16. Inhabited only by women who had risen up and killed all the men that lived there.
17. Still, the welcomed Jason and his men warmly, and gave them gifts before they sailed away.
18.
19. He was drawn under the water of a spring by a nymph that wished to kiss him.
20. Hercules looked for him madly, and went farther and farther away from the sea until the Argonauts were forced to abandon him.
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22. They had hooked beaks and claws, and left behind a foul stench.
23. Before the Argonauts could destroy the creatures, Iris came and stopped them. Still, she swore that the Hapies would never bother the man again.
24. In gratitude, the man told Jason how to safely get past his next trials.
25.
26. Two great rocks that struck against each other, and anything in between.
27. Sent a dove through first, which made it out the other side.
28. The ship made it so closely that the rocks tore off the extreme end of the stern ornament.
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30. Before the Argonauts could land a favorable wind came, and they continued past the island.
31. That same day the finally arrived at Colchis, where the golden fleece was.
32.
33. Aphrodite sent Cupid to make the Colchian king's daughter, who knew of powerful magic, fall in love with Jason.
34. When Jason met with the king Cupid shot his daughter, Medea, and she fell in love with Jason.
35.
36. He decided to give him an impossible task that he believed would kill him.
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38. Then he must plant dragon's teeth, and fight the men that would come out of the ground.
39. Medea helped him by giving him an ointment that would make him invincible for a day, and by telling him to throw a stone into the dragon-teeth men to make them frenzy and kill each other.
40. Jason now completed the task easily, and that night Medea went to help him get the Fleece.