But he grew strong, and brave and
cunning, upon the pleasant downs of Pelion, in the keen hungry mountain
air. And he learnt to wrestle, and to box, and to hunt, and to play upon
the harp; and next he learnt to ride, for old Cheiron used to mount him
on his back; and he learnt the virtues of all herbs, and how to cure all
wounds; and Cheiron called him Jason the healer, and that is his name
until this day.
PART II
_How Jason Lost His Sandal in Anauros_
And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.
Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.
Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese, to work his wondrous cures on men;
and some say he used to raise the dead to life. And Heracles was gone to
Thebes, to fulfil those famous labours which have become a proverb among
men. And Peleus had married a sea nymph, and his wedding is famous to
this day. And AEneas was gone home to Troy, and many a noble tale you
will read of him, and of all the other gallant heroes, the scholars of
Cheiron the just. And it happened on a day that Jason stood on the
mountain, and looked north and south and east and west; and Cheiron
stood by him and watched him, for he knew that the time was come.
And Jason looked and saw the plains of Thessaly, where the Lapithai
breed their horses; and the lake of Boibe, and the stream which runs
northward to Peneus and Tempe; and he looked north, and saw the mountain
wall which guards the Magnesian shore; Olympus, the seat of the
Immortals, and Ossa, and Pelion, where he stood.
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