78.1Dum fīliae rēgis hoc mīrāculum stupentēs intuentur, Mēdēa ita locūta est: "Vidētis quantum valeat medicīna.While the king's daughters were gazing in amazement at this miracle, Medea spoke as follows: "You see how powerful medicine is. 78.2Vōs igitur, sī vultis patrem vestrum in adulēscentiam redūcere, id quod fēcī ipsae faciētis.So if you want to bring your father back to youth, you yourselves will do what I have done.Note. ipsae: 'you yourselves', feminine because the daughters are speaking. 78.3Vōs patris membra in vās conicite; ego herbās magicās praebēbō."You throw your father's limbs into the pot; I will provide the magic herbs." 78.4Quod ubi audītum est, fīliae rēgis cōnsilium quod dedisset Mēdēa nōn omittendum putāvērunt.When this was heard, the king's daughters thought that the advice Medea had given should not be passed over. 78.5Patrem igitur Peliam necāvērunt et membra eius in vās aēneum coniēcērunt; nihil autem dubitābant quīn hoc maximē eī prōfutūrum esset.So they killed their father Pelias and threw his limbs into the bronze pot; and they did not doubt at all that this would do him the greatest good. 78.6At rēs omnīnō aliter ēvēnit ac spērāverant, Mēdēa enim nōn eāsdem herbās dedit quibus ipsa ūsa erat.But the thing turned out quite differently from what they had hoped, for Medea did not give the same herbs that she herself had used.Note. aliter … ac: 'otherwise than', 'differently from'.
78.7Itaque postquam diū frūstrā exspectāvērunt, patrem suum rē vērā mortuum esse intellēxērunt.So after they had waited a long time in vain, they realized that their father was really dead. 78.8Hīs rēbus gestīs Mēdēa sē cum coniuge suō regnum acceptūram esse spērābat; sed cīvēs cum intellegerent quō modō Peliās periisset, tantum scelus aegrē tulērunt.When this was done, Medea hoped that she would receive the kingdom together with her husband; but the citizens, when they understood how Pelias had died, were outraged at so great a crime. 78.9Itaque Iāsone et Mēdēā ē regnō expulsīs Acastum rēgem creāvērunt.So they drove Jason and Medea out of the kingdom and made Acastus king.Note. Iāsone et Mēdēā … expulsīs: ablative absolute, 'Jason and Medea having been driven out'.