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Come, Erato, now, stand by me: of thy lips let me be taught In what manner thereafter Jason the Fleece to Iolkos brought Through the love of Medea: for thou in the things by the Cyprian ordained Hast part, and maidens unwedded by thine enchantments are chained; Wherefore it is that a name that telleth of love thou hast gained.
So there in the close-pleached covert of river-reeds unseen Did the heroes in ambush wait. Then marked them Hêrê the queen And Athênê withal; and aloof from Zeus' self turned they aside, And the rest of the Gods everlasting, and into a chamber they hied For counsel: and first spake Hêrê, to try Athênê therein: "Thyself now first, O daughter of Zeus, our counsel begin.