Mythological fictions of the Greeks and Romans . lie good ship Argo was devoted by Jason to Neptune,on the isthmus of Corinth, from whence fiction after-wards transported her to the vault of the sky, where sheshines as a glittering constellation. The golden fleece was now gained, but the purposefor which alone Jason had exposed himself, as v/ell ashis friends, to every imaginable danger, w^as frustrated;his father, ^Eson, liaving in the meanwhile become adecrepit, childish old man, neither able to reign, nor torejoice at the glorious feats of his son. The first request, therefore, which Jason
Mythological fictions of the Greeks and Romans . lie good ship Argo was devoted by Jason to Neptune,on the isthmus of Corinth, from whence fiction after-wards transported her to the vault of the sky, where sheshines as a glittering constellation. The golden fleece was now gained, but the purposefor which alone Jason had exposed himself, as v/ell ashis friends, to every imaginable danger, w^as frustrated;his father, ^Eson, liaving in the meanwhile become adecrepit, childish old man, neither able to reign, nor torejoice at the glorious feats of his son. The first request, therefore, which Jason made toMedea, was to use her magic powers to renew, if pos-sible, both the bodily and mental abilities of his , complying ^^ ith her husbands request, infuseda new juice of life, prepared of secret herbs, into theveins of the old man, so as to make him feel the returnof his gay youth, and the renewed strength of life;while the daughters of Peiias, foolishly imitating thework of Medea, deprived their father, whom they also V Fa^e /7/. /ctPty/^df f ^^/5/r^<<J%?^. 171 wished to l•e^^ve with invigorated youth, of his hfe, sothat ^son now reigned undisturbed sole king of lolcos. Jason betook himself with Medea to Corintli, formerlycalled Ephyra, where ^Eetes. before he went to the fer-tile Colchis, had reigned. Medea took possession ofthe government for her husband, and they lived therequietly during ten years. Behind this calm of peacefullife, how^ever, a dieadful storm was lurking, whichthreatened Jason with a tragic fate, as w^as the case alsowith Hercules, Perseus, and Bellerophon. Weary of Medea, whom he seemed to have alwayssecretly despised, he was going to marry Creons royaldaughter, umnindful of the revenge of despised jealousyor disregarded faith. Medea feigned patience and mild-ness, enduring with resignation what she could notprevent; she even herself sent to the bride a costlywedding garment. But scarcely had the latter madeuse of the dangerous prese
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