The myths of the Greeks and Romans are especially valuable because they have become an inseparable part of art and literature. […] Away down in the center of the earth, there was a gloomy kingdom known as Hades or the land of shades; and the Greeks thought that people who died went down into this dark land. […] And, if we believe the stories told by the Greeks, in and about the woods and the waters and the fields wandered all the gods I have spoken of. […] How the Fleece Was Brought Back to Greece The morning after their arrival at Colchis, the Greeks were brought into the palace of the king. […] In a very short time, the anchor was lifted, and with their sails flapping merrily in the breeze, the Greeks had started on their homeward way, carrying the Golden Fleece with them.