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The return journey was even more twisted. To evade the King's fleet, the Argo traveled through the Danube, the Po, and the Rhine rivers, even entering the Mediterranean from the north. They faced the , whose deadly songs were drowned out by Orpheus’s even more beautiful music. They navigated between the whirlpool Charybdis and the monster Scylla .

When they finally reached Colchis, King Aeëtes had no intention of handing over the Fleece. He demanded Jason perform "impossible" tasks: yoke fire-breathing bulls, plow a field with them, and sow dragon’s teeth that sprouted into an army of warriors. The return journey was even more twisted

Jason would have perished if not for the King’s daughter, the sorceress . Smitten by Jason (thanks to a little divine intervention from Hera), she gave him an ointment to protect him from fire and told him how to defeat the earth-born soldiers. Finally, she used her magic to put the sleepless dragon guarding the Fleece to sleep. Jason seized the shimmering gold, and the Argo fled into the night with Medea aboard. The Long Way Home They navigated between the whirlpool Charybdis and the

The voyage was a gauntlet of mythological terrors. They stopped at the , where only women lived, and nearly forgot their quest in the arms of the locals. They fought the Harpy monsters to save a blind seer named Phineus, who in gratitude gave them the secret to surviving the Symplegades —the Clashing Rocks. These were massive cliffs that smashed together on anything attempting to pass. By releasing a dove first and timing their rowing to the split second, the Argo squeezed through, losing only a piece of its stern ornament. The Witch and the Fleece Jason would have perished if not for the