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οὐ γὰρ ἂν δέσποιν’ ἐμὴ
Μήδεια πύργους γῆς ἔπλευσ’ Ἰωλκίας
ἔρωτι θυμὸν ἐκπλαγεῖσ’ Ἰάσονος·
For then my lady Medea would not have sailed to the towers of Iolcus, her heart smitten with love for Jason,
Euripides Medea 6-8 (466)

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