Invocation of the Muse (1-5).--Grief of Medea, who flies from the
palace during the night and joins the Argonauts (6-91).--By the aid
of Medea, Jason seizes and carries off the golden fleece, after
which the Argonauts depart (92-211).--Pursued by the Colchians,
they land in Paphlagonia, where Argus shows them the route to take
(212-293).--The Argonauts sail up the Ister, by a branch of which
they make their way into the Adriatic, where they find their
progress barred by the Colchians, who had come by a shorter route
(294-337).--Agreement between the Argonauts and the Colchians:
Medea's reproaches to Jason (338-451).--Murder of Apsyrtus by
Jason: the Colchians give up the pursuit (452-551).--The Argonauts
sail along the Eridanus into the Rhone, and reach the abode of
Circe in Italy (552-684).--Jason and Medea are purified by Circe:
the Argonauts pass the isle of the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, and
the Planctae (685-981).--Arrival among the Phaeacians: here other
Colchians reclaim Medea, and, to prevent her surrender, her
marriage with Jason is celebrated (982-1169).--Departure of the
Argonauts, who are driven by a storm on to the Syrtes: they carry
Argo on their shoulders to the Tritonian lake (1170-1484).--Deaths
of Canthus and Mopsus (1485-1536).--The god Triton conducts Argo
from the lake into the sea (1537-1637).--Episode of the giant Talos
in Crete (1638-1693).--Arrival at the isle Anaphe: the dream of
Euphemus, which is interpreted by Jason: arrival at Aegina and at
Pagasae, the end of the voyage (1694-1781).


BOOK IV