. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. ll protect thee, 0 Glauce. And then Medea thought of the kings house she had left forJason, and of the brother whom she had let be slain, and of theplot she had carried out to bring Jason back to Iolcus, and a THE HEROES OF THE QUEST 287 great fury came over her. In her hand she took foam from thejaws of the dragons, and she cast the foam upon Glauce, andthe princess fell back into the arms of Jason with the dragonfoam burning into her. Then, seeing in his eyes that he had forgotten all that heowed to her — the winning of the Golden
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. ll protect thee, 0 Glauce. And then Medea thought of the kings house she had left forJason, and of the brother whom she had let be slain, and of theplot she had carried out to bring Jason back to Iolcus, and a THE HEROES OF THE QUEST 287 great fury came over her. In her hand she took foam from thejaws of the dragons, and she cast the foam upon Glauce, andthe princess fell back into the arms of Jason with the dragonfoam burning into her. Then, seeing in his eyes that he had forgotten all that heowed to her — the winning of the Golden Fleece, and the safetyof Argo, and the destruction of the power of King Pelias —seeing in his eyes that Jason had forgotten all this, Medea wentinto her dragon-borne car and spoke the words that made thescaly dragons bear her aloft. She flew from Corinth, leavingJason in King Creons garden with Glauce dying in his lifted her up and laid her upon a bed, but even as her friendscame around her the daughter of King Creon died. 288 THE GOLDEN FLEECE. ND Jason? For long he stayed inCorinth, a famous man indeed, but onesorrowful and alone. But again theregrew in him the desire to rule and to havepossessions. He called around him againthe men whose home was in Iolcus —those who had followed him as bright-eyedyouths when he first proclaimed his purpose of winning the Fleeceof Gold. He called them around him, and he led them on boardthe Argo. Once more they lifted sails, and once more they tookthe Argo into the open sea. Toward Iolcus they sailed; their passage was fortunate, andin a short time they brought the Argo safely into the harborof Pagasae. Oh, happy were the crowds that came throngingto see the ship that had the famous Fleece of Gold upon hermasthead, and green and sweet smelling were the garlands thatthe people brought to wreathe the heads of Jason and his com-panions! Jason looked upon the throngs, and he thought thatmuch had gone from him, but he thought that
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