As for yon stranger who took on him the task with the oxen, they bid me receive his gifts and rescue him from the deadly contest.

And I approved their counsel, and I have summoned him to come to my presence apart from his comrades, so that we may divide the gifts among ourselves if he bring them in his hands, and in return may give him a baleful charm.

But when he comes, do ye stand aloof." (ll.

912-918) So she spake, and the crafty counsel pleased them all.

And straightway Argus drew Aeson's son apart from his comrades as soon as he heard from his brothers that Medea had gone at daybreak to the holy shrine of Hecate, and led him over the plain; and with them went Mopsus, son of Ampycus, skilled to utter oracles from the appearance of birds, and skilled to give good counsel to those who set out on a journey.
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