. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. uted to see him standingfirmly there, and in wonder the Colchians gazed upon round him, as from a furnace, there came smoke and fire. The bulls roared mightily. Grasping the horns of the bullthat was upon his right hand, Jason dragged him until he hadbrought him beside the yoke of bronze. Striking the brazenknees of the bull suddenly with his foot he forced him he smote the other bull as it rushed upon him, and it toohe forced down upon its knees. Castor and Poly deuces held the yoke to him. Jason boundit upon the
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. uted to see him standingfirmly there, and in wonder the Colchians gazed upon round him, as from a furnace, there came smoke and fire. The bulls roared mightily. Grasping the horns of the bullthat was upon his right hand, Jason dragged him until he hadbrought him beside the yoke of bronze. Striking the brazenknees of the bull suddenly with his foot he forced him he smote the other bull as it rushed upon him, and it toohe forced down upon its knees. Castor and Poly deuces held the yoke to him. Jason boundit upon the necks of the bulls. He fastened the plow to theyoke. Then he took his shield and set it upon his back, andgrasping the handles of the plow he started to make thefurrow. With his long spear he drove the bulls before him as with agoad. Terribly they raged, furiously they breathed out Jason Theseus went holding the helmet that held thedragons teeth. The hard ground was torn up by the plowof adamant, and the clods groaned as they were cast up. Jason. THE RETURN TO GREECE 129 flung the teeth between the open sods, often turning his head infear that the deadly crop of the Earth-born Men were risingbehind him. By the time that a third of the day was finished the fieldof Ares had been plowed and sown. As yet the furrows werefree of the Earth-born Men. Jason went down to the riverand filled bis helmet full of water and drank deeply. And hisknees that were stiffened with the plowing he bent until theywere made supple again. He saw the field rising into mounds. It seemed that therewere graves all over the field of Ares. Then he saw spears andshields and helmets rising up out of the earth. Then armedwarriors sprang up, a fierce battle cry upon their lips. Jason remembered the counsel of Medea. He raised a boulderthat four men could hardly raise and with arms hardened by theplowing he cast it. The Colchians shouted to see such astone cast by the hands of one man. Right into the
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