. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. d escaped the danger that had hemmed them in,but the Argonauts, as they sailed on, were not content; cove-nants had been broken, and blood had been shed in a bad as they went on through the darkness the voice of theship was heard; at the sound of that voice fear and sorrowcame upon the voyagers, for they felt that it had a prophecyof doom. Castor and Polydeuces went to the front of the ship; hold-ing up their hands, they prayed. Then they heard the wordsthat the voice uttered: in the night as they went on the voiceproclaim
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. d escaped the danger that had hemmed them in,but the Argonauts, as they sailed on, were not content; cove-nants had been broken, and blood had been shed in a bad as they went on through the darkness the voice of theship was heard; at the sound of that voice fear and sorrowcame upon the voyagers, for they felt that it had a prophecyof doom. Castor and Polydeuces went to the front of the ship; hold-ing up their hands, they prayed. Then they heard the wordsthat the voice uttered: in the night as they went on the voiceproclaimed the wrath of Zeus on account of the slaying ofApsyrtus. What was their doom to be? It was that the Argonautswould have to wander forever over the gulfs of the sea unlessMedea had herself cleansed of her brothers blood. There wasone who could cleanse Medea — Circe, the daughter of Heliosand Perse. The voice urged the heroes to pray to the im-mortal gods that the way to the island of Circe be shown tothem. THE RETURN TO GREECE 139 V. MEDEA COMES TO CIRCE. HEY sailed up the River Ister until theycame to the Eridanus, that river acrosswhich no bird can fly. Leaving the Eri-danus they entered the Rhodanus, a riverthat rises in the extreme north, whereNight herself has her habitation. Andvoyaging up this river they came to theStormy Lakes. A mist lay upon the lakes night and day;voyaging through them the Argonauts at last brought out theirship upon the Sea of Ausonia. It was Zetes and Calais, the sons of the North Wind, whobrought the Argo safely along this dangerous course. And toZetes and Calais Iris, the messenger of the gods, appeared andrevealed to them where Circes island lay. Deep blue water was all around that island, and on its heighta marble house was to be seen. But a strange haze coveredeverything as with a veil. As the Argonauts came near theysaw what looked to them like great dragonflies; they came downto the shore, and then the heroes saw that they were maidensin
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