Night has fallen. Dressed in black clothes, Jason went to the shore of Phasis and there, in the dead of midnight, he washed himself in its fast waves. Then he dug a deep hole and offered over it, as Medea told him, a sacrifice to Hecate. As soon as the sacrifice was made, the earth shook and the great Hecate appeared with smoking torches in her hands. Terrible monsters and fire-breathing dragons surrounded Hecate, and terrible hellish dogs barked and howled around her. The surrounding nymphs ran with a loud cry when they saw Hecate. Horror seized Jason, but, remembering Medea’s words, without turning around, he walked to the Argo, where his friends were waiting.
As soon as morning came, the Argonauts sent Telamon and Meleager to Eetus for the dragon's teeth. Eet gave them the teeth of the dragon killed by Cadmus and began to prepare to go to the field of Ares to see how Jason would fulfill his order. Eet put on his armor, covered his head with a helmet that shone like the sun, took in his hands a spear and a shield, which in their weight were only suitable for Hercules, and mounted the chariot; it was ruled by his son Absyrtus. The Argonauts also gathered to go to the field of Ares.
Jason rubbed his spear, sword and shield with magic ointment, and then rubbed it himself. He then felt a terrible power throughout his whole body. It was as if his muscles had become steel, his body became as if it had been forged from iron. When the Argonauts sailed to the field of Ares on their fast Argo, Eet was already waiting for them, and Colchians were crowding around the field on the slopes of the mountains. Jason went ashore, his armor sparkling like a radiant star. Jason walked across the field, found an iron plow and a copper yoke on the field and, covering himself with a shield, went to look for the bulls spewing fire. Suddenly both bulls jumped out of the cave and rushed at the hero with a furious roar. Clouds of fire flew out of their mouths. Covered with a shield, the hero is waiting for them. Then the bulls flew at him and hit the hero’s shield with terrible force with their horns. Not a single person could have withstood this blow, but Jason stood unshakably, like a rock. More and more bulls roar at him, raising clouds of dust. One by one, Jason grabbed the bulls by the horns with his mighty hands and drew them to the plow. The bulls are torn, they scorch Jason with fire, but he is unharmed, and the furious bulls cannot escape from his hands. Jason harnessed them to the plow with the help of Castor and Polydeuces. Driving the bulls with a spear, Jason plowed the entire field of Ares and sowed it with the teeth of the dragon. Having finished sowing, Jason unharnessed the bulls, shouted menacingly and hit them with his spear. The bulls rushed like crazy and disappeared into a deep cave. The first half of the work was completed, now we need to wait for the warriors to grow on the field. Jason went to the shore of Phasis, scooped up water with his helmet and quenched his thirst.
But Jason's rest was short-lived. Here on the field the tip of a spear appeared from the ground, followed by another, and another, and another, and the whole field was covered, as it were, with copper bristles. It was as if the earth began to move, and the helmets and heads of warriors appeared from it. The entire field was already covered with warriors in shining armor. Remembering Medea’s words, Jason grabbed a huge stone; It would have been beyond the power of the four strongest heroes to move it, but Jason lifted it with one hand and threw it far into the crowd of warriors born from the teeth of the dragon. The warriors grabbed their weapons and a bloody battle began between them. Jason rushed with a sword at the soldiers, one after another he struck them down, and soon the entire field was covered with dead soldiers, not a single one of them remained alive, they all fell from the mighty hand of Jason.
They covered the entire field, like ears of corn cut with a sharp sickle covering the fertile ground. The feat was over. Eet looked at Jason in amazement, marveling at his superhuman strength. The king frowned menacingly, anger sparkled in his eyes. Without saying a word, he rushed into the city in his chariot, thinking only about one thing - how to destroy the wondrous stranger. Jason, having returned to the Argo, rested in the circle of his friends, who glorified his great feat.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru