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saw that two of the race of men had been left alive。 But he saw that these 

two were just and kindly察and had a right reverence for the gods。 He spared 

them察and he saw their children again peopling the earth。 

     Prometheus察who had saved them察looked on the men and women of 

the earth with compassion。 Their labor was hard察and they wrought much 

to gain little。 They were chilled at night in their houses察and the winds that 

blew   in   the   daytime   made   the   old   men   and   women   bend   double   like   a 

wheel。   Prometheus   thought   to   himself   that   if   men   and   women   had   the 

element that only the gods knew ofthe element of firethey could make 

for themselves implements for labor察they could build houses that would 

keep out the chilling winds察and they could warm themselves at the blaze。 

     But   the   gods   had   not   willed   that   men   should   have   fire察  and   to   go 

against the will of the gods would be impious。 Prometheus went against 

the will of the gods。 He stole fire from the altar of Zeus察and he hid it in a 



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hollow fennel stalk察and he brought it to men。 

     Then men were able to hammer iron into tools察and cut down forests 

with axes察and sow grain where the forests had been。 Then were they able 

to make houses that the storms could not overthrow察and they were able to 

warm themselves at hearth fires。 They had rest from their labor at times。 

They built cities察they became beings who no longer had heads and backs 

bent but were able to raise their faces even to the gods。 

     And Zeus spared the race of men who had now the sacred element of 

fire。 But he knew that Prometheus had stolen this fire even from his own 

altar and had given it to men。 And he thought on how he might punish the 

great Titan god for his impiety。 

     He brought back from the Underworld the giants that he had put there 

to   guard   the   Titans   that   had   been   hurled   down   to   Tartarus。   He   brought 

back   Gyes察  Cottus察  and   Briareus察  and   he   commanded   them  to   lay  hands 

upon   Prometheus   and   to   fasten   him   with   fetters   to   the   highest察  blackest 

crag upon Caucasus。 And Briareus察Cottus察and Gyes seized upon the Titan 

god察and carried him to Caucasus察and fettered him with fetters of bronze 

to the highest察blackest cragwith fetters of bronze that may not be broken。 

There they have left the Titan stretched察under the sky察with the cold winds 

blowing upon him察and with the sun streaming down on him。 And that his 

punishment might exceed all other punishments Zeus had sent a vulture to 

prey upon hima vulture that tears at his liver each day。 

     And yet Prometheus does not cry out that he has repented of his gift to 

man察although the winds blow upon him察and the sun streams upon him察

and    the   vulture    tears  at  his   liver察 Prometheus      will   not   cry  out   his 

repentance      to   heaven。    And    Zeus    may    not   utterly   destroy    him。   For 

Prometheus   the   Foreseer   knows   a   secret   that   Zeus   would   fain   have   him 

disclose。   He   knows   that   even   as   Zeus   overthrew   his   father   and   made 

himself the ruler in his stead察so察too察another will overthrow Zeus。 And 

one day Zeus will have to have the fetters broken from around the limbs of 

Prometheus察and will have to bring from the rock and the vulture察and into 

the Council of the Olympians察the unyielding Titan god。 

     When   the   light   of   the   morning   came   the Argo   was   very   near   to   the 



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Mountain   Caucasus。   The   voyagers   looked   in   awe   upon   its   black   crags。 

They   saw   the   great   vulture   circling   over   a   high   rock察  and   from   beneath 

where the vulture circled they heard a weary cry。 Then Heracles察who all 

night had stood by the mast察cried out to the Argonauts to bring the ship 

near to a landing place。 

     But Jason would not have them go near察fear of the wrath of Zeus was 

strong upon him察rather察he bade the Argonauts put all their strength into 

their rowing察and draw far off from that forbidden mountain。 Heracles察not 

heeding what Jason ordered察declared that it was his purpose to make his 

way up to the black crag察and察with his shield and his sword in his hands察

slay the vulture that preyed upon the liver of Prometheus。 

     Then Orpheus in a clear voice spoke to the Argonauts。 ;Surely some 

spirit possesses Heracles察─he said。 ;Despite all we do or say he will make 

his way to where Prometheus is fettered to the rock。 Do not gainsay him in 

this   Remember   what   Nereus察  the   ancient   one   of   the   sea察  declared   Did 

Nereus not say that a great labor awaited Heracles察and that in the doing of 

it he should work out the will of Zeus拭Stay him not How just it would be 

if he who is the son of Zeus freed from his torments the much´enduring 

Titan god ─

     So Orpheus said in his  clear察commanding   voice。 They  drew   near   to 

the Mountain Caucasus。 Then Heracles察gripping the sword and shield that 

were the gifts of the gods察sprang out on the landing place。 The Argonauts 

shouted farewell   to him。  But he察 filled   as he  was with an overmastering 

spirit察did not heed their words。 

     A   strong   breeze   drove   them   onward察  darkness   came   down察  and   the 

Argo went on through the night。 With the morning light those who were 

sleeping were awakened by the cry of Nauplius;Lo The Phasis察and the 

utmost bourne of the sea ─They sprang up察and looked with many strange 

feelings upon the broad river they had come to。 

     Here  was   the   Phasis   emptying   itself into   the   Sea of   Pontus  Up   that 

river was Colchis and the city of King Aetes察the end of their voyage察the 

place where was kept the Golden Fleece Quickly they let down the sail察

they   lowered     the   mast   and   they   laid  it  along  the   deck察  strongly   they 



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grasped the oars察they swung the Argo around察and they entered the broad 

stream of the Phasis。 

     Up the river they went with the Mountain Caucasus on their left hand察

and on their right the groves and gardens of Aea察King Aetes's city。 As they 

went   up   the   stream察  Jason   poured   from   a   golden   cup   an   offering   to   the 

gods。 And   to   the   dead   heroes   of   that   country   the  Argonauts   prayed   for 

good fortune to their enterprise。 

     It was Jason's counsel that they should not at once appear before King 

Aetes察but visit him after they had seen the strength of his city。 They drew 

their ship into a shaded backwater察and there they stayed while day grew 

and faded around them。 

     Night came察and the heroes slept upon the deck of Argo。 Many things 

came     back   to   them   in  their  dreams     or  through    their  half´sleep此   they 

thought   of   the   Lemnian   maidens   they   had   parted   from察  of   the   Clashing 

Rocks they had passed between察of the look in the eyes of Heracles as he 

raised his face to the high察black peak of Caucasus。 They slept察and they 

thought     they    saw    before   them     THE     GOLDEN        FLEECE察      darkness 

surrounded it察it seemed to the dreaming Argonauts that the darkness was 

the magic power that King Aetes possessed。 



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          PART II。 The Return To Greece 



                                    I。 King Aeetes 



     They had come into a country that was the strangest of all countries察

and amongst a people that were the strangest of all peoples。 They were in 

the land察this people said察before the moon had come into the sky。 And it is 

true that when the great king of Egypt had come so far察finding in all other 

places men living on the high hills and eating the acorns that grew on the 

oaks there察he found in Colchis the city of Aea with a wall around it and 

with   pillars   on   which   writings   were   graven。   That   was   when   Egypt   was 

called the Morning Land。 

     And     many    of  the  magicians     of   Egypt    who   had    come    with   King 

Sesostris   stayed   in   that   city   of   Aea察  and   they   taught   people   spells   that 

could   stay  the   moon   in her   going   and   coming察 in her   rising   and   setting。 

Priests of the Moon ruled the city of Aea until King Aeetes came。 

     Aeetes had no need of their magic察for H

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