. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. a pigeon held in her hands. She loosed it, andthe pigeon alighted on the ship, and stayed there on pink feet,a white-feathered pigeon. Jason took up the pigeon and heldit in his hands, and the Argo drew swiftly away from the Lem-nian land. XL THE PASSAGE OF THE SYMPLEGADES HEY came near Salmydessus, wherePhineus, the wise king, ruled, and theysailed past it; they sighted the pile ofstones, with the oar upright upon itthat they had raised on the seashoreover the body of Tiphys, the skillfulsteersman whom they had lost; theysailed on
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. a pigeon held in her hands. She loosed it, andthe pigeon alighted on the ship, and stayed there on pink feet,a white-feathered pigeon. Jason took up the pigeon and heldit in his hands, and the Argo drew swiftly away from the Lem-nian land. XL THE PASSAGE OF THE SYMPLEGADES HEY came near Salmydessus, wherePhineus, the wise king, ruled, and theysailed past it; they sighted the pile ofstones, with the oar upright upon itthat they had raised on the seashoreover the body of Tiphys, the skillfulsteersman whom they had lost; theysailed on until they heard a sound that grew more and morethunderous, and then the heroes said to each other, Nowwe come to the Symplegades and the dread passage into theSea of Pontus. It was then that Jason cried out: Ah, when Pelias spokeof this quest to me, why did I not turn my head away andrefuse to be drawn into it? Since we came near the dreadpassage that is before us I have passed every night in for you who have come with me, you may take your ease,. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS 95 for you need care only for your own lives. But I have to carefor you all, and to strive to win for you all a safe return toGreece. Ah, greatly am I afflicted now, knowing to what a greatperil I have brought you! So Jason said, thinking to make trial of the heroes. They,on their part, were not dismayed, but shouted back cheerfulwords to him. Then he said: 0 friends of mine, by yourspirit my spirit is quickened. Now if I knew that I was beingborne down into the black gulfs of Hades, I should fear noth-ing, knowing that you are constant and faithful of heart. As he said this they came into water that seethed all aroundthe ship. Then into the hands of Euphemus, a youth of Iolcus,who was the keenest-eyed amongst the Argonauts, Jason putthe pigeon that Hypsipyle had given him. He bade him standby the prow of the Argo, ready to loose the pigeon as the shipcame nigh that dreadful gate of rock. They saw the
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