From whose arms there was no escaping; and she was the first that brought + 

Unto earth that charm. And to Aison’s son the Goddess taught + 

The Suppliant’s Incantation, whose glamour should cause to depart + 

All reverent love of parents out of Medea’s heart, + 

That a longing for Hellas might lash her with Suasion’s whip, till afire + 

Was her soul. And she straightway taught him to achieve the tasks that her sire + 

Had appointed to him; for she blended in magical wise with oil + 

Strange drugs to anoint him, counter-spells for the fiery toil. + 

And therewithal these vowed them each unto other to be + 

Linked in the bands delightsome of spousal unity. + 