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The author juxtaposes Chiron’s origin with that of the other centaurs primarily to:

29. Jason’s command that the Argonauts ‘fall back’ when they attempt to stop Medea’s murder of Apsyrtus reveals

When Chiron notes that Jason ‘didn’t hesitate to manipulate the emotions of others if it would profit him,’ the author is employing:

Aeëtes’s challenge, requiring Jason to complete tasks that ‘I myself have performed many times’ reveals:

Aphrodite’s creation of the iynx, involving threading cord through a wheel while ‘nailing a splayed bird to its spokes,’ establishes:

The accidental battle with King Cyzicus and the Doliones, where ‘neither side sure who their opponents were, but each determined to win, just the same,’ structurally mirrors:

Pelias’s speech pattern when confronting Jason, allowing ‘his shoulders to slump forward and his chin to droop,’ followed by looking ‘up at Jason from the corner of one eye,’ reveals:

The description of Cronus transforming into a stallion while Philyra retained her form functions structurally to:

The detail that Jason ‘could recite moral precepts back to Chiron with an ease born of memorization’ but ‘didn’t seem to have digested them completely’ functions to:

The oracle’s warning to Pelias that ‘his doom would arrive in just such a form’ as a half-shod man creates dramatic irony because: