BOOK IV.
SUMMARY OF BOOK IV.
Invocation of the Muse (1-5) .-- Grief of Medea, who flies from the palace during the night and joins the Argonauts (6-91) .-- By the aid of Medea, Jason seizes and carries off the golden fleece, after which the Argonauts depart (92-211) .-- Pursued by the Colchians, they land in Paphlagonia, where Argus shows them the route to take (212-293) .-- The Argonauts sail up the Ister, by a branch of which they make their way into the Adriatic, where they find their progress barred by the Colchians, who had come by a shorter route (294-337) .-- Agreement between the Argonauts and the Colchians: Medea's reproaches to Jason (338-451) .-- Murder of Apsyrtus by Jason: the Colchians give up the pursuit (452-551) .-- The Argonauts sail along the Eridanus into the Rhone, and reach the abode of Circe in Italy (552-684) .-- Jason and Medea are purified by Circe: the Argonauts pass the isle of the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, and the Planctae (685-981) .-- Arrival among the Phaeacians: here other Colchians reclaim Medea, and, to prevent her surrender, her marriage with Jason is celebrated (982-1169) .-- Departure of the Argonauts, who are driven by a storm on to the Syrtes: they carry Argo on their shoulders to the Tritonian lake (1170-1484) .-- Deaths of Canthus and Mopsus (1485-1536) .-- The god Triton conducts Argo from the lake into the sea (1537-1637) .-- Episode of the giant Talos in Crete (1638-1693) .-- Arrival at the isle Anaphe: the dream of Euphemus, which is interpreted by Jason: arrival at Aegina and at Pagasae, the end of the voyage (1694-1781)..