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Often appears with: river crossing · moon goddess · marriage and betrothal · jason’s oath to hera · exile, wandering, and banishment
Usually: narrative (1) · reunion (1) · wonder (1)
“Lady, let Zeus of Olympus himself be witness to my oath, and Hera, queen of marriage, bride of Zeus, that I will set thee in my halls my own wedded wife, when we have reached the land of Hellas on our return.” Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica · precept
The moon goddesses’ mock reflection prompts Medea to hurry; she calls on Phrontis and the brothers of Phrixus across the river, and Jason vows to make her his wife after reaching Hellas.
fear. And the Titanian goddess, the moon, rising from a far land, beheld her as she fled distraught, and fiercely exulted over her, and thus spake to her own heart: “Not I alone then stray to the Latinian cave, nor do I alone burn with love for fair Endymion; oft times with thoughts of love have I been driven away by thy crafty spells, in order that in the darkness of night thou mightest work thy sorcery at ease, ev…