If thou then, hero son of Aeson, art minded to yoke Aeetes' oxen, and art eager for the toil, surely thou wilt keep thy promise and make thyself ready.

But if thy soul trusts not her prowess utterly, then neither bestir thyself nor sit still and look round for some one else of these men.

For it is not I who will flinch, since the bitterest pain will be but death." So spake the son of Aeacus; and Telamon's soul was stirred, and quickly he started up in eagerness; and Idas rose up the third in his pride; and the twin sons of Tyndareus; and with them Oeneus' son who was numbered among strong men, though even the soft down on his cheek showed not yet; with such courage was his soul uplifted.

But the others gave way to these in silence.

And straightway Argus spake these words to those that longed for the contest: "My friends, this indeed is left us at the last.