. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. e they were together, Orpheus and Eurydice, and as theywent through the place that King Aidoneus ruled over, they hadno fear of looking back, one upon the other. VII. JASON AND MEDEA ASON and Medea, unable to win to Iolcus,stayed at Corinth, at the court of KingCreon. Creon was proud to have Jason inhis city, but of Medea the king was fear-ful, for he had heard how she had broughtabout the death of Apsyrtus, her wearied of this long waiting inthe palace of King Creon. A longing came upon her to exer-cise h
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. e they were together, Orpheus and Eurydice, and as theywent through the place that King Aidoneus ruled over, they hadno fear of looking back, one upon the other. VII. JASON AND MEDEA ASON and Medea, unable to win to Iolcus,stayed at Corinth, at the court of KingCreon. Creon was proud to have Jason inhis city, but of Medea the king was fear-ful, for he had heard how she had broughtabout the death of Apsyrtus, her wearied of this long waiting inthe palace of King Creon. A longing came upon her to exer-cise her powers of enchantment. She did not forget whatQueen Arete had said to her — that if she wished to appeasethe wrath of the gods she should have no more to do withenchantments. She did not forget this, but still there grew inher a longing to use all her powers of enchantment. And Jason, at the court of King Creon, had his longings, longed to enter Iolcus and to show the people the GoldenFleece that he had won; he longed to destroy Pelias, the mur-. 274 THE GOLDEN FLEECE derer of his mother and father; above all he longed to be aking, and to rule in the kingdom that Cretheus had founded. Once Jason spoke to Medea of his longing. O Jason, Medeasaid, I have done many things for thee and this thing also Iwill do. I will go into Iolcus, and by my enchantments I willmake clear the way for the return of the Argo and for thyreturn with thy comrades — yea, and for thy coming to thekingship, 0 Jason. He should have remembered then the words of Queen Areteto Medea, but the longing that he had for his triumph and hisrevenge was in the way of his remembering. He said, O Medea,help me in this with all thine enchantments and thou wilt bemore dear to me than ever before thou wert. Medea then went forth from the palace of King Creon andshe made more terrible spells than ever she had made in night she stayed in a tangled place weaving her came, and she knew th
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