. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. I L L H S TRA T 1 ON S Jason and Medea Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Argo • 24 Hylas 42 Persephone and Aidoneus 64 Atalantas Last Race 80 Prometheus ,....,. 102 The Field of the Dragons Teeth 128 Perseus and Andromeda 168 is PART I. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS. I. THE YOUTH JASON MAN in the garb of a slave went up theside of that mountain that is all coveredwith forest, the Mountain Pelion. Hecarried in his arms a little child. When it was full noon the slave cameinto a clearing of the forest so silent thatit seemed empty of all life. He l
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. I L L H S TRA T 1 ON S Jason and Medea Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Argo • 24 Hylas 42 Persephone and Aidoneus 64 Atalantas Last Race 80 Prometheus ,....,. 102 The Field of the Dragons Teeth 128 Perseus and Andromeda 168 is PART I. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS. I. THE YOUTH JASON MAN in the garb of a slave went up theside of that mountain that is all coveredwith forest, the Mountain Pelion. Hecarried in his arms a little child. When it was full noon the slave cameinto a clearing of the forest so silent thatit seemed empty of all life. He laid thechild down on the soft moss, and then, trembling with the fearof what might come before him, he raised a horn to his lips andblew three blasts upon it. Then he waited. The blue sky was above him, the great treesstood away from him, and the little child lay at his feet. Hewaited, and then he heard the thud-thud of great hooves. Andthen from between the trees he saw coming toward him thestrangest of all beings, one who was half man and half horse;this was Chiron the centaur. Chiron came toward the trembling slave. Greater than anyhorse was Chiron, taller than any man. The hair of his headflowed back into his horses mane, his great beard flowed overhis horses chest; in his mans hand he held a great spea
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