One day in Colchis appeared a man called Phrixus
With
his sister Helle he had travelled from Iolcus
This
in itself was nothing unusual or worth mention
Apart
from his unorthodox mode of transportation
For
he arrived on the back of a golden flying ram
Saved
from sacrifice and carried off by the lamb
Helle,
sister of Phrixus never completed the journey
As
she had fallen from the ram's back into the sea
In
a narrow passage of water, they came to call
The
Hellespont in memory of her most tragic fall
But
Phrixus arrived in Colchis safely from Greece
And
sacrificed the ram to the gods and hung its fleece
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