qx-0077 · 古希腊
伊阿宋与金羊毛
羊毛取回来了，帮他取羊毛的人回不去了
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出 书藏（Bibliotheca） · 《书藏》第一卷 第9章 第16、22—24、27—28节 · 译者 詹姆斯·乔治·弗雷泽（James George Frazer），Loeb 古典丛书英译本，1921 · 核校出处
底本为 Frazer 1921 年 Loeb 英译《书藏》第一卷第 9 章；照录原译文，略去随文注号，节号沿用该本编次。
[1.9.16] Aeson, son of Cretheus, had a son Jason by Polymede, daughter of Autolycus. Now Jason dwelt in Iolcus, of which Pelias was king after Cretheus. But when Pelias consulted the oracle concerning the kingdom, the god warned him to beware of the man with a single sandal. At first the king understood not the oracle, but afterwards he apprehended it. For when he was offering a sacrifice at the sea to Poseidon, he sent for Jason, among many others, to participate in it. Now Jason loved husbandry and therefore abode in the country, but he hastened to the sacrifice, and in crossing the river Anaurus he lost a sandal in the stream and landed with only one. When Pelias saw him, he bethought him of the oracle, and going up to Jason asked him what, supposing he had the power, he would do if he had received an oracle that he should be murdered by one of the citizens. Jason answered, whether at haphazard or instigated by the angry Hera in order that Medea should prove a curse to Pelias, who did not honor Hera, “I would command him,” said he, “to bring the Golden Fleece.” No sooner did Pelias hear that than he bade him go in quest of the fleece. Now it was at Colchis in a grove of Ares, hanging on an oak and guarded by a sleepless dragon.
Sent to fetch the fleece, Jason called in the help of Argus, son of Phrixus; and Argus, by Athena's advice, built a ship of fifty oars named Argo after its builder; and at the prow Athena fitted in a speaking timber from the oak of Dodona. When the ship was built, and he inquired of the oracle, the god gave him leave to assemble the nobles of Greece and sail away. And those who assembled were as follows: Tiphys, son of Hagnias, who steered the ship; Orpheus, son of Oeagrus; Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas; Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus; Telamon and Peleus, sons of Aeacus; Hercules, son of Zeus; Theseus, son of Aegeus; Idas and Lynceus, sons of Aphareus; Amphiaraus, son of Oicles; Caeneus, son of Coronus; Palaemon, son of Hephaestus or of Aetolus; Cepheus, son of Aleus; Laertes son of Arcisius; Autolycus, son of Hermes; Atalanta, daughter of Schoeneus; Menoetius, son of Actor; Actor, son of Hippasus; Admetus, son of Pheres; Acastus, son of Pelias; Eurytus, son of Hermes; Meleager, son of Oeneus; Ancaeus, son of Lycurgus; Euphemus, son of Poseidon; Poeas, son of Thaumacus; Butes, son of Teleon; Phanus and Staphylus, sons of Dionysus; Erginus, son of Poseidon; Periclymenus, son of Neleus; Augeas, son of the Sun; Iphiclus, son of Thestius; Argus, son of Phrixus; Euryalus, son of Mecisteus; Peneleos, son of Hippalmus; Leitus, son of Alector; Iphitus, son of Naubolus; Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Ares; Asterius, son of Cometes; Polyphemus, son of Elatus.
[1.9.22] Being rid of the Harpies, Phineus revealed to the Argonauts the course of their voyage, and advised them about the Clashing Rocks in the sea. These were huge cliffs, which, dashed together by the force of the winds, closed the sea passage. Thick was the mist that swept over them, and loud the crash, and it was impossible for even the birds to pass between them. So he told them to let fly a dove between the rocks, and, if they saw it pass safe through, to thread the narrows with an easy mind, but if they saw it perish, then not to force a passage. When they heard that, they put to sea, and on nearing the rocks let fly a dove from the prow, and as she flew the clash of the rocks nipped off the tip of her tail. So, waiting till the rocks had recoiled, with hard rowing and the help of Hera, they passed through, the extremity of the ship's ornamented poop being shorn away right round. Henceforth the Clashing Rocks stood still; for it was fated that, so soon as a ship had made the passage, they should come to rest completely.
[1.9.23] The Argonauts now arrived among the Mariandynians, and there King Lycus received them kindly. There died Idmon the seer of a wound inflicted by a boar; and there too died Tiphys, and Ancaeus undertook to steer the ship.
And having sailed past the Thermodon and the Caucasus they came to the river Phasis, which is in the Colchian land. When the ship was brought into port, Jason repaired to Aeetes, and setting forth the charge laid on him by Pelias invited him to give him the fleece. The other promised to give it if single-handed he would yoke the brazen-footed bulls. These were two wild bulls that he had, of enormous size, a gift of Hephaestus; they had brazen feet and puffed fire from their mouths. These creatures Aeetes ordered him to yoke and to sow dragon's teeth; for he had got from Athena half of the dragon's teeth which Cadmus sowed in Thebes. While Jason puzzled how he could yoke the bulls, Medea conceived a passion for him; now she was a witch, daughter of Aeetes and Idyia, daughter of Ocean. And fearing lest he might be destroyed by the bulls, she, keeping the thing from her father, promised to help him to yoke the bulls and to deliver to him the fleece, if he would swear to have her to wife and would take her with him on the voyage to Greece. When Jason swore to do so, she gave him a drug with which she bade him anoint his shield, spear, and body when he was about to yoke the bulls; for she said that, anointed with it, he could for a single day be harmed neither by fire nor by iron. And she signified to him that, when the teeth were sown, armed men would spring up from the ground against him; and when he saw a knot of them he was to throw stones into their midst from a distance, and when they fought each other about that, he was taken to kill them. On hearing that, Jason anointed himself with the drug, and being come to the grove of the temple he sought the bulls, and though they charged him with a flame of fire, he yoked them. And when he had sowed the teeth, there rose armed men from the ground; and where he saw several together, he pelted them unseen with stones, and when they fought each other he drew near and slew them. But though the bulls were yoked, Aeetes did not give the fleece; for he wished to burn down the Argo and kill the crew. But before he could do so, Medea brought Jason by night to the fleece, and having lulled to sleep by her drugs the dragon that guarded it, she possessed herself of the fleece and in Jason's company came to the Argo. She was attended, too, by her brother Apsyrtus. And with them the Argonauts put to sea by night.
[1.9.24] When Aeetes discovered the daring deeds done by Medea, he started off in pursuit of the ship; but when she saw him near, Medea murdered her brother and cutting him limb from limb threw the pieces into the deep. Gathering the child's limbs, Aeetes fell behind in the pursuit; wherefore he turned back, and, having buried the rescued limbs of his child, he called the place Tomi. But he sent out many of the Colchians to search for the Argo, threatening that, if they did not bring Medea to him, they should suffer the punishment due to her; so they separated and pursued the search in divers places.
When the Argonauts were already sailing past the Eridanus river, Zeus sent a furious storm upon them, and drove them out of their course, because he was angry at the murder of Apsyrtus. And as they were sailing past the Apsyrtides Islands, the ship spoke, saying that the wrath of Zeus would not cease unless they journeyed to Ausonia and were purified by Circe for the murder of Apsyrtus. So when they had sailed past the Ligurian and Celtic nations and had voyaged through the Sardinian Sea, they skirted Tyrrhenia and came to Aeaea, where they supplicated Circe and were purified.
[1.9.27] On his return Jason surrendered the fleece, but though he longed to avenge his wrongs he bided his time.
[1.9.28] They went to Corinth, and lived there happily for ten years, till Creon, king of Corinth, betrothed his daughter Glauce to Jason, who married her and divorced Medea. But she invoked the gods by whom Jason had sworn, and after often upbraiding him with his ingratitude she sent the bride a robe steeped in poison, which when Glauce had put on, she was consumed with fierce fire along with her father, who went to her rescue. But Mermerus and Pheres, the children whom Medea had by Jason, she killed, and having got from the Sun a car drawn by winged dragons she fled on it to Athens.
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埃宋（Aeson）是克瑞透斯之子，与奥托吕科斯的女儿波吕墨得（Polymede）生了儿子伊阿宋（Jason）。伊阿宋住在伊奥尔科斯（Iolcus），克瑞透斯之后，那里由佩利阿斯（Pelias）做王。佩利阿斯就王位的事问神谕，神警告他提防那个只穿一只鞋的人。起初这位王不明白神谕，后来才领会了。有一回他在海边给波塞冬献祭，派人去叫伊阿宋，也请了许多别的人一同参加。伊阿宋爱好农事，所以一直住在乡间；他赶去参加献祭，过阿纳乌罗斯河（Anaurus）时在河里丢了一只鞋，上岸时只剩一只。佩利阿斯看见他，想起了神谕，就走上前问他：假如你得到神谕，说你会被城中某个人杀死，而你有权处置，你会怎么办？伊阿宋回答——不知是随口说的，还是被恼怒的赫拉支使（为的是让美狄亚成为佩利阿斯的祸害，因为佩利阿斯不敬赫拉）——他说：「我会叫他把金羊毛取来。」佩利阿斯一听这话，就派他去取羊毛。羊毛在科尔基斯（Colchis），阿瑞斯的圣林里，挂在一棵橡树上，由一条不睡的龙看守。
被派去取羊毛之后，伊阿宋请弗里克索斯之子阿耳戈斯（Argus）相助；阿耳戈斯听从雅典娜的主意，造了一艘五十支桨的船，以建造者的名字命名为阿耳戈（Argo）；雅典娜还在船头装上一块会说话的木头，取自多多纳（Dodona）的橡树。船造好，他去问神谕，神准许他召集希腊的贵人们一同出海。应召而来的人如下：提费斯（Tiphys），哈格尼阿斯之子，掌舵；俄耳甫斯（Orpheus），俄阿格洛斯之子；仄忒斯与卡拉伊斯（Zetes and Calais），玻瑞阿斯之子；卡斯托尔与波吕丢刻斯（Castor and Pollux），宙斯之子；忒拉蒙与佩琉斯（Telamon and Peleus），埃阿科斯之子；赫拉克勒斯（Hercules），宙斯之子；忒修斯（Theseus），埃勾斯之子；伊达斯与吕恩刻斯（Idas and Lynceus），阿法柔斯之子；安菲阿拉俄斯（Amphiaraus），俄伊克勒斯之子；卡伊纽斯（Caeneus），科罗诺斯之子；帕莱蒙（Palaemon），赫菲斯托斯或埃托洛斯之子；刻甫斯（Cepheus），阿勒俄斯之子；拉厄耳忒斯（Laertes），阿耳喀西俄斯之子；奥托吕科斯（Autolycus），赫尔墨斯之子；阿塔兰忒（Atalanta），斯刻纽斯之女；墨诺提俄斯（Menoetius），阿克托尔之子；阿克托尔（Actor），希帕索斯之子；阿德墨托斯（Admetus），斐瑞斯之子；阿卡斯托斯（Acastus），佩利阿斯之子；欧律托斯（Eurytus），赫尔墨斯之子；墨勒阿革洛斯（Meleager），俄纽斯之子；安卡伊俄斯（Ancaeus），吕枯耳戈斯之子；欧斐摩斯（Euphemus），波塞冬之子；波阿斯（Poeas），陶马科斯之子；布忒斯（Butes），忒勒翁之子；法诺斯与斯塔菲洛斯（Phanus and Staphylus），狄俄尼索斯之子；厄耳癸诺斯（Erginus），波塞冬之子；佩里克吕墨诺斯（Periclymenus），涅琉斯之子；奥革阿斯（Augeas），太阳之子；伊菲克洛斯（Iphiclus），忒斯提俄斯之子；阿耳戈斯（Argus），弗里克索斯之子；欧律阿洛斯（Euryalus），墨基斯透斯之子；佩涅勒俄斯（Peneleos），希帕尔摩斯之子；勒伊托斯（Leitus），阿勒克托尔之子；伊菲托斯（Iphitus），瑙波洛斯之子；阿斯卡拉福斯与伊阿尔墨诺斯（Ascalaphus and Ialmenus），阿瑞斯之子；阿斯忒里俄斯（Asterius），科墨忒斯之子；波吕斐摩斯（Polyphemus），埃拉托斯之子。（以上为原书所列的全体船员，四十人上下。）
[1.9.22] 摆脱了哈耳庇厄（Harpies）之后，菲纽斯（Phineus）把此行的航路告诉阿耳戈诸英雄，并就海上的撞岩给了他们忠告。那是巨大的崖壁，被风力推着互相撞击，把海上的通路封住。崖上笼罩着浓密的雾，撞击声很响，连鸟也过不去。于是他叫他们先放一只鸽子从两岩之间飞过：如果看见它平安穿过，就可以放心地从那窄口穿行；如果看见它死了，就不要硬闯。他们听了这话就出海，靠近岩石时从船头放出一只鸽子；鸽子飞着，两岩相撞，夹掉了它的尾尖。他们等到岩石重新分开，靠用力划桨和赫拉的帮助穿了过去，船尾装饰的末端整整被削掉一圈。从此撞岩就停住不动了；因为命中注定：只要有一条船通过了，它们就完全静止。
[1.9.23] 阿耳戈诸英雄到了马里安杜诺伊人（Mariandynians）的地方，国王吕科斯（Lycus）好心地接待了他们。占卜者伊德蒙（Idmon）在那里被野猪咬伤而死；提费斯也死在那里，安卡伊俄斯接手掌舵。
他们驶过忒尔摩冬河（Thermodon）和高加索，来到科尔基斯地方的淮西斯河（Phasis）。船入港后，伊阿宋去见埃厄忒斯（Aeetes），把佩利阿斯交给他的差事说明，请他给羊毛。对方答应给，条件是他一个人能把铜蹄的牛套上车。那是埃厄忒斯养的两头野牛，体型极大，是赫菲斯托斯的赠礼；蹄子是铜的，嘴里喷火。埃厄忒斯命令他把这两头牲口套上，还要种龙牙；因为他从雅典娜那里得到了卡德摩斯在忒拜所种龙牙的一半。伊阿宋正发愁怎么套牛的时候，美狄亚（Medea）对他起了爱意；她是一个女巫，埃厄忒斯与大洋神之女伊底伊亚（Idyia）的女儿。她怕他被牛弄死，就瞒着父亲答应帮他套牛、把羊毛交给他，条件是他发誓娶她为妻，并在回希腊的航程中带她同行。伊阿宋发了誓，她就给他一种药，叫他在套牛之前涂在盾、矛和身上；她说涂了这药，他可以在一天之内不受火与铁的伤害。她又告诉他，龙牙种下之后，地里会跳出武装的人来攻击他；他看见他们聚成一群，就远远地把石头扔到他们中间，等他们为此互相打起来，再趁势把他们杀掉。伊阿宋听了，就涂上药，来到神庙的圣林里找那两头牛；它们带着火焰向他冲来，他还是把它们套上了。他种下龙牙，地里升起武装的人；他看见哪里聚着几个，就躲在暗处扔石头打他们；等他们自相残杀起来，他走近去把他们杀了。可是牛虽然套上了，埃厄忒斯并不给羊毛；他想烧掉阿耳戈号，杀掉船上的人。还没等他动手，美狄亚夜里带伊阿宋到羊毛那里；她用药物使看守的龙睡去，自己拿到了羊毛，与伊阿宋一同回到阿耳戈号。随行的还有她的弟弟阿普叙尔托斯（Apsyrtus）。他们与众人连夜出海。
[1.9.24] 埃厄忒斯发觉美狄亚做了这样胆大的事，就动身追赶那船；她看见他逼近，就杀了弟弟，把他肢解，碎块丢进深海。埃厄忒斯忙着收拢孩子的肢体，追赶就落在后面；于是他转身回去，把捞回的孩子的肢体埋葬，把那地方叫作托米（Tomi）。他派出许多科尔基斯人去找阿耳戈号，威胁说：如果不把美狄亚带回来给他，他们就要代她受罚；于是他们分散开来，在各处搜寻。
阿耳戈诸英雄已经驶过厄里达诺斯河（Eridanus）时，宙斯降下猛烈的风暴，把他们吹离航线，因为他对谋杀阿普叙尔托斯一事发怒。他们驶过阿普叙尔泰斯群岛（Apsyrtides）时，船开口说话，说宙斯的怒气不会平息，除非他们到奥索尼亚（Ausonia）去，由喀耳刻（Circe）为谋杀阿普叙尔托斯的事给他们净罪。他们驶过利古里亚人与凯尔特人的地方，穿过萨丁尼亚海，沿岸绕过图尔塞尼亚（Tyrrhenia），来到埃埃亚（Aeaea），在那里向喀耳刻祈求，得以净罪。
[1.9.27] 回国之后，伊阿宋把羊毛交了出去；他虽然想为自己所受的冤屈报仇，还是等着时机。
[1.9.28] 他们到了科林斯（Corinth），在那里安稳地过了十年；直到科林斯王克瑞翁（Creon）把女儿格劳刻（Glauce）许给伊阿宋，伊阿宋娶了她，与美狄亚离了婚。她向伊阿宋曾经对之发誓的众神呼告，屡次斥责他忘恩负义，然后把一件浸过毒的长袍送给新娘；格劳刻穿上，就被猛烈的火吞没，赶来救她的父亲也一起烧死。她与伊阿宋所生的孩子墨尔墨罗斯（Mermerus）和斐瑞斯（Pheres），她杀了；随后她从太阳神那里得到一辆有翼的龙拉的车，坐上去逃往雅典。
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阿纳乌罗斯河不深。他过河时丢了一只鞋，没有回头去找，就那么一只脚穿着鞋，走进海边的献祭场。
佩利阿斯正在那里给波塞冬献祭。他看见这个只穿一只鞋的人，想起神谕：提防那个一只鞋的人。他没有动手，只问：如果有人注定要杀你，你会怎么处置他。伊阿宋答：我会叫他去把金羊毛取来。这话是随口说的，还是赫拉放进他嘴里的，原书不写。佩利阿斯听完，立刻派他去取。
金羊毛在科尔基斯，阿瑞斯的圣林里，挂在一棵橡树上，由一条不睡的龙看着。
船是弗里克索斯之子阿耳戈斯造的，五十支桨，船头装了一块会说话的木头，取自多多纳的橡树。同去的有俄耳甫斯、赫拉克勒斯、忒修斯，斐瑞斯之子阿德墨托斯也在名单上。
海上有撞岩。两块巨崖被风推着互相撞击，中间连鸟也飞不过去。菲纽斯教他们先放一只鸽子。鸽子飞过去，岩石合上，夹掉了它的尾尖；他们等到岩石分开，用力划桨，赫拉帮忙，船穿了过去，船尾的装饰被削掉一圈。此后撞岩不再动——注定有一条船过去，它们就停住。
到了淮西斯河口，伊阿宋去见国王埃厄忒斯，把差事说了一遍。埃厄忒斯答应给羊毛，条件是他一个人去套上那两头铜蹄的野牛——赫菲斯托斯的赠礼，嘴里喷火——再种下龙牙。埃厄忒斯的女儿美狄亚看见了他。她会巫术，母亲是大洋神之女。她怕他被牛烧死，瞒着父亲开出条件：她帮他套牛、把羊毛给他，他发誓娶她，带她回希腊。伊阿宋发了誓。她给他一盒药，涂在盾、矛和身上，一天之内火与铁都伤不了他；又教他：龙牙种下会跳出武装的人，等他们聚成堆，就远远扔石头，让他们自相残杀，再上去动手。
他套上了牛，种下龙牙，地里长出人来。他扔石头，那些人打成一团，他走近把他们杀了。
牛套上了，埃厄忒斯却不给羊毛，打算烧掉船、杀掉船上的人。还没动手，美狄亚夜里带伊阿宋去取羊毛：她用药让那条龙睡下，拿过羊毛，跟他回到船上。她的弟弟阿普叙尔托斯也在。他们连夜开船。
埃厄忒斯追上来。美狄亚杀了弟弟，砍成碎块丢进海里；父亲停下来收拾孩子的肢体，落在后面。宙斯为这件事发怒，降下风暴，把他们吹离航线。船在群岛间开口说话：除非去奥索尼亚，让喀耳刻为这桩凶事净罪，怒气不会停。
四个月后回到伊奥尔科斯。伊阿宋把羊毛交了出去。
后来他们到科林斯住了十年。伊阿宋娶了国王的女儿，与美狄亚离婚。美狄亚提起他发过的誓，送了一件浸毒的长袍给新娘——新娘和她赶来相救的父亲一起烧死；她和伊阿宋生的两个孩子，也被她杀了。她坐上太阳神的龙车，往雅典去了。
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编纂者就该条所见母题、异文与流传所作的说明。
这一条的主母题是 H02「远征与寻宝」：为一件东西远行，历关闯隘。值得注意的是，这趟差事的起点不是贪心，是一句回答。佩利阿斯问伊阿宋，若有人注定要杀你，你会怎么处置他；伊阿宋说，我会叫他把金羊毛取来。佩利阿斯听见这话，当场就派他去了——原书没有写佩利阿斯想要羊毛，只写他要这个人出海。神谕说他会死于「只穿一只鞋的人」之手，送他去科尔基斯就是最省事的办法。所以金羊毛从一开始就不是宝物，是一个不可能完成的任务。副目 G01「人神婚」在这里也换了形状：介入的不是神，是神裔的巫女美狄亚——埃厄忒斯与大洋神之女伊底伊亚的女儿；她不隐藏身份，而是开出条件，凡人当众发誓，神与人的结合由一份可以撕毁的誓约管着。
与吉尔伽美什（qx-0060）对勘：取到与取不到。 两条都是为一件东西远行：一个下到海底拔不死草，一个渡海去取金羊毛；两条也都取到了手。分开在取到之后。吉尔伽美什的草在回程被蛇靠气味找到、吞了下去，始终没有进埃雷克，他两手空空地回城，剩下的只有他出发前安排好的那圈城墙——宝物对人无效，账由他自己哭。伊阿宋的羊毛带回来了，而且按 1.9.27，他回国后把它交了出去；此后羊毛在叙事里再没有用处，它既不能治病也不象征权力，只是一个把伊阿宋送出海、让美狄亚跟他走的价码。真正被消耗掉的是人：美狄亚背叛父亲、给牛药、取羊毛、杀弟弟，最后在科林斯杀了自己的两个孩子。于是 H02 显出两种走向：宝物落空，写的是人的限度（qx-0060 那个问题「取回的东西真的被用上了吗」，答案是「没有」）；宝物到手，写的是关系的代价（答案是「用上了，但用掉了一个人」）。美索不达米亚把拿不到写成人的处境，希腊把拿到了写成一笔要别人偿付的账。
与阿尔刻提斯（qx-0053）对读：成本由谁承担。 两条出自同一部手册的同一章，甚至同一张名单：1.9.16 那份船员表里就有「Admetus, son of Pheres」，即 qx-0053 里的阿德墨托斯。两处的成本结构正好相反。阿尔刻提斯的成本是一份写明的豁免条款，条款要求自愿，所以父亲和母亲都可以拒绝，代价因此有了名字、有了当众争执的场面，最后还被人从冥界送了回来——账付了又被退回。伊阿宋这一笔不是条款，是预付：美狄亚先给牛药，先取羊毛，先杀弟弟，账要等十年后才在科林斯结算，而且结的是别人的命。H04 问「谁替他死」，H02 问「谁替他付」；希腊的答案都是有名有姓的一个人，区别在这个人有没有事先同意，以及账退不退得回来。
G01 的另一面：誓言是会被人拿出来用的。 qx-0050 丘比特与普绪克里，神自己下嫁凡人，条件是「不许看」，凡人违约的代价是被弃，随后是一条漫长的赎偿之路——那条路上她也有一项任务写作「取金羊毛」。伊阿宋这一条正好反过来：神裔的一方把条件公开说出来，凡人在誓约上点头，先违约的是凡人（他在科林斯另娶）。而美狄亚动手之前做的事，原书写得很清楚：「她向伊阿宋曾经对之发誓的众神呼告」。G01 在希腊手册里不是「不得窥其真身」的禁忌，是一份可立、可毁、毁了要还的契约。
文本问题。 金羊毛的来历在同一章 1.9.1：佛里克索斯把驮他过海的金毛公羊献给宙斯，羊毛送给了埃厄忒斯，埃厄忒斯把它钉在阿瑞斯圣林的一棵橡树上。手册的写法极省：整趟远征压在几段之内，凡是众说不同的地方，它照例并列而不裁决——譬如赫拉克勒斯有没有上船，同一章就先后举出四种不同的说法（一说他根本没有出海，在翁法勒那里为奴；一说他被留在阿费泰；一说他到了科尔基斯；一说他是领队），本条所引的段落不含这一处。撞岩一段（1.9.22）带着明显的史诗改写痕迹，猎鸽试岩是《阿耳戈船英雄纪》一系的情节；龙牙则明说只有卡德摩斯在忒拜种剩的一半。1.9.23 里美狄亚是「瞒着父亲」开出条件的，1.9.24 却把阿普叙尔托斯叫作「那孩子」（the child）——上一句他还随姐姐同行；这一版让美狄亚亲自动手杀弟，别的手册与史诗对这笔账归谁并不一致，阿波罗多洛斯只给一种说法。本条所据为 theoi.com 上的 Frazer 1921 年 Loeb 英译，与 qx-0053 是同一个页面（该页把《书藏》第一卷排在一起）；节号沿用该本编次，原文层所标节号为 1.9.16、1.9.22—24、1.9.27—28。