“The youths marvelled to behold the mighty fleece, which gleamed like the lightning of Zeus. And each one started up eager to touch it and clasp it in his hands.”

— Apollonius of Rhodes , book Argonautica

Source: Argonautica (3rd century BC), Book IV. Homeward Bound, Lines 184–186

Original

θάμβησαν δὲ νέοι μέγα κῶας ἰδόντες λαμπόμενον στεροπῇ ἴκελον Διός. ὦρτο δ᾽ ἕκαστος ψαῦσαι ἐελδόμενος δέχθαι τ᾽ ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἑῇσιν.

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ancient Greek poet -295–-215 BC

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