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Story II. - The Argonauts | Charles Kingsley | |
Part IV - How The Argonauts Sailed To Colchis |
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'My end is come, and I must die; for my father has found out that I have helped you. You he would kill if he dared; but he will not harm you, because you have been his guests. Go then, go, and remember poor Medeia when you are far away across the sea.' But all the heroes cried - 'If you die, we die with you; for without you we cannot win the fleece, and home we will not go without it, but fall here fighting to the last man.' 'You need not die,' said Jason. 'Flee home with us across the sea. Show us first how to win the fleece; for you can do it. Why else are you the priestess of the grove? Show us but how to win the fleece, and come with us, and you shall be my queen, and rule over the rich princes of the Minuai, in Iolcos by the sea.' And all the heroes pressed round, and vowed to her that she should be their queen. Medeia wept, and shuddered, and hid her face in her hands; for her heart yearned after her sisters and her playfellows, and the home where she was brought up as a child. But at last she looked up at Jason, and spoke between her sobs - |
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