. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. on my back, holding on to the wood I carry, andI will bear thee over the river. Jason smiled. How foolish this old woman was to think thatshe could bear him across the flooded river! She came near himand she took him in her arms and lifted him up on her , before he knew what she was about to do, she had steppedinto the water. From stone to stepping-stone she went, Jason holding on tothe wood that she had drawn to her shoulders. She left himdown upon the bank. As she was lifting him down one ofhis feet touched the water
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. on my back, holding on to the wood I carry, andI will bear thee over the river. Jason smiled. How foolish this old woman was to think thatshe could bear him across the flooded river! She came near himand she took him in her arms and lifted him up on her , before he knew what she was about to do, she had steppedinto the water. From stone to stepping-stone she went, Jason holding on tothe wood that she had drawn to her shoulders. She left himdown upon the bank. As she was lifting him down one ofhis feet touched the water; the swift current swept away asandal. He stood on the bank knowing that she who had carried himacross the flooded river had strength from the gods. He lookedupon her, and behold! she was transformed. Instead of an oldwoman there stood before him one who had on a golden robe anda shining crown. Around her was a wondrous light — the lightof the sun when it is most golden. Then Jason knew that shewho had carried him across the broad Anaurus was the goddess. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS n whom he had seen in the ways of the forest — Hera, great Zeusswife. Go into Iolcus, Jason, said great Hera to him, go intoIolcus, and in whatever chance doth befall thee act as one whohas the eyes of the immortals upon him. She spoke and she was seen no more. Then Jason went on hisway to the city that Cretheus, his grandfather, had founded andthat his father ^Eson had once ruled over. He came into thatcity, a tall, great-limbed, unknown youth, dressed in a strangefashion, and having but one sandal on. II. KING PELIAS HAT day King Pelias, walking throughthe streets of his city, saw coming towardhim a youth who was half shod. He re-membered the words of the oracle thatbade him beware of a half-shod man, andstraightway he gave orders to his guards tolay hands upon the the guards wavered when they went toward him, for therewas something about the youth that put them in awe of came with
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