The Golden Fleece And the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
The book The Golden Fleece And the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles was written by author Padraic Colum Here you can read free online of The Golden Fleece And the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Golden Fleece And the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles a good or bad book?
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The ways they went through were crowded; the heroes were splendid in their appearance, and Jason amongst them shone like a star. The people praised him, and one told the other that it would not be long until they would win back to Iolcus, for this band of heroes was strong enough, they said, to take King Æetes’s city and force him to give up to them the famous Fleece of Gold. Many of the bright-eyed youths of Iolcus went with the heroes who had come from the different parts of Greece. As they ma...rched past a temple a priestess came forth to speak to Jason; Iphias was her name. She had a prophecy to utter about the voyage. But Iphias was very old, and she stammered in her speech to Jason. What she said was not heard by him. The heroes went on, and ancient Iphias was left standing there as the old are left by the young. The heroes went aboard the Argo. They took their seats as at an assembly. Then Jason faced them and spoke to them all. “Heroes of the quest,” said Jason, “we have come aboard the great ship that Argus has built, and all that a ship needs is in its place or is ready to our hands.
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