Chapter 11 Tales of the Argonauts-11

Jason and his two companions immediately rose from their seats, and Argos, the only son of Phrixus who was willing to go with them, left the palace.Medea stared at Jason through the veil, and her soul had already followed him all the way.When she returned to her room again, she could not help but shed tears, and said to herself: "Why should I be sad? What has this hero to do with me? Whether he is the most illustrious hero or the most Wretched coward, it is his business even to die. But alas, may he escape! Merciful goddess Hecate, bring him home safely! If he is destined to be subdued by the bull If so, then let him know in advance, at least I am worried about his terrible fate!"

When Medea was troubled, the Argonauts were on their way back to the ship. Argus said to Jason: "You may not agree with my suggestion, but I will tell you anyway. I know a girl who learned to make magic soup from Hecate, the goddess of hell. If we can enlist her aid, then I'm sure you will Can successfully complete this task. If you want, I will try to win her support." "If you will go, my friend," said Jason, "I will not prevent you. But we must rely on a woman to go back, and that sounds very bad." While talking, they had come to the ship, and Jason told his companions his promise to the king.For a while his friends sat there in silence.At last Peleus stood up and broke the silence.He said: "Jason, if you want to fulfill your promise, then please prepare! If you feel uncertain, then simply don't do it. But, in this case, you must know that your Friends face nothing but death."

Telamon and the other four partners couldn't help jumping up, thinking that this was a difficult adventure, they felt excited and eager to fight.Argus silenced them, and continued: "I know a girl who is good at magic. She is my mother's sister. Let me persuade my mother to win the support of that girl. Then we can Talk about discussing how Jason will complete his mission." As soon as he finished speaking, an omen suddenly appeared: a dove, being chased by a vulture, threw itself into Jason's arms, but the swooping vulture fell like a stone on the stern deck.Seeing this, a hero suddenly remembered that the old Phineus had prophesied that Aphrodite would help them return home.All therefore agreed with Argos' plan except Idas son of Aphalogus.Idas said irritably: "My God, have we come here only to be women's slaves? Why don't we go to Ares, but to Aphrodite? Will a dove save us from Is it for war?" Many heroes agreed with him and whispered to each other, but Jason agreed with Argos.

The big ship docked, and the heroes waited for Argos to return on board. Argos found his mother and asked her to persuade her sister Medea to help the Greek hero.Calciope sympathized with these strangers, but she dared not offend her father.Now seeing his son begging earnestly, he agreed to help them. Medea lay restlessly on the bed, and she had a nightmare, dreaming that Jason was about to fight the bull, but the purpose was not for the golden fleece, but to marry Medea as his wife and bring her back to her hometown .But it was she who fought the bull to the death, and she defeated the bull.Unexpectedly, her father broke his promise and refused to fulfill the promise he made to Jason in advance, because he should subdue the bull, not her.For this reason his father had a violent quarrel with the stranger, and both sides pushed her to be the umpire.She favors foreigners.Her parents wept bitterly, and suddenly cried out—and Medea woke up from her dream.

After waking up, she was anxious to find her sister.But she lingered for some time in the antechamber in indecision.Four times she tried to go in, but four times she shrank back.Finally, she threw herself on her bed in pain and cried.Her valet, seeing her weeping, took great pity on her, and hastened to tell Calciope.As soon as she heard this, she rushed to her younger sister and saw her crying with her hands covering her face, so she asked with concern, "What's going on? Are you sick?"