Do not send me back to my father to die some dreadful death; but let me go my way, and bear my burden.

Have I not had enough of punishment and shame ?' 'Who are you, strange maiden?
and what is the meaning of your prayer ?' 'I am Medeia, daughter of Aietes, and I saw my countrymen here to-day; and I know that they are come to find me, and take me home to die some dreadful death.' 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.

We came hither out of the ocean, after sorrows such as man never saw before.

We went out many, and come back few, for many a noble comrade have we lost.