Do thou, my faithful nurse, the comrade of my grief,

And all the devious wanderings of my checkered course,

Assist me now in these my plans. There is a robe,

The glory of our Colchian realm, the precious gift570

Of Phoebus' self to king Aeëtes as a proof

Of fatherhood; a gleaming circlet, too, all wrought

With threads of gold, the yellow gold bespangled o'er

With gems, a fitting crown to deck a princess' head.

These treasures let Medea's children bear as gifts575

To Jason's bride. But first infuse them with the power