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Quotation from The Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
“and the bolt burnt deep down in the maiden’s heart like a flame”
The Argonautica, Book III, Eros shoots Medea in Aeetes' hall, trans. R. C. Seaton (1912)
Eros, having slipped unseen into the palace, shoots Medea as Jason stands before her father, then flies off laughing.
Citation: "and the bolt burnt deep down in the maiden’s heart like a flame" — Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica, Book III, Eros shoots Medea in Aeetes' hall, trans. R. C. Seaton (1912). (id argonautica-q2)
Portrait: Apollonius, This has been described as an illustration from "The Universal Historical Dictionary" by George Crabb (Baldwin, 1825)., Public domain.
