Then Jason, through the decrees of the undying gods,
took as his bride the daughter of Aietes, the Zeus-cherished king,
after he had accomplished many grim labors on orders from Pelias,
the great and brazen king, whose deeds were shameless folly.
These done, Jason suffered no few hardships
and then on a swift ship sailed to Iolkos, whence he brought
a bright-eyed maiden who became his buxom wife.
And Jason, shepherd of the people, made her submit
to his passion, and she bore Medeios, a son fostered on the mountains,
by Philyra's son Cheiron, and great Zeus's design was fulfilled.