The Quest of the Golden Fleece ‘Gare Ment Jrson, yung ma, exuberant and daring es forth io [pin te Crone tat i i bitright—by Bringing back The Golden Foe of rm, guardet yo ful dragon. His res take hi tog strange a stant ands, From ancient Grace tte sre fe Bac Se. On ths ‘pest he has help from Her, the queen ofthe gods and the wife of Zeus, and Aphrodite, the goes of lve. inte many other guests, Jason's story des wot end pty. Jason perfor heroically om is gust, but he cst, n the ed, bao sisal oF honorably the ith century 8, the great Greck dramatist Euripides oak te last ep of the story—Joso's il detings tt Medon—and crv oneof he words rat tage, ‘Meclen Eith Hamilton quotes Mafe’s anguished spo fr Eup’ playin the concaing portions Of her reteling of sor’ story Ti fm in tro io ween ne ‘wat the leader ofthe Quest of the Golden Flece, He was supposed to have lived a generation earlier than the moat famous Greek tisveler, the hero of the Oniyssey. Tt was of course journey by water Rivers lakes, ancl seas were the nly highways; there were no roads. All the same, 8 voyager hed to face perils not only on the deep, but on the land as ‘well Ships did not sail by aight, and any place whee sailors put in might harbor a monster or a magician who could work more deadly harm than storm and shipwreck. High {cus on Cen courage was necessary to travel, especially outside of Groece ‘No sory proved ti fact beter than the account of what the tpeoes suffered who sailed in the ship Argo to find the Golden Tose, t may be dubied, indeed f there ever wasn VOYaRE 08 vibich silos had to face so many and such varied danges. Tlowever they were all heroes ofrenown, some of them the eat atin Chvoce, and they were quite eal fo their advent ‘A Rescue by the Golden Ram “The tale ofthe Gokden Feoce begins with a Greok king named ‘Arhunas wh got ed of la wif, put her away, and msaried ahathen the Princess Ino. Nephele, the fist wife, was afraid for for two ellen, especialy the boy, Pixs. She though! the ‘cod wife would ty to il bn so that her own son could Font the Kingdom, and she was right. This second wife came froma great family Her father was Cadmus the excellent King Of Thebes, her mother and her three sisters were women of biameles lives, But she herself, Ino, determined to ring abowt the litle boy's deat, and she made an elaborate plan how ths Was to be done, Somehow she got possession ofall Ue soe ‘om and parched it before the men Went out fr the owing, £0 that, ofcourse, there was no harvest af all. When the King sent tana to ask the race what he should co jo this fearful di theses persuaded or, sare probebly, bribed the messenger to aay thatthe oracle had decared the com woul not grow ain unless they offered wp the young Prince as a sacri. ‘The people, theatened with starvation, forced the King to yield end permit the boy's death. To the later Grek te iden Er ouch a sacrice was as otible as i stow, ane! when it layed a pact in a story Hey almost always changed i into vompething lese shocking, As this tale has come down t0 us, tote the bey hod been taken to the allay, a wondrous ram ta feces of pre gold snatched isa and his sister up and tone thems away through the air Hermes had! sent hi in an- ‘wer to thelr mother’s prayer.ee The Myth Makes : ‘While they were crossing the seat which separates Burope andl Asa, the gin whose name was Hel, slipped and fl into the water She wos drowned, and the strat was named for hee the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, The boy came safely 10 land, to the country of Colds onthe Untriendly Sea (the Back Se, Which had not yet become friendly). The Colchians were a fiesce people. Nevertheless, they were kind to Phixus, and theit King, Aletes let him mary one of his daughters. 1 seems ‘dal thatPheixus sacrificed to Zeus the ram that had saved him, in grntinde for having been saved; but he did so, and he gave the precious Golden Fleece to King Ate. ‘The Man with One Sandal Piss hn at uncle who was by rights a king in Greece but nad had his Kingdom taken away fom him by his nephew, a ‘man named Pelas. The King’s young son Jason, the rightful heir othe kingdom, ad been sent secretly away to a place af salety and when he was grown, he came boldly back to claim, the Kingdon from hie wicked cousin, “The wsnperPelias had been told by a oracle that he would die a the bands of kinsmnen and that he should beware of any- ‘ane whom he saw shod with aly a single sandal, In de time stu a man came to the town. One foot was are, although in allother ways he was well-clad—a garment fiting close to his Splenic Limbo, and aroun his shoulders a leopard’ kin to tim the showers. He had nat shomn the bright locks of his halt they ran rippling dovin his back. He went straight into the tovmm and entered! the marketplace fearlessly atthe time when the mite fille i, [None knew him, but one and another wondered at him ane sald, “Can he be Apollo? Or Aphrodite's lord? Not one of Poseidon’ bald sons, for they are dead.” Sa they questioned each other But Pelingcamein hot hasteat he tidings, and when he sa the single sandal, he was afraid He hid his terror in his heart, however, and addressed the stranger: "What country Is your fatherland? No hateful and dein les, beg yo Tell “Taw Quer or nie Gouna us 13 re the truth.” With gentle words the other answered: “I have ‘ome fo my hvine to Fecover the ancent honor of my house, this land no longer ruled aright, which Zeus gave tomy father, [Tam your eousin, and they eall me by the name of Jason. You and T must rule ourselves by the law of right—not appeal to brazen swords or spears. Keep all the wealth you have taken, the flocks end the ly bends of cate and the Fields, but the sovereign scepter and the throne release to me, so that no evil ‘quneel will rie from them.” Pella gave him soft answer "So shall i be, But one thing must fist be done, The dead Phish ua bring back ee Golden esse and thus bring beck his spirit to his home, The oracle has spoken, But fr me, already old age ie my compa jon, while the fawer of your youth is only now coming into full bloom. Do you go upon this quest, and Cswear with Zeus ‘as witness that Twill give up the kingdom and the sovereign hile to you.” So he spoke, believing in his heat that no one ‘ould make the atempt and come back alive ‘The Adventure Begins “The idea ofthe great adventure was delightful to Jason. He agree and lett be knoven everywhere that this would be @ ‘voyage indeed. The young men of Greae joyfully met the chal lenge They came, all the best and nablest, join the company. Hercule, the greatest of all heroes, was there; Orpeu, the ‘aster musician; Castor with his brother, Pollux; Achilles f- the, Peleus; and many another, Hera was helping Jason, and {it was she who kindle in each one the deste not tobe left be- bind suring a life without peril by his mother’s side, but even atthe price of death to deink with his comgades the peerless ‘line of valor. They oet sil in the ship Argo, Jason took in hls hands a golden goblet and, pouting a bation of wine into the se, called spon Zeus whose lance is the lightning to specd then on their way Great perils lay before them and some of them paid with their ives fr drinking that peeles elixe They pul in fist aae The Mh ars Lemnos, steange island where only women lived. The women hed risen up against the ine and hacl killed them al, except te, the ol! king His daughter, Hypsipyle, a leader among the ote, ad spared her father and set im afloat an the gen ‘hollow cheat, which ialycaztod him to safety. These free ‘retutes, however welcomed the Argonatits and helped them ith gond gifts of food and wine and garments before they sailed away. ‘Sow after they left Leas, the Argonauts loa Hercules rom the company, A lad named Hyls, his armorbearet, very dent te him, was daven under the water as he dipped Is pitcher Inca speng by # water nymph who saw the rosy flush of his tnuty and wished fo Kiss hs. She three hee arma around his eck ged cree him down int the depts, and he was soen no Thome Tlereles sought him madly everywhere, shouting his Tame and phinging deeper and deeper Into the forest away from the ace He had forgoten the Fleece and the Argo and his Comrades: everything except Hiyas. He did not comeback, and finally the ship had to sil without him. ‘The Foul Harpies “Their next adventuse was with the Harpies, fightfl ying Crntures with hooked beak anc laws who always elt behind {hem a loathsome stench, sickening to all living creatures. ‘Where the Argonauts had beached heir boat forthe night lived I onely and wreiched old man, to whom Apolo, the truth foley had given the ift of prophecy. He foretold unestingly {what would happen, and this had displeased Zeus, who ab Wray liked to wrap in mystery what he would do—and very enti, too, in the opinion ofall who knev Hea. So he i flict & terrible punishment upon the old man. Whenever he ‘va about to dine, the Harpies, who were called “the bounds UrZeu" swooped down ad defiled Ue food, leaving itso foul thatino one could best to be neat it, much less eat it When the ‘Anonsts sve the poor old creatire—his name was Phiness— the was ikea lifeles dream, creeping on withered fet, trem Ths Ques or eC PRE © 15 bing fr weakness, and only the skin on his body held hs tones together He welcomed them gladly and begged them to help hin. He knew through his gift of prophecy that be onl be defended from the Harpies by two men alone, who ere among the company on the Argo—the sons of Boren, the reat Noxth Wind. All ited to him wth pty and the two {geve him eagerly thee promise to help. hile Uae others set fort food for him, Boreas’ sons took thelr stand beside him with deawn swords. He ad hardly put tr moroe to bis lips when the hateful monsters davted down from the sky and in a moment ad devoured everything and ‘rere flying of leaving the intlorable odor behind them. But The wind sift sons ofthe North Wind followed them: they aught up with them and atric at them with their sword ‘They would assuredly have cut them to pieces if is, the rin ‘bow mensenger of the gods, gliding down from heaven, bad fot checked then They most forbear to kill the hours of “Zeus, she said, but abe swore by the waters of the Sty the ‘ath that none ean break tat they would never again trouble Phineus So the two returned gladly and comforted the old tan, who in is joy sat feasting with the heroes all throug the night ‘The Clashing Rocks He gave them wise advice 00, about the dangers before them, jn especial about the Clashing Rooks, the Symplegades, that rolled perpetually agsnst one another while the sea boiled up frotind them, The way to pass betwoen then, he sal, was first fo make trial with a dove Ifshe passed through safely, then the chances were that they too would get through. Bat ifthe love were crushed, they must tum back and give up all hope fof the Golden Fleece "The next moming they started, with a dove ofcourse and were soon insight ofthe gest rolling rock, I seemed impoe- ‘ble that there could be a way between them, but they reed the dove and watched hee She flew through and came out sale.‘Only the ips of her ta-ethers were caught between the rocks fn they rolled back together, and those were torn away. The there went ater he asswifly a they could, The rocks parted, the rowers put frth all thelr strength, and they too came through safely, Justin time, hovvever for a6 the rocks cleshed together again, the extreme end of the stern omament was, ‘Shoe of By ao litle they escaped destruction. But ever since ‘hey passed them, theroeks have beer rooted fast to eachother fand have never any more brought disaster to sir ‘The Amazons [Not fa from there wos the county ofthe warsior women the ‘Amazona-the cavghtess, strangely enough, of that most pesceloving nymph, sweet Harmony. But thelr father was ‘Rees the terrible god of war, whose ways they followed and rot theie mother’s The heroes would gladly have halted and ‘hosed in batle with thers, and it would not have been bat te without bloodshed, forthe Amazons were not gentle for. Bus the wind was favorable and they hari on. They caught a glimpse of the Caueasusas they sped past and of Prometheus ‘on his rock high above them, and they heard the fanning of the eagle's huge wings ait darted down to its bloody feast ‘They stopped for nothing, and that same day at sunset they rence Colehis, the country af the Golden Fleece, ‘The Heroes Arrive at Colchis| ‘They spent the night facing they knew not what and feling that there was no help fr them anywhere except in their own ‘aloe. Up in Olympus, however, a consultation was being hele Shout them. Hera troubled atthe danger they were in, went to ask Aphrodite's help, The Goddess of Love was surprised the vii for Hera was 0 friend of ers Stl when the great ‘Queen of Olympus begged for her aid, she was awed and promised to do all she could. Together they planned that [Aphrodite's gon Cupid: should make the daughter of the ‘Ques oF max Govoen Pure + 17 CColehian King fallin love with Jason, That was an excellent plan-—for Jason, The maiden, who was names! Medea, knee how towork very powerful magieand could wdoubtedly save the Argonaut if she would use her dark knowledge fos them. So Aphrodite wen! to Cupid and told him she would give hy i ovely plaything, ball of shining gold and deep blue enamel, Hflve woukd do what she wanted. He was delighted, seized his bow snd quiver and swept down from Olympus through tbe vast expanie of air to Coles ‘Meine the heroes had started forthe city to ask the King for the Golden Fleece, They were safe from any trouble oa the ‘way, for Heea wrapped thes in a thick mist, s0 that they ‘Rached the palace unseen, I dicolved when they approached the entrance, and the wares, quick to notice the band of splendi young strangers, Jed them courteously within and sent von to the King oftheir arival ‘Medea Pierced with Love ‘He eame at onee and bade them welcome. His servant has teed o mak allready, bul ies and heat water forthe baths tid prepane food into this busy scene stole the Princess Medea, ‘rious to see the visitors, Asher eyes fell upon Jason, Cupid wifily drew his bovr acl shot a shat ceep into the maien’s Tear It bured there like a flame, and her soul melted with ‘sweet pain, and her face went now white, now red, Amazed fd bashed, she stole back to her chamber. ‘Only after the heroes had bathed and refreshed themselves ‘with meat and dink could King Aetes ask them who they lwece anc why they had come, It was accounted great dis Courleny lo put any question toa guest before is wants had ‘een satisfied, Jason answered that they were all men of no blest birth, sons or grandsons of the gods, who had sailed feom Greets inthe hope that he would give them the Golden ‘leoce in return for whatever service he would ask of thet "They would conquer his enemies for him or do anything he wishedswe They Mars Ageat anger lille King ASetes' heat ashe listened He di not lke foreigners any mare than the Grocks did; he wanted, them to keep away from bis counts, and he said to himset “ituhese steangers had not eaten at my table, T would Kil ‘hem In silence he pondered swhat he should do, and a plan came to him, ‘The Test of the Dragon's Teeth ‘He tld Jason that he bore no grudge against brave men and that they proved themselves suc, he would give the Fleece to them. "And the rl of your courage,” hesald, “shall beonly ‘what Let have done” This was o yoke two bulls he hed, whose fet were of brouzeand whose brats was flaming fe, tra with them to plow field. Then the teeth ofa dragon must ‘ecat into the furrows, lke seed-cor—which would spring tap at ence info crop af armed men, These mast be cut down, ts they advanced fo the altack-n feasful harvesting. “T have lone al this myel," he exe; "and wl give the Fleece ton sar less brave than L” For time Jason sut speechless, The ‘Contest ecemest impossible, beyond the strength of anyone. Finally he answered," wil make the tial, monstrous though itis, even if it my doom to de” With that he rose wp and led his comrades back to te ship for the night, but Madea's thoughts followed afte him. All through the long night, when bh hat left the palace, she sensed fo see him, his beauty ancl bis race, and to hear the words hehed uttered, Her heart was {ormente! with fea for hin. She guessed what her father was planning Retumed tothe ship, the heroes held a council and one and nother urge Jason to let hms take the trial upon himself, bat invainsJagon woul yield to none of them, As they talked, these tame to them one of the King’s grandsons, whose life Jason fone had saved, and he tll them of Medea's magic power, ‘There was nothing she could not do, he sad check the star, even, and the moon If she were persuaded to kelp, she could hake eson ableto conquer thebulls andthe dragon-teeth men. ‘Tus Qus oe Teocemed the only plan that offered any hope and they urged the prince to go ack and ry to win Medes over, nt knowing that the God of Lave had alrendy done that. Medea’s Magic she sat alone in her room, weeping and telling herself ae wns shamed forover because she cared s0 much fora stranger that Shevwanted to'yield to a mad pasion and go aginst her {6 thee "Far better dle,” she anid She tok in her hand a casket tohich held herbs for King, but as she sat there with i she Though of life andthe elightfl things that are in the word, ac the oun anemed sweeter than ever before. She pul the ce eraway, and, no longer wavering, she determined to use hee power for the man she loved, She had a magic ointment which repull make him who rubbed it on his body sae for that day Tre could not be harmed by anything, The plant it was male ftom aprang up fit when Prometheus blood dripped down tipon te earth She pat itp her bosom and went to find het ‘phew the prince whom Jason hed helped. She met him as tra yar looking for her to beg her to do just what she had al tendy derided on. She agree at once to all he said and sent Thin othe ship to tel Jagr to meet her without delay in 9 cer tain place. As soon as he heat Uae message, Jason stated and ain went, Fiera shed radiant grace upon him, so that all who saw him marveled at hms, When be reached Medea it seemed to her auf hor heat left er to go to hima dark mist clouded hhereyea and ahe had na strength to move. The two stod face To face without a word, a8 lofty pine tees whet the wind i full Then ago, when the wind stirs hey murmurs these theo als, ssred by the breath af lve, were fated to tel out al thei tae to each other. ie spoke fat and implored her to be kind to hit. He could not but have hope, he si, because hee Ioveliness most surely ret that she excelled in gente courtesy. She did not know how to apeak to himy she wanted to pour out all she felt at tones. Silenlly she drew the box of ointment fom her bosom204 The My Maks and gave t to hin, She would have given her sou! to hin if he had asked her. And now both Were fling their eyes on the round, sboahed, and again were throwing glances at each che, smiling with love's desire ‘Atlast Medes spoke and told him how to use the charm and that, when it was sprinkled on his weepoas, It would make them a wll as himself invincible fr a day If too many ofthe dragon-leth men rushed to atak him, he ust throw stone ino thelr midat, which would make them tra against each citer and fight unt all were killed. "T must go back to the palace now” she said. “But when you are ance more safe at hhame, remember Medea, as will remember you forever” He answered passionately, "Never by night and never by day will ‘oxget you. f you will come to Greece, you shall be worshiped for what you have dane for us, and nothing except death will ‘ome betiveen ti" “They parted, she fo the palace to woep over hee teachory to her father, eto the ship ta send two of his comrades for the «dragon's teeth Meantime he made tal ofthe ointment, ad at the touch of i a terrible, iresiatble power entered into im, and the heres all exulid. Yet even 80, when they reached the Fell where the King and the Coleians were waiting, and the bulls mashed out from their Iai breathing forth ames of tre, terror overcame them. But Jason withstood the fearful crea tes aba great ork in the sea withstands the waves. He forced first one and then the other down on ite knees and fastened. the yoke upon them while all wondered athis mighty prowess. ‘Over the fed he deove them, pressing the plow down finly and casting the dragon's teeth into the furrows. By the ime the plowing was done, the erop was springing up, men biting, with arms who came rashing to attack him. Jason remembered Medea’s words and flung a hige stone ito thelr midst. With {hat the warriors ened spon each other and fell beneath their town spears wile the furrows an with blood. So Jasons con test was ended in victory, bitter to King ees. The King went back'o the palace planning treachery aginst the heroes and vowing they should never have the Golden “Tw Qusr or mis Goucen ues 2. ‘leece, But Hera was working for them. She made Meda, all, bewildered with lve and misery, determine to ly with json. That night she stole out of the house and sped along the ark pall tothe ship, where they were rejoicing i their good for: tue with no thought of evi. She fll on her knees before thems land begged them to take her with ther. They must get the Fleece at once, ahe told therm, and then make all haste away forthey would be killed. A tertble serpent guarded the Fleece, bt she avout lal It ta sleep so that it would do them m0 harm, She spoke in anguish, best Jagon rejoiced and ralsel her genily and embraced her and promised her she would be his ‘vn welded wife when ance they were back in Greece. Then, taking heron boss, they went where she directed and reaches theacred grove where the Feece hung, The guardian serpent ‘was very fertible, but Medes approached It fearlesly, and, singing @aveet magical sang, she charmed it to sleep. Swifly Jason lifted the golden wonder from the wee it hang on ard, hhunying beck, they reached the ship as dawn was breaking The strongest were put atthe oars and they rowed with all thle might dovin the river to the sea ‘The Murder of a Brother By now what had happened was known tothe King, and he sent his gon in pursuit~-Mden's brother, Apayrus. Hele an larmy so great that t seemed impossible forthe litle band of heroes ether fo conquest orto escape, but Medea saved thest again, this tine by 8 horrible deed. She killed her brother. Some say ale sent him word that she was longing to go back. to her home and that she had the Fleoce for him it he would eet her that night ata certain spot, He came all unsuspect- ing an Jason struck him clown, and his dark blood eye his sister's allvery robe as she shrank avay. With its leader dead, {he army ecattered in sonar, and the way fo the sa lay open ta the heroes, Others say that Apsyrtus get sal on the Argo with Medes, although why he dil $0 Is not explained, anl that was the 4 |22 The ars ‘cing who pursued them, As his ship gained on then, Mevten ene struck her brother down and, cutting, him limb fom Tab est the pieces into the sea. The King stopped to gather then, al the Argo was saved. Wy then the adventures ofthe Argonauts were almost over. na terrible il they had while passing between the enxoath recon of Sela snd the whinipoat of Charybls, where the aaereverspovted and soared and the fous waves mous ig up touched the very sky, But Hera had seen tot thet ea ine shouldbe a nd to gue them and end the ship fn to safety. Not came Creto—where they would have landed but for ‘Medea She toll them that Tas lived there, the last man et iy the ancient bronze race creature made all of brows ex ptane ae were alone he was velnerabe. Bven as she Spoke he appeared eabito behold and shventened oes Re ohip with rock if they dzew nearer They rested on dhelt ree Medea, kneeling, prayed to the hounds of Hades to carne and destroy him, The dread powers of evil heard her As {he bronze mar lifted a pointed cra, to hurl stat the Argo, Be faze his ake and the blood gushed forth uni he snk and red Then the heroes could land and refresh themselves for the voyage sil before them, The Murder of a Father ‘Upon reaching Greece they disbanded, each hero going to his Teena, an Javan with Medes took the Golden Flee to elias Dut they found that ternble deeds had been done there, Fetins hdl frted Jason's father toll himself, and his mother had thd of geet Jes, bent upor punishing this wickedness, fume 9 Medea forthe belp Which had never filed him. She ‘brought about the death of Pelias by a cunning trick. To his CCoughters she sad that se knew a secret, ow to make the ‘ld young ageing and to prove her words, she eut up before then a teat worn out with many years and put the pieces fn a pot of boing wes, Then she uttered a charm, and in ‘Tw Quusror mie Gousha 2 ‘moment out from the water sprang a lamb, which rn sing ‘hang. The maidens were convinced. Medea gave Pelis a po Me ceing draughtand called upon his daughters toc hi. toto bit, Wi al thie longing to make him young again they ould hardly force themselves to do so, but at lst the dread faltask was done, the pieces in the water, and they looked 10 edie to apeale he magic words that would bring him back ether and to his youth But she was gone—gone from the place ni rom the ty, and, horse, hey relzed that they eee thelr father’s murderers. Jason was revenge, indeed Betrayed “There is story, oo, that Medea restored Jasons father toe and made him young again and that she gave to Jason the ret of pexpotwal youth All that she did of evil and of good veep done for him alone td in He en al he reward she gol tas that he turned trailor her They came co Corinth afer elias! death Two sons wereborn tothen, andall seemed well, even toMedea in er exile, lonely ate must always be. But her great love for Jason made the Tove of her family and her country seem to her litle thing tana then Jason showed the meanness that was in him, Bi Tonk hero though he had seemed tobe: he engaged himaelf to runny the daughter ofthe King of Corinth 1 as «splendid Tharrlage, and he thought of ambition only, never of lve or of “rite Inthe Best mazement of Mb Weachery and ithe tation of her anguish, Medea let fall words which made the {Ring of Corinth feor she would co harm to his daughter be rant have been a singularly gnsuspicious man not to have thought ofthat beforeand he sent her word that she and her Conor leave the country at once. That was a doom almost aad as death, A woman in ele with itl helpless children had no protection for herself or them vas he sat brooding over what she should do and thinking ot her wrongs and her weetchedness—wishing, for death 10 tind the ifs eld no loge bear sometimes rememberinga4 The yl Mars vty ne thar an er home sometimes shuddering at {he uu nshing cout wash out of her bober's blood, of Teas too; concious above al ofthe wil, passionate de ton hat had brought her to his evi and ths misery as eee ts Jason appeaned before het She looked af hin i fino opens He asthe beside er, yt she was fe ‘ey tom ht lone ith he outraged ove al hes rine ite Hs elings had nothing in them vo make him sll, He told her coll tt he had lays known how uncontrolled trap wes If hn not been for he fos, miselevous {Si tour his vie, ae night have stayed on comfortably inCortih, Homeve he had sone his Best for hes. Iwas thay through his ot that she aso te eed, not ites Te had a ery hr oe eed to persuade the ng the had pana no pains. He hl come tober nw fovsiae hewn tata man fl fend ade woul see thar ahead plenyof gold nnd everything nessary fr her ume. ' “This was too much, The torrent of Medea’s wrangs burst fot, "You come to she sid “Tome, of all the rae of men? Yetitis well you came For shall age the burden of my heart ean make your baseness manifest, saved you. Every matin Greoce knows that "Thebull the deagon-men hesexpont ward ofthe less, Teonqueed them, [made you victor Tell the light that saved you Father and home-Hlef them Tora strange county Taverthre your foes, CContvved for Pins the worst of deaths [Nov you forsake me ‘Where shal go? Back to my father’s house? ‘ToPPlin” daughters Ihave become fr you ‘Theenemy ofa, “Ty Quisror mie Govoan Ruse 8 ‘Myself, Thad no quarrel with them (0b, Thave had in you Aloyallusband, tobe ndmited of men, Anexile now, © God, O Gad [No one to help. am alone His answer was that he had been saved not by her, but by [Aplwodte, who had made her fallin love with him and that she cved him a great dea! for bringing her to Greece, el lized country. Also that he had dane very well for her in et ting it be known fiow she had helped the Argonauts, 30 that people praised hee IF only she coulel have hal same common ense she would have been glad of his marriage, assuch a con- nection would have been profitable for her and the chilaen, too, Her exile washer own fault only Medea’s Revenge Whatever else she licked, Medea had plenty of intligence She wasted no more worda upon hi excepto refuse his gok. She would fake nothing, no help from him. Jason flung away an fly from her, "Your stubborn pride,” he told her— 1taives away all those who woul be kind Bat you wil grieve the more for it rom that moment Medea set herself to be avenge, as well she knew how. ‘iy death, ob by death, shal the conflict of fe be decided, Lifes litle day ended Sie determined to kil Jason's bride, and then-—then? Bt she Would not think of what else she saw before her "Her death fia,” she sa. ‘he took from a chest» most lovely robe. This she anointed with deadly drugs, and, placing tina casket, she sent her sons ‘wilh it to dhe nev bride. They must ask er, she tok them, to how that she accepted the gift by wearing it at once. Theaoe Thebes Frings ecived them greiusly and agreed. Bat no soones Penh paren herobe ian fear devouring ie eneoped aan eepped den her very Hes hal meliedl ay. "When Medes koe the de! was done he roe her mind sweat nore real There was no protection for he ei eae ely for them anywhere. slaves eight be ther, See wl ot eter ve or strangers to Us,” she thought ‘Toe by other hands more merelless than mine. No, T who gove ther life wil give them death Oh now no cowardice, no thought how young they a, How dear they are, hove when they fist were boro Not that-—1 wil forget they are my sons ‘See moment, one short moment—te forever sorrow. When Jason ame, full f fry for what she had done to is bude and determined to kill he, the two boys were dead and Jieses on the root ofthe house, was stepping ito a chasot Twn by deagons, They eared her away through the ar out rs sight as he cursed her, never himself for what had come to pase Retold by Ett Honlion Baldur Nonse Myr [Nose myths ae the myths of he Soni, pe unten Bure Te universe of Nose mytingy fr anja art: Ard the he i he hy ef the “so gay Md meron et, me an ings god Gr tui, coe lo the soe of he ean, reform gins el; am “hr Nin) hear otro, home of he ce Acorn rio, the sir mst one dy fight ie foes of ares, Unt afl Bt, omer, they 0 ‘ou Ui work with high sph enoying fein sgn, ping the eit giants their ple x Utgard, and protien guiding lum Ding in Midgard. This ny lsh al that ages Characters in “Baldur” Baldr (b6/dae: a son of Odin the god of ight the best, wisest, and moat loved of all the gods riggs (ga: the godless of macelage; Odin’s wile; the smother of Baldut ‘ermod (hima son of On Hid (odor) the blind twin brother of Badu Tok (ak): one of the principal gods, a trickster who ‘causes dissension among the other gods ‘Odin (ain): the aky god ad the chief god of Norse nythology. “Thos (ihr: the god of thunder, who wilds the hammer Mislnic Vatlyioe(valkir@ te: maidens who conduct the souls of those slain in battle to Valhalla, a great hall