JASON, the son of Aeson, king of Iolchos, having come to man's estate, demanded of Pelias his father's kingdom, which he held wrongfully. But Pelias answered, that if he would bring from Colchis the golden fleece of the ram that had carried Phryxus thither, he would yield him his right. Whereon Jason sailed to Colchis in the ship Argo, with other heroes, and by means of Medea, the king's daughter, won the fleece; and carried off also Medea; and so, after many troubles, came back to Iolchos again. There, by Medea’s wiles, was Pelias slain; but Jason went to Corinth, and lived with Medea happily, till he was taken with the love of Glauce, the king's daughter of Corinth, and must needs wed her; whom also Medea destroyed, and fled to Aegeus at Athens; and not long after Jason died strangely.
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Ugh, that was tedious reading. The calligraphy was hard for me to read so I kept a magnifying glass handy but whenever possible I read the poems online.
This book is beautiful with all the artwork. It is amazing to me to think of all the pages being painstakingly painted and lettered by hand. The poems are just too sad for me and even though I wished I could love it, and I tried, but found the reading to me a chore. I'll pass this beautiful book on to someone who might love it more.
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