When the Argonauts arrived in Colchis, the great goddess Hera and the goddess Athena consulted on high Olympus how to help Jason get the Golden Fleece. Finally, the goddesses decided to go to the goddess of love Aphrodite and ask her to command her son Eros to pierce the heart of Medea, the daughter of Eetus, with a golden arrow, and instill in her love for Jason. The goddesses knew that only the sorceress Medea could help Jason in his dangerous feat.
When both goddesses came to Aphrodite, she was alone at home. Aphrodite sat on a rich golden throne and combed her lush curls with a golden comb. Aphrodite saw the goddesses enter, stood up to meet them and greeted them affectionately. Having seated the goddesses on golden benches forged by Hephaestus himself, the goddess of love asked them about the reason for their coming. The goddesses told her how they wanted to help the hero Jason, and asked Aphrodite to tell Eros to pierce Medea’s heart. Aphrodite agreed. The goddesses said goodbye to Aphrodite, and she went to look for her playful son. Eros was playing dice with Ganymede at this time. The cunning Eros beat the simple-minded Ganymede and laughed loudly at him. At this time, Aphrodite approached them. She hugged her son and told him:
- Listen, naughty guy. I want to entrust you with one task. Quickly take your bow and arrows and fly to the ground. There, in Colchis, pierce the heart of the daughter of King Eet, Medea, with an arrow, let her fall in love with the hero Jason. If you do this, I will give you the toy that Adrastea once made for little Zeus. Just fly now, it needs to be done soon.
Eros asked his mother to give him a toy right away, but the mother, knowing the cunning boy, did not agree to give him the toy before he fulfilled her instructions. Convinced that he would not receive anything from his mother before he completed the assignment, Eros grabbed his bow and arrows and quickly rushed from high Olympus to the ground in Colchis, sparkling in the rays of the sun with his golden wings.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru