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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): MEDEA'S DREAM, by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS First Line: There as she lay, a deep sleep brought relieving Last Line: And with the cry sleep left her; she awoke. Alternate Author Name(s): Apollonius Of Rhodes | |||
THERE as she lay, a deep sleep brought relieving Out of her griefs; but horrid dreams deceiving Vexed her, the nightmares of a woman's pain. She thought that why the stranger dared this task Was not for any passion of achieving The ram's fleece: not that prize he came to ask In the city of AEetes, but to carry Herself back home, the bride he came to marry. She dreamed that she contested with each bull Herself, and easily the task she met. But then her parents made their promise null, Claiming it was not her but him they set To yoke the bulls -- from that a quarrel broke, Father and strangers wrangling; but both sides Agreed to leave it to her heart's directing; And suddenly, her parents both neglecting, She chose the stranger. But they were bitterly hurt, and cried in anger, And with the cry sleep left her; she awoke. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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