718-723) She spake, and Chalciope thus replied: "Couldst thou not then, for the stranger--who himself craves thy aid--devise some trick or some wise thought to win the contest, for the sake of my sons?
And from him has come Argus urging me to try to win thy help; I left him in the palace meantime while I came hither." (ll.

724-739) Thus she spake, and Medea's heart bounded with joy within her, and at once her fair cheeks flushed, and a mist swam before her melting eyes, and she spake as follows: "Chalciope, as is dear and delightful to thee and thy sons, even so will I do.

Never may the dawn appear again to my eyes, never mayst thou see me living any longer, if I should take thought for anything before thy life or thy sons' lives, for they are my brothers, my dear kinsmen and youthful companions.

So do I declare myself to be thy sister, and thy daughter too, for thou didst lift me to thy breast when an infant equally with them, as I ever heard from my mother in past days.

But go, bury my kindness in silence, so that I may carry out my promise unknown to my parents; and at dawn I will bring to Hecate's temple charms to cast a spell upon the bulls." (ll.