Triton helped Argoalong until they came into the open sea. Then he plungeddown into the abyss. The heroes shouted their thanks to they looked at each other and embraced each other withjoy, for the sea that touched upon the land of Greece was openbefore them. IX. NEAR TO IOLCUS AGAIN LHE sun sank; then that star came thatbids the shepherd bring his flock to thefold, that brings the wearied plowmanto his rest. But no rest did that starbring to the Argonauts. The breeze thatfilled the sail died down; they furled thesail and lowered the mast; then, onceagain, they pulled at the oars. All night they rowed, and allday, and again when the next day came on. Then they sawthe island that is halfway to Greece — the great and fair islandof Crete. It was Theseus who first saw Crete — Theseus who was tocome to Crete upon another ship. They drew the Argo near thegreat island; they wanted water, and they were fain to rest THE RETURN TO GREECE 177 Minos, the great king, ruled over Crete. He left the guard-ing of the island to one of the race of bronze, to Talos, whohad lived on after the rest of the bronze men had been a day would Talos stride around the island; his brazenfeet were tireless. Now Talos saw the Argo drawing near. He took up greatrocks and he hurled them at the heroes, and very quickly theyhad to draw their ship out of range. They were wearied and their thirst was consuming still that bronze man stood there ready to sink their shipwith the great rocks that he took up in his hands. Medea stoodforward upon the ship, ready to use her spells against the manof bronze. In body and limbs he was made of bronze and in these he wasinvulnerable. But beneath a sinew in his ankle there was avein that ran up to his neck and that was covered by a thinskin. If that vein were broken Talos would perish. Medea did not kno
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