§4.151κοὔ με πονεῖ τεὸν οἶκον ταῦτα πορσύνοντʼ ἄγαν· §4.152ἀλλὰ καὶ σκᾶπτον μόναρχον καὶ θρόνος, ᾧ ποτε Κρηθεΐδας §4.153ἐγκαθίζων ἱππόταις εὔθυνε λαοῖς δίκας, §4.154τὰ μὲν ἄνευ ξυνᾶς ἀνίας §4.155λῦσον ἄμμιν, μή τι νεώτερον ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀναστάῃ κακόν.
And it does not pain me that you provide your house with these things in abundance; but indeed the monarch's sceptre and the throne, on which once Cretheus' son sitting, directed justice for his horse-riding people, these things, without common grief, release to us, lest some newer evil arise from them.
§4.156ὣς ἄρʼ ἔειπεν.
Thus he spoke.
ἀκᾷ δʼ ἀνταγόρευσεν καὶ Πελίας· ἔσομαι §4.157τοῖος·
And Pelias answered gently: "I shall be such a one.
ἀλλʼ ἤδη με γηραιὸν μέρος ἁλικίας §4.158ἀμφιπολεῖ· σὸν δʼ ἄνθος ἥβας ἄρτι κυμαίνει· δύνασαι δʼ ἀφελεῖν §4.159μᾶνιν χθονίων.
But already the old part of my life encompasses me; but your flower of youth is just now swelling; and you are able to remove the wrath of the underworld deities.
κέλεται γὰρ ἑὰν ψυχὰν κομίξαι §4.160Φρίξος ἐλθόντας πρὸς Αἰήτα θαλάμους, §4.161δέρμα τε κριοῦ βαθύμαλλον ἄγειν, τῷ ποτʼ ἐκ πόντου σαώθη §4.162ἔκ τε ματρυιᾶς ἀθέων βελέων.
For Phrixus bids us to recover his soul, going to the chambers of Aeetes, and to bring back the deep-fleeced ram's skin, by which once he was saved from the sea and from the godless weapons of his stepmother.
§4.163ταῦτά μοι θαυμαστὸς ὄνειρος ἰὼν φωνεῖ.
These things a wondrous dream coming speaks to me.
μεμάντευμαι δʼ ἐπὶ Κασταλίᾳ, §4.164εἰ μετάλλατόν τι.
And I have consulted the oracle at Castalia, if there is anything to search out.
καὶ ὡς τάχος ὀτρύνει με τεύχειν ναὶ πομπάν.
And with all speed it urges me to prepare a ship convoy.
Perform this labor willingly; and to you to hold monarchical power and to rule as king, I swear to surrender.
καρτερὸς §4.167ὅρκος ἄμμιν μάρτυς ἔστω Ζεὺς ὁ γενέθλιος ἀμφοτέροις. §4.168σύνθεσιν ταύταν ἐπαινήσαντες οἱ μὲν κρίθεν· §4.169ἀτὰρ Ἰάσων αὐτὸς ἤδη §4.170ὤρνυεν κάρυκας ἐόντα πλόον §4.171φαινέμεν παντᾷ.
A mighty oath let Zeus be our witness, the ancestral god of both of us." Having agreed to this pact, they parted; but Jason himself already was urging heralds to announce the voyage that was to be, to make it manifest everywhere.
τάχα δὲ Κρονίδαο Ζηνὸς υἱοὶ τρεῖς ἀκαμαντομάχαι §4.172ἦλθον Ἀλκμήνας θʼ ἑλικοβλεφάρου Λήδας τε, δοιοὶ δʼ ὑψιχαῖται §4.173ἀνέρες, Ἐννοσίδα γένος, αἰδεσθέντες ἀλκάν, §4.174ἔκ τε Πύλου καὶ ἀπʼ ἄκρας Ταινάρου· τῶν μὲν κλέος §4.175ἐσλὸν Εὐφάμου τʼ ἐκράνθη σόν τε, Περικλύμενʼ εὐρυβία.
And quickly three sons of Cronian Zeus, untiring in battle, came, of Alcmene of the fluttering eyelids, and of Leda; and two high-haired men, offspring of the Earth-shaker, feeling shame at their prowess, from Pylos and from the promontory of Taenarus; of whom the noble fame of Euphamus was fulfilled, and yours, Periclymenus of wide power.
And from Apollo came the lyre-player, father of songs, much-praised Orpheus.
§4.178πέμπε δʼ Ἑρμᾶς χρυσόραπις διδύμους υἱοὺς ἐπʼ ἄτρυτον πόνον, §4.179τὸν μὲν Ἐχίονα, κεχλάδοντας ἥβᾳ, τὸν δʼ Ἔρυτον.
And Hermes of the golden wand sent twin sons to the untiring labor, one Echion, both swelling with youth, and the other Erytus.
ταχέες §4.180ἀμφὶ Παγγαίου θεμέθλοις ναιετάοντες ἔβαν· §4.181καὶ γὰρ ἑκὼν θυμῷ γελανεῖ θᾶσσον ἔντυνεν βασιλεὺς ἀνέμων §4.182Ζήταν Κάλαΐν τε πατὴρ Βορέας, ἄνδρας πτεροῖσιν §4.183νῶτα πεφρίκοντας ἄμφω πορφυρέοις.
Swiftly those dwelling around the foundations of Pangaeum came; for indeed willingly with cheerful heart, the king of winds, father Boreas, swiftly equipped Zetes and Calais, men with wings shivering on both their backs, purple wings.
§4.184τὸν δὲ παμπειθῆ γλυκὺν ἡμιθέοισιν πόθον ἔνδαιεν Ἥρα §4.185ναὸς Ἀργοῦς, μή τινα λειπόμενον §4.186τὰν ἀκίνδυνον παρὰ ματρὶ μένειν αἰῶνα πέσσοντʼ, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ §4.187φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις.
And Hera kindled in the demigods that all-persuasive sweet desire for the ship Argo, so that no one, left behind, should remain by his mother's side, digesting a riskless life, but even at the cost of death should find with his peers the most beautiful elixir of his own prowess.
And when the flower of sailors came down to Iolcus, Jason, having praised them, counted them all.
And for him the seer, prophesying with birds and holy lots, Mopsus, gladly embarked the host.
ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐμβόλου §4.192κρέμασαν ἀγκύρας ὕπερθεν, §4.193χρυσέαν χείρεσσι λαβὼν φιάλαν §4.194ἀρχὸς ἐν πρύμνᾳ πατέρʼ Οὐρανιδᾶν ἐγχεικέραυνον Ζῆνα, καὶ ὠκυπόρους §4.195κυμάτων ῥιπὰς ἀνέμων τʼ ἐκάλει, νύκτας τε καὶ πόντου κελεύθους §4.196ἄματά τʼ εὔφρονα καὶ φιλίαν νόστοιο μοῖραν·
And when from the beak of the ship they hung the anchors above, taking a golden phiale in his hands, the leader at the stern called upon the father of the sons of Uranus, lightning-hurling Zeus, and the swift-running rushes of waves and of winds, and nights, and paths of the sea, and kindly days, and a friendly portion of homecoming.
§4.197ἐκ νεφέων δέ οἱ ἀντάϋσε βροντᾶς αἴσιον §4.198φθέγμα· λαμπραὶ δʼ ἦλθον ἀκτῖνες στεροπᾶς ἀπορηγνύμεναι·
And from the clouds there answered him a favorable voice of thunder; and bright rays of lightning came bursting forth.
And the heroes took breath, trusting in the signs of the god.
κάρυξε δʼ αὐτοῖς §4.201ἐμβαλεῖν κώπαισι τερασκόπος ἁδείας ἐνίπτων ἐλπίδας· §4.202εἰρεσία δʼ ὑπεχώρησεν ταχειᾶν ἐκ παλαμᾶν ἄκορος.
And he heralded to them, the sign-observer, to fall to the oars, whispering sweet hopes; and the rowing went on under their swift hands, insatiable.
§4.203σὺν Νότου δʼ αὔραις ἐπʼ Ἀξείνου στόμα πεμπόμενοι §4.204ἤλυθον· ἔνθʼ ἁγνὸν Ποσειδάωνος ἕσσαντʼ εἰναλίου τέμενος, §4.205φοίνισσα δὲ Θρηϊκίων ἀγέλα ταύρων ὑπᾶρχεν §4.206καὶ νεόκτιστον λίθων βωμοῖο θέναρ.
And sent with the breezes of the South wind to the mouth of the Unhospitable Sea, they came; there they established a holy precinct of Poseidon of the sea, and there was a red herd of Thracian bulls present, and a newly built hollow of a stone altar.
§4.207ἐς δὲ κίνδυνον βαθὺν ἱέμενοι δεσπόταν λίσσοντο ναῶν, §4.208συνδρόμων κινηθμὸν ἀμαιμάκετον §4.209ἐκφυγεῖν πετρᾶν.
And rushing into deep danger, they implored the lord of ships to escape the irresistible movement of the Clashing Rocks.
δίδυμαι γὰρ ἔσαν ζωαί, κυλινδέσκοντό τε κραιπνότεραι §4.210ἢ βαρυγδούπων ἀνέμων στίχες· ἀλλʼ ἤδη τελευτὰν κεῖνος αὐταῖς §4.211ἡμιθέων πλόος ἄγαγεν.
For they were twin living things, and they rolled more swiftly than the ranks of heavy-thundering winds; but already that voyage of the demigods brought an end to them.
And then to the Phasis they came; there they mingled their strength with the dark-faced Colchians in the presence of Aeetes himself.
πότνια δʼ ὀξυτάτων βελέων §4.214ποικίλαν ἴϋγγα τετράκναμον Οὐλυμπόθεν §4.215ἐν ἀλύτῳ ζεύξαισα κύκλῳ §4.216μαινάδʼ ὄρνιν Κυπρογένεια φέρεν §4.217πρῶτον ἀνθρώποισι, λιτάς τʼ ἐπαοιδὰς ἐκδιδάσκησεν σοφὸν Αἰσονίδαν· §4.218ὄφρα Μηδείας τοκέων ἀφέλοιτʼ αἰδῶ, ποθεινὰ δʼ Ἑλλὰς αὐτὰν §4.219ἐν φρασὶ καιομέναν δονέοι μάστιγι Πειθοῦς.
And the mistress of the sharpest weapons, the dappled wryneck bound to a four-spoke wheel from Olympus, having bound on an indissoluble wheel, the Cyprian-born goddess brought, that maddening bird, for the first time to men, and she taught the wise son of Aeson prayers and incantations, so that he might strip away Medea's respect for her parents, and that yearning for Greece might shake her, burning in her heart, under the whip of Persuasion.
§4.220καὶ τάχα πείρατʼ ἀέθλων δείκνυεν πατρωΐων· §4.221σὺν δʼ ἐλαίῳ φαρμακώσαισʼ ἀντίτομα στερεᾶν ὀδυνᾶν §4.222δῶκε χρίεσθαι.
And quickly she showed him the limits of her father's trials; and having prepared remedies with oil against hard pains, she gave them to him to anoint himself.
καταίνησαν τε κοινὸν γάμον §4.223γλυκὺν ἐν ἀλλάλοισι μῖξαι.
And they agreed to join a common, sweet marriage with one another.