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But the Minuai marched toward their ship, growling like lions cheated of their prey; for they saw that Aietes meant to mock them, and to cheat them out of all their toil. And Oileus said, 'Let us go to the grove together, and take the fleece by force.
And there Aietes sat upon his throne, with his warriors on each hand, thousands and tens of thousands, clothed from head to foot in steel-chain mail. And the people and the women crowded to every window, and bank and wall; while the Minuai stood together, a mere handful in the midst of that great host.
And he asked him, 'Will you leave your mountains, Orpheus, my fellow- scholar in old times, and cross Strymon once more with me, to sail with the heroes of the Minuai, and bring home the golden fleece, and charm for us all men and all monsters with your magic harp and song?
'To carry her home with us, that she may die a shameful death; but if we return without her, we must die the death she should have died. 'What say you to this, Jason the AEolid? said Alcinous, turning to the Minuai. 'I say, said the cunning Jason, 'that they are come here on a bootless errand.
So both the bulls were tamed and yoked; and Jason bound them to the plough, and goaded them onward with his lance till he had ploughed the sacred field. And all the Minuai shouted; but Aietes bit his lips with rage, for the half of Jason's work was over, and the sun was yet high in heaven. Then he took the serpents' teeth and sowed them, and waited what would befall.
"To carry her home with us, that she may die a shameful death; but if we return without her, we must die the death she should have died." "What say you to this, Jason the Æolid?" said Alcinous, turning to the Minuai. "I say," said the cunning Jason, "that they are come here on a bootless errand.
At that Pelias praised his wisdom, and hastened to send the heralds out; for he said in his heart: "Let all the princes go with him, and like him, never return; for so I shall be lord of all the Minuai, and the greatest king in Hellas." How They Built the Ship Argo in Iolcos So the heralds went out, and cried to all the heroes of the Minuai, "Who dare come to the adventure of the golden fleece?"
Then Arete frowned, and said, 'Lead this girl in, my maidens; and let the kings decide, not I. And Alcinous leapt up from his throne, and cried, 'Speak, strangers, who are you? And who is this maiden? 'We are the heroes of the Minuai, said Jason; 'and this maiden has spoken truth. We are the men who took the golden fleece, the men whose fame has run round every shore.
And round the square worked the shipwrights, as many in number as ants, twining ropes, and hewing timber, and smoothing long yards and oars. And the Minuai went on in silence through clean white marble streets, till they came to the hall of Alcinous, and they wondered then still more.
But Jason himself was the best of all the archers, and the Minuai crowned him with an olive crown; and so, the songs say, the soul of good Cyzicus was appeased, and the heroes went on their way in peace. But when Cyzicus's wife heard that he was dead, she died likewise of grief; and her tears became a fountain of clear water, which flows the whole year round.
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