Inarius

"Wouldst thou cross and get thee to the city of Iolcus, Jason, where so many things await thee?" Greatly was the youth astonished to hear his name spoken by this old woman and to hear her give the name of the city he was bound for.

"Wouldst thou cross the Inarus?" she asked again.

"Then mount upon my back, holding on to the wood I carry, and I will bear thee over the river." Jason smiled.

How foolish this old woman was to think that she could bear him across the flooded river.

Instead of an old woman, there stood before him one who had on a golden robe and a shining crown.

Around her was a wondrous light, the light of the sun when it is most golden.

Then Jason knew that she who had carried him across the broad Inarus was the goddess whom he had seen in the ways of the forest, Hera, great Zeus's wife.

"Go into Iolcus, Jason," said great Hera to him.