ARGONAUTAE.
ACTUS TERTIUS.
AEETES, JASON, MEDEA, Messengers, Chorus of Heroes.
Scene: Zhe palace of AEETES.
AEETES,
Were this man son of Zeus, beloved of Heaven,
And skilled with very craft of Maia’s son,
Stronger than Phoebus, subtler than the Sphinx,
This plague should catch him, nor my wisdom spare.
CHORUS OF HEROES.
Thus hast thou sent him unto Hades, king.
AEETES.
Not otherwise were such gain possible.
Ye are the witnesses that with much skill,
And eloquence of shining words, and thought
Darkling behind their measured melody,
I did dissuade him.
CHORUS.
Such an enterprise
After such toils no man should lightly leave.