PART I.
HOW THE CENTAUR TRAINED THE HEROES ON PELION I have told you of a hero who fought with wild beasts and with wild men; but now I have a tale of heroes who sailed away into a distant land, to win themselves renown for ever, in the adventure of the Golden Fleece.
Whither they sailed, my children, I cannot clearly tell.

It all happened long ago; so long that it has all grown dim, like a dream which you dreamt last year.

And why they went I cannot tell: some say that it was to win gold.

It may be so; but the noblest deeds which have been done on earth have not been done for gold.

It was not for the sake of gold that the Lord came down and died, and the Apostles went out to preach the good news in all lands.