And so earth has an equal portion with air, seeing that they bury the women; for that is the custom of their land.
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210-259) And as they went Hera with friendly thought spread a thick mist through the city, that they might fare to the palace of Aeetes unseen by the countless hosts of the Colchians.

But soon when from the plain they came to the city and Aeetes' palace, then again Hera dispersed the mist.

And they stood at the entrance, marvelling at the king's courts and the wide gates and columns which rose in ordered lines round the walls; and high up on the palace a coping of stone rested on brazen triglyphs.

And silently they crossed the threshold.