Identifier: goldenfleeceherocolu (find matches)
Title: The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 Pogány, Willy, 1882-1955, ill
Subjects: Argonauts (Greek mythology)
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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we he stood andlooked upon it, knowing that at last he looked upon TheGolden Fleece. His hand let slip Medeas hand and he went to seize theFleece. As he did he heard a dreadful hiss. And then he sawthe guardian of the Golden Fleece. Coiled all around the tree,with outstretched neck and keen and sleepless eyes, was a deadlyserpent. Its hiss ran all through the grove and the birds thatwere wakening up squawked in terror. Like rings of smoke that rise one above the other, the coilsof the serpent went around the tree — coils covered by hardand gleaming scales. It uncoiled, stretched itself, and liftedits head to strike. Then Medea dropped on her knees beforeit, and began to chant her Magic Song. As she sang, the coils around the tree grew slack. Like adark, noiseless wave the serpent sank down on the ground.But still its jaws were open, and those dreadful jaws threatenedJason. Medea, with a newly cut spray of juniper dipped in amystic brew, touched its deadly eyes. And still she chanted
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THE RETURN TO GREECE 133 her Magic Song. The serpents jaws closed; its eyes becamedeadened; far through the grove its length was stretched out. Then Jason took the Golden Fleece. As he raised his handsto it, its brightness was such as to make a flame on his face.Medea called to him. He strove to gather it all up in his arms;Medea was beside him, and they went swiftly on. They came to the river and down to the place where theArgo was moored. The heroes who were aboard started up,astonished to see the Fleece that shone as with the lightningof Zeus. Over Medea Jason cast it, and he lifted her aboardthe Argo. O friends, he cried, the quest on which we dared thegulfs of the sea and the wrath of kings is accomplished, thanksto the help of this maiden. Now may we return to Greece;now have we the hope of looking upon our fathers and ourfriends once more. And in all honor will we bring this maidenwith us, Medea, the daughter of King ^Eetes. Then he drew his sword and cut the hawsers of the shi

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