And let us not merely by force, before putting words to the test, deprive him of his own possession.

But first it is better to go to him and win his favour by speech.

Oftentimes, I ween, does speech accomplish at need what prowess could hardly carry through, smoothing the path in manner befitting.

And he once welcomed noble Phrixus, a fugitive from his stepmother's wiles and the sacrifice prepared by his father.

For all men everywhere, even the most shameless, reverence the ordinance of Zeus, god of strangers, and regard it." Thus he spake, and the youths approved the words of Aeson's son with one accord, nor was there one to counsel otherwise.