And when she saw them she cried aloud, and quickly Chalciope caught the sound; and her maids, throwing down at their feet their yarn and their thread, rushed forth all in a throng.

And she, beholding her sons among them, raised her hands aloft through joy; and so they likewise greeted their mother, and when they saw her embraced her in their gladness; and she with many sobs spoke thus: [Footnote 1: i.e.the fight between the gods and the giants.] [Footnote 2: i.e.the Shining One.] "After all then, ye were not destined to leave me in your heedlessness and to wander far; but fate has turned you back.

Poor wretch that I am! What a yearning for Hellas from some woeful madness seized you at the behest of your father Phrixus.

Bitter sorrows for my heart did he ordain when dying.

And why should ye go to the city of Orchomenus, whoever this Orchomenus is, for the sake of Athamas' wealth, leaving your mother alone to bear her grief ?" Such were her words; and Aeetes came forth last of all and Eidyia herself came, the queen of Aeetes, on hearing the voice of Chalciope; and straightway all the court was filled with a throng.