believe I am right in saying that he is the last of the great race of Bronze Men,” Nestor said. “They were born from the Meliae—you know, the nymphs of the ash tree who sprang from the earth when Kronos castrated his father Ouranos.”205 “If that is true,” said Medea, “then he is not a machine, but a mortal; and as a mortal he can be killed.” “But darling,” said Jason. “He is made of solid bronze.” “Not quite true,” said Nestor. “Whether he is man or machine, it is certain that he has a single tube or pipe running down from his neck to his ankle like a great vein. This is where his ichor runs,
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