. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. upon the ground. He raised them to speak to the king,and as he did he found the strange eyes of Medea upon all the courage that was in him he spoke: I will dare this contest, monstrous as it is. I will face thisdoom. I have come far, and there is nothing else for me to dobut to yoke your fire-breathing bulls to the plow of adamant,and plow the furrows in the field of Ares, and struggle withthe Earth-born Men. As he said this he saw the eyes ofMedea grow wide as with fear. Then ^Eetes said, Go back to your ship and make read
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. upon the ground. He raised them to speak to the king,and as he did he found the strange eyes of Medea upon all the courage that was in him he spoke: I will dare this contest, monstrous as it is. I will face thisdoom. I have come far, and there is nothing else for me to dobut to yoke your fire-breathing bulls to the plow of adamant,and plow the furrows in the field of Ares, and struggle withthe Earth-born Men. As he said this he saw the eyes ofMedea grow wide as with fear. Then ^Eetes said, Go back to your ship and make ready forthe trial. Jason, with Peleus and Telamon, left the chamber,and the king smiled grimly as he saw them go. Phrontis andMelas went to where their mother was. But Medea stayed,and JEetes looked upon her with his great leopards eyes. Mydaughter, my wise Medea, he said, go, put spells upon theMoon, that Hecate may weaken that man in his hour of turned away from her fathers eyes, and went to herchamber. n8 THE GOLDEN FLEECE H. MEDEA THE SORCERESS. HE turned away from her fathers eyesand she went into her own a long time she stood there withher hands clasped together. She heardthe voice of Chalciope lamenting becauseJEetes had taken a hatred to her sonsand might strive to destroy them. Sheheard the voice of her sister lamenting, but Medea thought thatthe cause that her sister had for grieving was small comparedwith the cause that she herself had. She thought on the moment when she had seen Jason for thefirst time — in the courtyard as the mist lifted and the doveflew to her; she thought of him as he lifted those bright eyesof his; then she thought of his voice as he spoke after her fatherhad imposed the dreadful trial upon him. She would have likedthen to have cried out to him, 0 youth, if others rejoice atthe doom that you go to, I do not rejoice. Still her sister lamented. But how great was her own griefcompared to her sisters! For Chalciope could try
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