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words that made the scaly dragons bear her aloft。 She flew from Corinth; 

leaving Jason in King Creon's garden with Glauce dying in his arms。 He 

lifted her up and laid her upon a bed; but even as her friends came around 

her the daughter of King Creon died。 

     And Jason? For long he stayed in Corinth; a famous man indeed; but 

one sorrowful   and   alone。   But   again there grew   in   him  the   desire   to   rule 

and to have possessions。 He called around him again the men whose home 

was in Iolcusthose who had followed him as bright…eyed youths when he 

first   proclaimed   his   purpose   of   winning   the   Fleece   of   Gold。   He   called 

them   around   him;   and   he   led   them   on   board   the Argo。   Once   more   they 

lifted sails; and once more they took the Argo into the open sea。 

     Toward Iolcus they sailed; their passage was fortunate; and in a short 

time they brought the Argo safely into the harbor of Pagasae。 Oh; happy 

were the crowds that came thronging to see the ship that had the famous 

Fleece of Gold upon her masthead; and green and sweet smelling were the 

garlands   that   the   people   brought   to   wreathe   the   heads   of   Jason   and   his 

companions! Jason looked upon the throngs; and he thought that much had 

gone   from   him;   but   he   thought   that   whatever   else   had   gone   something 

remained to himto be a king and a great ruler over a people。 

     And so Jason came back to Iolcus。 The Argo he made a blazing pile of 

in sacrifice to Poseidon; the god of the sea。 The Golden Fleece he hung in 

the   temple   of   the   gods。   Then   he   took   up   the   rule   of   the   kingdom   that 

Cretheus had founded; and he became the greatest of the kings of Greece。 

     And to Iolcus there came; year after year; young men who would look 

upon   the   gleaming   thing   that   was   hung   there   in   the  temple   of   the   gods。 

And   as   they   looked   upon   it;   young   man   after   young   man;   the   thought 

would come to each that he would make himself strong enough and heroic 

enough to win for his country something as precious as Jason's GOLDEN 

FLEECE。 And for  all their lives   they kept   in mind the  words that   Jason 

had inscribed upon a pillar that was placed beside the Fleece of Goldthe 



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        THE GOLDEN FLEECE AND THE HEROES WHO LIVED BEFORE ACHILLES 



words that Triton spoke to the Argonauts when they were fain to win their 

way out of the inland sea: 

    THAT IS THE OUTLET TO THE SEA; WHERE THE DEEP WATER 

LIES    UNMOVED        AND     DARK;    ON    EACH     SIDE   ROLL     WHITE 

BREAKERS   WITH   SHINING   CRESTS;   AND   THE   WAY   BETWEEN 

FOR YOUR PASSAGE OUT IS NARROW。 BUT GO IN JOY; AND AS 

FOR     LABOR     LET   THERE     BE   NO   GRIEVING       THAT    LIMBS    IN 

YOUTHFUL VIGOR SHOULD STILL TOIL。 



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