[Footnote 1: i.e. the Sickle-island.]
"I beseech thee, O queen, be gracious and deliver me not to the Colchians to be borne to my father, if thou thyself too art one of the race of mortals, whose heart rushes swiftly to ruin from light transgressions. For my firm sense forsook me—it was not for wantonness. Be witness the sacred light of Helios, be witness the rites of the maiden that wanders by night, daughter of Perses. Not willingly did I haste from my home with men of an alien race but a horrible fear wrought on me to bethink me of flight when I sinned; other device was there none. Still my maiden's girdle remains, as in the halls of my father, unstained, untouched. Pity me, lady, and turn thy lord to mercy; and may the immortals grant thee a perfect life, and joy, and children, and the glory of a city unravaged!"
Thus did she implore Arete, shedding tears, and thus each of the chieftains in turn:
"On your account, ye men of peerless might, and on account of my toils in your ventures am I sorely afflicted; even I, by whose help ye yoked the bulls, and reaped the deadly harvest of the earthborn men; even I, through whom on your homeward path ye shall bear to Haemonia the golden fleece. Lo, here am I, who have lost my country and my parents, who have lost my home and all the delights of life; to you have I restored your country and your homes; with eyes of gladness ye will see again your parents; but from me a heavy-handed god has reft all joy; and with strangers I wander, an accursed thing. Fear your covenant and your oaths, fear the Fury that avenges suppliants and the retribution of heaven, if I fall into Aeetes' hands and am slain with grievous outrage. To no shrines, no tower of defence, no other refuge do I pay heed, but/only to you. Hard and pitiless in your cruelty! No reverence have ye for me in your heart though ye see me helpless, stretching my hands towards the knees of a stranger queen; yet, when ye longed to seize the fleece, would have met all the Colchians face to face and haughty Aeetes himself; but now ye have forgotten your courage, now that they are all alone and cut off."
Thus she spake, beseeching; and to whomsoever she bowed in prayer, that man tried to give her heart and to check her anguish. And in their hands they shook their sharp pointed spears, and drew the swords from their sheaths; and they swore they would not hold back from giving succour, if she should meet with an unrighteous judgement. And the host were all wearied and Night came on them, Night that puts to rest the works of men, and lulled all the earth to sleep; but to the maid no sleep brought rest, but in her bosom her heart was wrung with anguish. Even as when a toiling woman turns her spindle through the night, and round her moan her orphan children, for she is a widow, and down her cheeks fall the tears, as she bethinks her how dreary a lot hath seized her; so Medea's cheeks were wet; and her heart within her was in agony, pierced with sharp pain.
Now within the palace in the city, as aforetime, lay lordly Alcinous and Arete, the revered wife of Alcinous, and on their couch through the night they were devising plans about the maiden; and him, as her wedded husband, the wife addressed with loving words:
"Yea, my friend, come, save the woe-stricken maid from the Colchians and show grace to the Minyae. Argos is near our isle and the men of Haemonia; but Aeetes dwells not near, nor do we know of Aeetes one whit: we hear but his name; but this maiden of dread suffering hath broken my heart by her prayers. O king, give her not up to the Colchians to be borne back to her father's home. She was distraught when first she gave him the drugs to charm the oxen; and next, to cure one ill by another, as in our sinning we do often, she fled from her haughty sire's heavy wrath. But Jason, as I hear, is bound to her by mighty oaths that he will make her his wedded wife within his halls. Wherefore, my friend, make not, of thy will, Aeson's son to be forsworn, nor let the father, if thou canst help, work with angry heart some intolerable mischief on his child. For fathers are all too jealous against their children; what wrong did Nycteus devise against Antiope, fair of face! What woes did Danae endure on the wide sea through her sire's mad rage! Of late, and not far away, Echetus in wanton cruelty thrust spikes of bronze in his daughter's eyes; and by a grievous fate is she wasting away, grinding grains of bronze in a dungeon's gloom."
Thus she spake, beseeching; and by his wife's words his heart was softened, and thus he spake:
"Arete, with arms I could drive forth the Colchians, showing grace to the heroes for the maiden's sake. But I fear to set at nought the righteous judgment of Zeus. Nor is it well to take no thought of Aeetes, as thou sayest: for none is more lordly than Aeetes. And, if he willed, he might bring war upon Hellas, though he dwell afar. Wherefore it is right for me to deliver the judgement that in all men's eyes shall be best; and I will not hide it from thee. If she be yet a maid I decree that they carry her back to her father; but if she shares a husband's bed, I will not separate her from her lord; nor, if she bear a child beneath her breast, will I give it up to an enemy."
Thus he spake, and at once sleep laid him to rest. And she stored up in her heart the word of wisdom, and straightway rose from her couch and went through the palace; and her handmaids came hasting together, eagerly tending their mistress. But quietly she summoned her herald and addressed him, in her prudence urging Aeson's son to wed the maiden, and not to implore Alcinous; for he himself, she said, will decree to the Colchians that if she is still a maid he will deliver her up to be borne to her father's house, but that if she shares a husband's bed he will not sever her from wedded love.
Thus she spake, and quickly from the hall his feet bore him, that be might declare to Jason the fair-omened speech of Arete and the counsel of god-fearing Alcinous. And he found the heroes watching in full armour in the haven of Hyllus, near the city; and out he spake the whole message; and each hero's heart rejoiced; for the word that he spake was welcome.
And straightway they mingled a bowl to the blessed ones, as is right, and reverently led sheep to the altar, and for that very night prepared for the maiden the bridal couch in the sacred cave, where once dwelt Macris, the daughter of Aristaeus, lord of honey, who discovered the works of bees and the fatness of the olive, the fruit of labour. She it was that first received in her bosom the Nysean son of Zeus in Abantian Euboea, and with honey moistened his parched lips when Hermes bore him out of the flame. And Hera beheld it, and in wrath drove her from the whole island. And she accordingly came to dwell far off, in the sacred cave of the Phaeacians, and granted boundless wealth to the inhabitants. There at that time did they spread a mighty couch; and thereon they laid the glittering fleece of gold, that so the marriage might be made honoured and the theme of song. And for them nymphs gathered flowers of varied hue and bore them thither in their white bosoms; and a splendour as of flame played round them all, such a light gleamed from the golden tufts. And in their eyes it kindled a sweet longing; yet for all her desire, awe withheld each one from laying her hand thereon. Some were called daughters of the river Aegaeus; others dwelt round the crests of the Meliteian mount; and others were woodland nymphs from the plains. For Hera herself, the spouse of Zeus, had sent them to do honour to Jason. That cave is to this day called the sacred cave of Medea, where they spread the fine and fragrant linen and brought these two together. And the heroes in their hands wielded their spears for war, lest first a host of foes should burst upon them for battle unawares, and, their heads enwreathed with leafy sprays, all in harmony, while Orpheus' harp rang clear, sang the marriage song at the entrance to the bridal chamber. Yet not in the house of Alcinous was the hero, Aeson's son, minded to complete his marriage, but in his father's hall when he had returned home to Iolcus; and such was the mind of Medea herself; but necessity led them to wed at this time. For never in truth do we tribes of woe-stricken mortals tread the path of delight with sure foot; but still some bitter affliction keeps pace with our joy; Wherefore they too, though their souls were melted with sweet love, were held by fear, whether the sentence of Alcinous would be fulfilled.
Now dawn returning with her beams divine scattered the gloomy night through the sky; and the island beaches laughed out and the paths over the plains far off, drenched with dew, and there was a din in the streets; the people were astir throughout the city, and far away the Colchians were astir at the bounds of the isle of Macris. And straightway to them went Alcinous, by reason of his covenant, to declare his purpose concerning the maiden, and in his hand he held a golden staff, his staff of justice, whereby the people had righteous judgments meted out to them throughout the city. And with him in order due and arrayed in their harness of war went marching, band by band, the chiefs of the Phaeacians. And from the towers came forth the women in crowds to gaze upon the heroes; and the country folk came to meet them when they heard the news, for Hera had sent forth a true report. And one led the chosen ram of his Hock, and another a heifer that had never toiled; and others set hard by jars of wine for mixing; and the smoke of sacrifice leapt up far away. And women bore fine linen, the fruit of much toil, as women will, and gifts of gold and varied ornaments as well, such as are brought to newly-wedded brides; and they marvelled when they saw the shapely forms and beauty of the gallant heroes, and among them the son of Oeagrus, oft beating the ground with gleaming sandal, to the time of his loud-ringing lyre and song. And all the nymphs together, whenever he recalled the marriage, uplifted the lovely bridal-chant; and at times again they sang alone as they circled in the dance, Hera, in thy honour; for it was thou that didst put it into the heart of Arete to proclaim the wise word of Alcinous. And as soon as he had uttered the decree of his righteous judgement, and the completion of the marriage had been proclaimed, he took care that thus it should abide fixed; and no deadly fear touched him nor Aeetes' grievous wrath, but he kept his judgement fast bound by unbroken oaths. So when the Colchians learnt that they were beseeching in vain and he bade them either observe his judgements or hold their ships away from his harbours and land, then they began to dread the threats of their own king and besought Alcinous to receive them as comrades; and there in the island long time they dwelt with the Phaeacians, until in the course of years, the Bacchiadae, a race sprung from Ephyra,[1] settled among them; and the Colchians passed to an island opposite; and thence they were destined to reach the Ceraunian hills of the Abantes, and the Nestaeans and Oricum; but all this was fulfilled after long ages had passed. And still the altars which Medea built on the spot sacred to Apollo, god of shepherds, receive yearly sacrifices in honour of the Fates and the Nymphs. And when the Minyae departed many gifts of friendship did Alcinous bestow, and many Arete; moreover she gave Medea twelve Phaeacian handmaids from the palace, to bear her company. And on the seventh day they left Drepane; and at dawn came a fresh breeze from Zeus. And onward they sped borne along by the wind's breath. Howbeit not yet was it ordained for the heroes to set foot on Achaea, until they had toiled even in the furthest bounds of Libya.
[Footnote 1: The old name of Corinth.]
Now had they left behind the gulf named after the Ambracians, now with sails wide spread the land of the Curetes, and next in order the narrow islands with the Echinades, and the land of Pelops was just descried; even then a baleful blast of the north wind seized them in mid-course and swept them towards the Libyan sea nine nights and as many days, until they came far within Syrtis, wherefrom is no return for ships, when they are once forced into that gulf. For on every hand are shoals, on every hand masses of seaweed from the depths; and over them the light foam of the wave washes without noise; and there is a stretch of sand to the dim horizon; and there moveth nothing that creeps or flies. Here accordingly the flood-tide—for this tide often retreats from the land and bursts back again over the beach coming on with a rush and roar—thrust them suddenly on to the innermost shore, and but little of the keel was left in the water. And they leapt forth from the ship, and sorrow seized them when they gazed on the mist and the levels of vast land stretching far like a mist and continuous into the distance; no spot for water, no path, no steading of herdsmen did they descry afar off, but all the scene was possessed by a dead calm. And thus did one hero, vexed in spirit, ask another:
"What land is this? Whither has the tempest hurled us? Would that, reckless of deadly fear, we had dared to rush on by that same path between the clashing rocks! Better were it to have overleapt the will of Zeus and perished in venturing some mighty deed. But now what should we do, held back by the winds to stay here, if ever so short a time? How desolate looms before us the edge of the limitless land!"
Thus one spake; and among them Ancaeus the helmsman, in despair at their evil case, spoke with grieving heart: "Verily we are undone by a terrible doom; there is no escape from ruin; we must suffer the cruellest woes, having fallen on this desolation, even though breezes should blow from the land; for, as I gaze far around, on every side do I behold a sea of shoals, and masses of water, fretted line upon line, run over the hoary sand. And miserably long ago would our sacred ship have been shattered far from the shore; but the tide itself bore her high on to the land from the deep sea. But now the tide rushes back to the sea, and only the foam, whereon no ship can sail, rolls round us, just covering the land. Wherefore I deem that all hope of our voyage and of our return is cut off. Let someone else show his skill; let him sit at the helm—the man that is eager for our deliverance. But Zeus has no will to fulfil our day of return after all our toils."
Thus he spake with tears, and all of them that had knowledge of ships agreed thereto; but the hearts of all grew numb, and pallor overspread their cheeks. And as, like lifeless spectres, men roam through a city awaiting the issue of war or of pestilence, or some mighty storm which overwhelms the countless labours of oxen, when the images of their own accord sweat and run down with blood, and bellowings are heard in temples, or when at mid-day the sun draws on night from heaven, and the stars shine clear through the mist; so at that time along the endless strand the chieftains wandered, groping their way. Then straightway dark evening came upon them; and piteously did they embrace each other and say farewell with tears, that they might, each one apart from his fellow, fall on the sand and die. And this way and that they went further to choose a resting-place; and they wrapped their heads in their cloaks and, fasting and unfed, lay down all that night and the day, awaiting a piteous death. But apart the maidens huddled together lamented beside the daughter of Aeetes. And as when, forsaken by their mother, unfledged birds that have fallen from a cleft in the rock chirp shrilly; or when by the banks of fair-flowing Pactolus, swans raise their song, and all around the dewy meadow echoes and the river's fair stream; so these maidens, laying in the dust their golden hair, all through the night wailed their piteous lament. And there all would have parted from life without a name and unknown to mortal men, those bravest of heroes, with their task unfulfilled; but as they pined in despair, the heroine-nymphs, warders of Libya, had pity on them, they who once found Athena, what time she leapt in gleaming armour from her father's head, and bathed her by Trito's waters. It was noon-tide and the fiercest rays of the sun were scorching Libya; they stood near Aeson's son, and lightly drew the cloak from his head. And the hero cast down his eyes and looked aside, in reverence for the goddesses, and as he lay bewildered all alone they addressed him openly with gentle words:
"Ill-starred one, why art thou so smitten with despair? We know how ye went in quest of the golden fleece; we know each toil of yours, all the mighty deeds ye wrought in your wanderings over land and sea. We are the solitary ones, goddesses of the land, speaking with human voice, the heroines, Libya's warders and daughters. Up then; be not thus afflicted in thy misery, and rouse thy comrades. And when Amphitrite has straightway loosed Poseidon's swift-wheeled car, then do ye pay to your mother a recompense for all her travail when she bare you so long in her womb; and so ye may return to the divine land of Achaea."
Thus they spake, and with the voice vanished at once, where they stood.But Jason sat upon the earth as he gazed around, and thus cried:
"Be gracious, noble goddesses of the desert, yet the saying about our return I understand not clearly. Surely I will gather together my comrades and tell them, if haply we can find some token of our escape, for the counsel of many is better."
He spake, and leapt to his feet, and shouted afar to his comrades, all squalid with dust, like a lion when he roars through the woodland seeking his mate; and far off in the mountains the glens tremble at the thunder of his voice; and the oxen of the field and the herdsmen shudder with fear; yet to them Jason's voice was no whit terrible—the voice of a comrade calling to his friends. And with looks downcast they gathered near, and hard by where the ship lay he made them sit down in their grief and the women with them, and addressed them and told them everything:
"Listen, friends; as I lay in my grief, three goddesses girded with goat-skins from the neck downwards round the back and waist, like maidens, stood over my head nigh at hand; and they uncovered me, drawing my cloak away with light hand, and they bade me rise up myself and go and rouse you, and pay to our mother a bounteous recompense for all her travail when she bare us so long in her womb, when Amphitrite shall have loosed Poseidon's swift-wheeled car. But I cannot fully understand concerning this divine message. They said indeed that they were heroines, Libya's warders land daughters; and all the toils that we endured aforetime by land and sea, all these they declared that they knew full well. Then I saw them no more in their place, but a mist or cloud came between and hid them from my sight."
Thus he spake, and all marvelled as they heard. Then was wrought for the Minyae the strangest of portents. From the sea to the land leapt forth a monstrous horse, of vast size, with golden mane tossing round his neck; and quickly from his limbs he shook off abundant spray and started on his course, with feet like the wind. And at once Peleus rejoiced and spake among the throng of his comrades:
"I deem that Poseidon's car has even now been loosed by the hands of his dear wife, and I divine that our mother is none else than our ship herself; for surely she bare us in her womb and groans unceasingly with grievous travailing. But with unshaken strength and untiring shoulders will we lift her up and bear her within this country of sandy wastes, where yon swift-footed steed has sped before. For he will not plunge beneath the earth; and his hoof-prints, I ween, will point us to some bay above the sea."
Thus he spake, and the fit counsel pleased all. This is the tale the Muses told; and I sing obedient to the Pierides, and this report have I heard most truly; that ye, O mightiest far of the sons of kings, by your might and your valour over the desert sands of Libya raised high aloft on your shoulders the ship and all that ye brought therein, and bare her twelve days and nights alike. Yet who could tell the pain and grief which they endured in that toil? Surely they were of the blood of the immortals, such a task did they take on them, constrained by necessity. How forward and how far they bore her gladly to the waters of the Tritonian lake! How they strode in and set her down from their stalwart shoulders!
Then, like raging hounds, they rushed to search for a spring; for besides their suffering and anguish, a parching thirst lay upon them, and not in vain did they wander; but they came to the sacred plain where Ladon, the serpent of the land, till yesterday kept watch over the golden apples in the garden of Atlas; and all around the nymphs, the Hesperides, were busied, chanting their lovely song. But at that time, stricken by Heracles, he lay fallen by the trunk of the apple-tree; only the tip of his tail was still writhing; but from his head down his dark spine he lay lifeless; and where the arrows had left in his blood the bitter gall of the Lernaean hydra, flies withered and died over the festering wounds And close at hand the Hesperides, their white arms flung over their golden heads, lamented shrilly; and the heroes drew near suddenly; but the maidens, at their quick approach, at once became dust and earth where they stood. Orpheus marked the divine portent, and for his comrades addressed them in prayer: "O divine ones, fair and kind, be gracious, O queens, whether ye be numbered among the heavenly goddesses, or those beneath the earth, or be called the Solitary nymphs; come, O nymphs, sacred race of Oceanus, appear manifest to our longing eyes and show us some spring of water from the rock or some sacred flow gushing from the earth, goddesses, wherewith we may quench the thirst that burns us unceasingly. And if ever again we return in our voyaging to the Achaean land, then to you among the first of goddesses with willing hearts will we bring countless gifts, libations and banquets."
So he spake, beseeching them with plaintive voice; and they from their station near pitied their pain; and lo! first of all they caused grass to spring from the earth; and above the grass rose up tall shoots; and then flourishing saplings grew standing upright far above the earth. Hespere became a poplar and Eretheis an elm, and Aegle a willow's sacred trunk. And forth from these trees their forms looked out, as clear as they were before, a marvel exceeding great, and Aegle spake with gentle words answering their longing looks:
"Surely there has come hither a mighty succour to your toils, that most accursed man, who robbed our guardian serpent of life and plucked the golden apples of the goddesses and is gone; and has left bitter grief for us. For yesterday came a man most fell in wanton violence, most grim in form; and his eyes flashed beneath his scowling brow; a ruthless wretch; and he was clad in the skin of a monstrous lion of raw hide, untanned; and he bare a sturdy bow of olive, and a bow, wherewith he shot and killed this monster here. So he too came, as one traversing the land on foot, parched with thirst; and he rushed wildly through this spot, searching for water, but nowhere was he like to see it. Now here stood a rock near the Tritonian lake; and of his own device, or by the prompting of some god, he smote it below with his foot; and the water gushed out in full flow. And he, leaning both his hands and chest upon the ground, drank a huge draught from the rifted rock, until, stooping like a beast of the field, he had satisfied his mighty maw."
Thus she spake; and they gladly with joyful steps ran to the spot where Aegle had pointed out to them the spring, until they reached it. And as when earth-burrowing ants gather in swarms round a narrow cleft, or when flies lighting upon a tiny drop of sweet honey cluster round with insatiate eagerness; so at that time, huddled together, the Minyae thronged about the spring from the rock. And thus with wet lips one cried to another in his delight:
"Strange! In very truth Heracles, though far away, has saved his comrades, fordone with thirst. Would that we might find him on his way as we pass through the mainland!"
So they spake, and those who were ready for this work answered, and they separated this way and that, each starting to search. For by the night winds the footsteps had been effaced where the sand was stirred. The two sons of Boreas started up, trusting in their wings; and Euphemus, relying on his swift feet, and Lynceus to cast far his piercing eyes; and with them darted off Canthus, the fifth. He was urged on by the doom of the gods and his own courage, that he might learn for certain from Heracles where he had left Polyphemus, son of Eilatus; for he was minded to question him on every point concerning his comrade. But that hero had founded a glorious city among the Mysians, and, yearning for his home-return, had passed far over the mainland in search of Argo; and in time he reached the land of the Chalybes, who dwell near the sea; there it was that his fete subdued him. And to him a monument stands under a tall poplar, just facing the sea. But that day Lynceus thought he saw Heracles all alone, far off, over measureless land, as a man at the month's beginning sees, or thinks he sees, the moon through a bank of cloud. And he returned and told his comrades that no other searcher would find Heracles on his way, and they also came back, and swift-footed Euphemus and the twin sons of Thracian Boreas, after a vain toil.
But thee, Canthus, the fates of death seized in Libya. On pasturing flocks didst thou light; and there followed a shepherd who, in defence of his own sheep, while thou wert leading them off[1] to thy comrades in their need, slew thee by the cast of a stone; for he was no weakling, Caphaurus, the grandson of Lycoreian Phoebus and the chaste maiden Acacallis, whom once Minos drove from home to dwell in Libya, his own daughter, when she was bearing the gods' heavy load; and she bare to Phoebus a glorious son, whom they call Amphithemis and Garamas. And Amphithemis wedded a Tritonian nymph; and she bare to him Nasamon and strong Caphaurus, who on that day in defending his sheep slew Canthus. But he escaped not the chieftains' avenging hands, when they learned the deed he had done. And the Minyae, when they knew it, afterwards took up the corpse and buried it in the earth, mourning; and the sheep they took with them.
[Footnote 1: This seems to be the only possible translation, but the optative is quite anomalous. We should expect [Greek: ekomizes].]
Thereupon on the same day a pitiless fate seized Mopsus too, son of Ampycus; and he escaped not a bitter doom by his prophesying; for there is no averting of death. Now there lay in the sand, avoiding the midday heat, a dread serpent, too sluggish of his own will to strike at an unwilling foe, nor yet would he dart full face at one that would shrink back. But into whatever of all living beings that life-giving earth sustains that serpent once injects his black venom, his path to Hades becomes not so much as a cubit's length, not even if Paeëon, if it is right for me to say this openly, should tend him, when its teeth have only grazed the skin. For when over Libya flew godlike Perseus Eurymedon—for by that name his mother called him—bearing to the king the Gorgon's head newly severed, all the drops of dark blood that fell to the earth, produced a brood of those serpents. Now Mopsus stepped on the end of its spine, setting thereon the sole of his left foot; and it writhed round in pain and bit and tore the flesh between the shin and the muscles. And Medea and her handmaids fled in terror; but Canthus bravely felt the bleeding wound; for no excessive pain harassed him. Poor wretch! Already a numbness that loosed his limbs was stealing beneath his skin, and a thick mist was spreading over his eyes. Straightway his heavy limbs sank helplessly to the ground and he grew cold; and his comrades and the hero, Aeson's son, gathered round, marvelling at the close-coming doom. Nor yet though dead might he lie beneath the sun even for a little space. For at once the poison began to rot his flesh within, and the hair decayed and fell from the skin. And quickly and in haste they dug a deep grave with mattocks of bronze; and they tore their hair, the heroes and the maidens, bewailing the dead man's piteous suffering; and when he had received due burial rites, thrice they marched round the tomb in full armour, and heaped above him a mound of earth.
But when they had gone aboard, as the south wind blew over the sea, and they were searching for a passage to go forth from the Tritonian lake, for long they had no device, but all the day were borne on aimlessly. And as a serpent goes writhing along his crooked path when the sun's fiercest rays scorch him; and with a hiss he turns his head to this side and that, and in his fury his eyes glow like sparks of fire, until he creeps to his lair through a cleft in the rock; so Argo seeking an outlet from the lake, a fairway for ships, wandered for a long time. Then straightway Orpheus bade them bring forth from the ship Apollo's massy tripod and offer it to the gods of the land as propitiation for their return. So they went forth and set Apollo's gift on the shore; then before them stood, in the form of a youth, far-swaying Triton, and he lifted a clod from the earth and offered it as a stranger's gift, and thus spake:
"Take it, friends, for no stranger's gift of great worth have I here by me now to place in the hands of those who beseech me. But if ye are searching for a passage through this sea, as often is the need of men passing through a strange land, I will declare it. For my sire Poseidon has made me to be well versed in this sea. And I rule the shore—if haply in your distant land you have ever heard of Eurypylus, born in Libya, the home of wild beasts."
Thus he spake, and readily Euphemus held out his hands towards the clod, and thus addressed him in reply:
"If haply, hero, thou knowest aught of Apis[1] and the sea of Minos, tell us truly, who ask it of you. For not of our will have we come hither, but by the stress of heavy storms have we touched the borders of this land, and have borne our ship aloft on our shoulders to the waters of this lake over the mainland, grievously burdened; and we know not where a passage shows itself for our course to the land of Pelops."
[Footnote 1: An old name of the Peloponnesus.]
So he spake; and Triton stretched out his hand and showed afar the sea and the lake's deep mouth, and then addressed them: "That is the outlet to the sea, where the deep water lies unmoved and dark; on each side roll white breakers with shining crests; and the way between for your passage out is narrow. And that sea stretches away in mist to the divine land of Pelops beyond Crete; but hold to the right, when ye have entered the swell of the sea from the lake, and steer your course hugging the land, as long as it trends to the north; but when the coast bends, falling away in the other direction, then your course is safely laid for you if ye go straight forward from the projecting cape. But go in joy, and as for labour let there be no grieving that limbs in youthful vigour should still toil."
He spake with kindly counsel; and they at once went aboard, intent to come forth from the lake by the use of oars. And eagerly they sped on; meanwhile Triton took up the mighty tripod, and they saw him enter the lake; but thereafter did no one mark how he vanished so near them along with the tripod. But their hearts were cheered, for that one of the blessed had met them in friendly guise. And they bade Aeson's son offer to him the choicest of the sheep and when he had slain it chant the hymn of praise. And straightway he chose in haste and raising the victim slew it over the stern, and prayed with these words:
"Thou god, who hast manifested thyself on the borders of this land, whether the daughters born of the sea call thee Triton, the great sea-marvel, or Phorcys, or Nereus, be gracious, and grant the return home dear to our hearts."
He spake, and cut the victim's throat over the water and cast it from the stern. And the god rose up from the depths in form such as he really was. And as when a man trains a swift steed for the broad race-course, and runs along, grasping the bushy mane, while the steed follows obeying his master, and rears his neck aloft in his pride, and the gleaming bit rings loud as he champs it in his jaws from side to side; so the god, seizing hollow Argo's keel, guided her onward to the sea. And his body, from the crown of his head, round his back and waist as far as the belly, was wondrously like that of the blessed ones in form; but below his sides the tail of a sea monster lengthened far, forking to this side and that; and he smote the surface of the waves with the spines, which below parted into curving fins, like the horns of the new moon. And he guided Argo on until he sped her into the sea on her course; and quickly he plunged into the vast abyss; and the heroes shouted when they gazed with their eyes on that dread portent. There is the harbour of Argo and there are the signs of her stay, and altars to Poseidon and Triton; for during that day they tarried. But at dawn with sails outspread they sped on before the breath of the west wind, keeping the desert land on their right. And on the next morn they saw the headland and the recess of the sea, bending inward beyond the jutting headland. And straightway the west wind ceased, and there came the breeze of the clear south wind: and their hearts rejoiced at the sound it made. But when the sun sank and the star returned that bids the shepherd fold, which brings rest to wearied ploughmen, at that time the wind died down in the dark night; so they furled the sails and lowered the tall mast and vigorously plied their polished oars all night and through the day, and again when the next night came on. And rugged Carpathus far away welcomed them; and thence they were to cross to Crete, which rises in the sea above other islands.
And Talos, the man of bronze, as he broke off rocks from the hard cliff, stayed them from fastening hawsers to the shore, when they came to the road-stead of Dicte's haven. He was of the stock of bronze, of the men sprung from ash-trees, the last left among the sons of the gods; and the son of Cronos gave him to Europa to be the warder of Crete and to stride round the island thrice a day with his feet of bronze. Now in all the rest of his body and limbs was he fashioned of bronze and invulnerable; but beneath the sinew by his ankle was a blood-red vein; and this, with its issues of life and death, was covered by a thin skin. So the heroes, though outworn with toil, quickly backed their ship from the land in sore dismay. And now far from Crete would they have been borne in wretched plight, distressed both by thirst and pain, had not Medea addressed them as they turned away:
"Hearken to me. For I deem that I alone can subdue for you that man, whoever he be, even though his frame be of bronze throughout, unless his life too is everlasting. But be ready to keep your ship here beyond the cast of his stones, till he yield the victory to me."
Thus she spake; and they drew the ship out of range, resting on their oars, waiting to see what plan unlooked for she would bring to pass; and she, holding the fold of her purple robe over her cheeks on each side, mounted on the deck; and Aeson's son took her hand in his and guided her way along the thwarts. And with songs did she propitiate and invoke the Death-spirits, devourers of life, the swift hounds of Hades, who, hovering through all the air, swoop down on the living. Kneeling in supplication, thrice she called on them with songs, and thrice with prayers; and, shaping her soul to mischief, with her hostile glance she bewitched the eyes of Talos, the man of bronze; and her teeth gnashed bitter wrath against him, and she sent forth baneful phantoms in the frenzy of her rage.
Father Zeus, surely great wonder rises in my mind, seeing that dire destruction meets us not from disease and wounds alone, but lo! even from afar, may be, it tortures us! So Talos, for all his frame of bronze, yielded the victory to the might of Medea the sorceress. And as he was heaving massy rocks to stay them from reaching the haven, he grazed his ankle on a pointed crag; and the ichor gushed forth like melted lead; and not long thereafter did he stand towering on the jutting cliff. But even as some huge pine, high up on the mountains, which woodmen have left half hewn through by their sharp axes when they returned from the forest—at first it shivers in the wind by night, then at last snaps at the stump and crashes down; so Talos for a while stood on his tireless feet, swaying to and fro, then at last, all strengthless, fell with a mighty thud. For that night there in Crete the heroes lay; then, just as dawn was growing bright, they built a shrine to Minoan Athena, and drew water and went aboard, so that first of all they might by rowing pass beyond Salmone's height.
But straightway as they sped over the wide Cretan sea night scared them, that night which they name the Pall of Darkness; the stars pierced not that fatal night nor the beams of the moon, but black chaos descended from heaven, or haply some other darkness came, rising from the nethermost depths. And the heroes, whether they drifted in Hades or on the waters, knew not one whit; but they committed their return to the sea in helpless doubt whither it was bearing them. But Jason raised his hands and cried to Phoebus with mighty voice, calling on him to save them; and the tears ran down in his distress; and often did he promise to bring countless offerings to Pytho, to Amyclae, and to Ortygia. And quickly, O son of Leto, swift to hear, didst thou come down from heaven to the Melantian rocks, which lie there in the sea. Then darting upon one of the twin peaks, thou raisedst aloft in thy right hand thy golden bow; and the bow flashed a dazzling gleam all round. And to their sight appeared a small island of the Sporades, over against the tiny isle Hippuris, and there they cast anchor and stayed; and straightway dawn arose and gave them light; and they made for Apollo a glorious abode in a shady wood, and a shady altar, calling on Phoebus the "Gleamer," because of the gleam far-seen; and that bare island they called Anaphe,[1] for that Phoebus had revealed it to men sore bewildered. And they sacrificed all that men could provide for sacrifice on a desolate strand; wherefore when Medea's Phaeacian handmaids saw them pouring water for libations on the burning brands, they could no longer restrain laughter within their bosoms, for that ever they had seen oxen in plenty slain in the halls of Alcinous. And the heroes delighted in the jest and attacked them with taunting words; and merry railing and contention flung to and fro were kindled among them. And from that sport of the heroes such scoffs do the women fling at the men in that island whenever they propitiate with sacrifices Apollo the gleaming god, the warder of Anaphe.
[Footnote 1: i.e. the isle of Revealing.]
But when they had loosed the hawsers thence in fair weather, then Euphemus bethought him of a dream of the night, reverencing the glorious son of Maia. For it seemed to him that the god-given clod of earth held in his palm close to his breast was being suckled by white streams of milk, and that from it, little though it was, grew a woman like a virgin; and he, overcome by strong desire, lay with her in love's embrace; and united with her he pitied her, as though she were a maiden whom he was feeding with his own milk; but she comforted him with gentle words:
"Daughter of Triton am I, dear friend, and nurse of thy children, no maiden; Triton and Libya are my parents. But restore me to the daughters of Nereus to dwell in the sea near Anaphe; I shall return again to the light of the sun, to prepare a home for thy descendants."
Of this he stored in his heart the memory, and declared it to Aeson's son; and Jason pondered a prophecy of the Far-Darter and lifted up his voice and said:
"My friend, great and glorious renown has fallen to thy lot. For of this clod when thou hast cast it into the sea, the gods will make an island, where thy children's children shall dwell; for Triton gave this to thee as a stranger's gift from the Libyan mainland. None other of the immortals it was than he that gave thee this when he met thee."
Thus he spake; and Euphemus made not vain the answer of Aeson's son; but, cheered by the prophecy, he cast the clod into the depths. Therefrom rose up an island, Calliste, sacred nurse of the sons of Euphemus, who in former days dwelt in Sintian Lemnos, and from Lemnos were driven forth by Tyrrhenians and came to Sparta as suppliants; and when they left Sparta, Theras, the goodly son of Autesion, brought them to the island Calliste, and from himself he gave it the name of Thera. But this befell after the days of Euphemus.
And thence they steadily left behind long leagues of sea and stayed on the beach of Aegina; and at once they contended in innocent strife about the fetching of water, who first should draw it and reach the ship. For both their need and the ceaseless breeze urged them on. There even to this day do the youths of the Myrmidons take up on their shoulders full-brimming jars, and with swift feet strive for victory in the race.
Be gracious, race of blessed chieftains! And may these songs year after year be sweeter to sing among men. For now have I come to the glorious end of your toils; for no adventure befell you as ye came home from Aegina, and no tempest of winds opposed you; but quietly did ye skirt the Cecropian land and Aulis inside of Euboea and the Opuntian cities of the Locrians, and gladly did ye step forth upon the beach of Pagasae.
Oceanus == Tethys| |Helios == Perse |——-+—————————————— || | | |Minos == Pasiphae Circe (1)Asterodeia = Aeetes = Eidyia (2)| |Ariadne ————————-+—————-| | |Apsyrtus Chalciope = Phrixus Medea =Jason(Phaëthon) |———————+——————-| | | |Argus Cytissorus Melas Phrontis
References to the following names are not given in full on account of their large number: Aeetes, Aesonides, Colchians, Hellas, Jason, Medea, Zeus.
Abantes, a people of Epirus, iv, 1214
Abantiades, son of Abas, (1) Canethus, I, 78: (2) Idmon, II, 815, 824, 857
Abantian, epithet of the island Euboea, IV, 1135
Abarnis, a city of the Troad, I, 932
Abas, reputed father of Idmon, I, 142
Abydos, a city of the Troad, I, 931
Acacallis, a daughter of Minos, IV, 1491
Acastus, son of Pelias, an Argonaut, I, 224, 321, 1041, 1082
Achaean, I, 177:put for Greek in general, I, 284; III, 601, 639, 775, 1081; IV, 195,1226, 1329, 1419
Acheloïdes, daughters of Achelous, the Sirens, IV, 893
Achelous, a river of Aetolia, IV, 293, 895
Acheron, (1) a river of Hades, I, 644: (2) a river of Bithynia, II, 355, 743, 901
Acherusian headland, II, 354, 728, 750, 806, 814
Achilles, son of Peleus, I, 558; IV, 868
Acmonian wood, near the river Thermodon, II, 992
Actor, I, 69
Actorides, son of Actor, (1) Irus, I, 72: (2) Sthenelus, II, 911, 916
Admetus king of Pherae, I, 49
Adrasteia, (1) a city and plain of Mysia I, 1116:(2) a nymph, the nurse of Zeus, III, 133
Aea, a city of Colchis, II, 417, 422, 1094, 1141, 1183, 1267; III, 306,1061; IV, 131, 255, 277, 278
Aeacides, son of Aeacus, (1) Peleus, an Argonaut, II, 869, 886; III 515; IV, 503, 853: (2) Telamon, an Argonaut, I, 1301, 1330; III, 382: in the plur., of both I 90; II, 122
Aeacus, a son of Zeus, III, 364
Aeaean, (1) of Aea, III, 1074, 1093, 1136; IV, 243: (2) of a district in Tyrrhenia, IV, 559, 850: assubst., IV, 661
Aeetes, king of the Colchians, I, 175, 245 etc.; II, 403, 459 etc.; III, 13, 27, etc.; IV, 9, 102 etc.
Aegaean sea, I, 831; IV, 772
Aegaeon, a giant, I, 1165
Aegaeus, a river, iv, 542, 1149
Aegialus, (1) coast in Achaea, 178: (2) coast of the Euxine, II, 365, 945
Aegina, an island near Attica, I, 92; IV, 1766, 1777
Aegle, one of the Hesperides, iv, 1428, 1430, 1450
Aeneius,adj., of Aeneus. I, 948, 1055
Aenete, I, 950
Aeolides, son or descendant of Aeolus. (1) Athamas, III, 361: (2) Idmon, an Argonaut, 11, 849: (3) Melampus, I,121: (4) Minyas, III, 1094: (5) Phrixus, II, 1141; III, 584; IV, 119: in the plur., I, 143; II, 1195; III, 335, 339
Aeolus, (1) a son of Zeus, father of Cretheus and Athamas, III, 360: (2) king of the winds, iv, 764, 765, 778, 820
Aesepus, a river of Mysia, I, 940, 1115
Aeson, son of Cretheus and father of Jason, I, 47, 253, 331, 899, 1336;II, 410, 885, 1134; III, 357, 443, 1380
Aesonides, son of Aeson, Jason, I, 33, 46, etc.; II, 437, 444, etc.;III, 58, 60 etc.; IV, 73, 92, etc.
Aesonis, a city of Magnesia, I, 411
Aethalia, an island, now Elba, IV, 654
Aethalides, son of Hermes, an Argonaut, I, 54, 641, 649; III, 1175
Aetolian, I, 146; in plur. assubst., I, 198
Agamestor, II, 850
Agenor, II, 237
Agenorides, son of Agenor, Phineus, II, 178, 240, 293, 426, 490, 618;III, 943, 1186
Alcimede, mother of Jason, I, 47, 233, 251, 259, 277
Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, IV, 769, 995, 1009, 1013, 1069, 1116, 1123, 1161, 1169, 1176, 1200, 1220, 1724
Alcon, I, 97
Aleus, I, 163, 166, 170; II, 1046
Aloïades, sons of Aloeus, I, 482, 489
Alope, a city of Thessaly, I, 51
Amarantes, a people of Colchis, II, 399
Amarantian, epithet of the river Phasis, III, 1220
Amazonian, II, 977
Amazons, II, 374, 386, 912, 965, 985, 987, 995, 1173
Ambracians, inhabitants of Ambracia, a city of Epirus, IV, 1228
Amnisus, a river of Crete, III, 877, 882
Amphidamas, an Argonaut, I, 161; II, 1046
Amphion, (1) an Argonaut, I, 176:(2) son of Zeus and Antiope, I, 736, 740
Amphithemis, son of Phoebus and Acacallis, also called Garamas, IV,1494, 1495
Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon, IV, 1325, 1355
Amphrysus, a river of Thessaly, I, 54
Ampycides, son of Ampycus, Mopsus, an Argonaut, I, 1083, 1106; II, 923;III, 917, 926; IV, 1502
Amyclae, a city of Laconia, IV, 1704
Amycus, king of the Bebrycians, II, 1, 48, 51, 90, 110, 136, 303, 754, 768, 792
Amymone, daughter of Danaus, I, 137
Amyrus, a river of Thessaly, I, 596; IV, 617
Anaphe, an island, one of the Sporades, IV, 1717, 1730, 1744
Anaurus, a river of Thessaly, I, 9; III, 67
Ancaeus,(1) son of Lycurgus, an Argonaut, I, 161, 398, 426, 429, 531;II, 118:(2) son of Poseidon, an Argonaut, I, 188; II, 865, 894, 898, 1276; IV,210, 1260
Anchiale, a nymph, I, 1130
Angurum, a mountain in Scythia, IV, 323, 324
Anthemoeisian lake, in Bithynia, II, 724
Anthemoessa, the island of the Sirens, in the Tyrrhenian sea, IV, 892
Antianeira, I, 56
Antiope, (1) daughter of Asopus, I, 735: (2) daughter of Nycteus, IV, 1090: (3) a queen of the Amazons, II, 387
Aonian, Boeotian, III, 1178, 1185
Aphareïan, of Aphareus, I 485; III, 556, 1252
Apharetiadae, sons of Aphareus, I, 151
Apheidantian allotment, in Arcadia, I, 162
Aphetae, starting-place of Argo, I, 591
Apidaneans, name of Arcadians, IV, 263
Apidanus, a river of Thessaly, I, 36, 38; II, 515
Apis, a name of the Peloponnese, IV, 1564
Apollo, I, 307, 360, 403, 410, 759, II, 493, 502, 927, 952; III, 1181, 1283; IV, 528, 612, 1548, 1714, 1729: god of the shore ([Greek: Aktios]), I,104: of disembarcation ([Greek: Ekbasios]), I, 966, 1186: of embarcation ([Greek: Embasios]), I, 359, 404: of the dawn ([Greek: Eôios]), II, 686, 700: of shepherds ([Greek: Nomios]), IV, 1218: the Healer ([Greek: Iêios]), II, 712: the gleaner ([Greek: Aiglêtês]), IV, 1716, 1730
Apsyrtians, IV, 481
Apsyrtus, son of Aeetes, III, 241, 604; IV, 225, 306, 314, 332, 399, 422, 451, 455, 515, 557, 587, 737
Araethyrea, a city of Argolis, I, 115
Araxis, a river of Armenia, IV, 133
Arcadia, I, 125, 161; II, 1052
Arcadians, IV, 263, 264
Arcton, "of bears," a mountain near Cyzicus, I, 941, 1150
Arcturus, II, 1099
Areius, son of Bias, an Argonaut, I, 118
Areïus,adj., of Ares, II, 1033, 1268; III, 325, 409, 495, 1270
Arene, a city of Messenia, I, 152, 471
Ares, I, 743; II, 385, 404, 989, 990, 991, 1169, 1205, 1230; III, 411, 754, 1187, 1227, 1282, 1357, 1366; IV, 166
Arestorides, son of Arestor, Argus, I, 112, 325
Arete, wife of Alcinous, IV, 1013, 1029, 1070, 1098, 1101, 1123, 1200,1221
Aretias, (1) daughter of Ares, Melanippe, II, 966:(2) fem.adj.II, 1031, 1047; III, 1180
Aretus, a Bebrycian, II, 65, 114
Arganthonian mountain, in Bithynia, I, 1178
Argo, I, 4, 386, 525, 591, 633, 724, 953; II, 340; IV, 509, 592, 763, 993, 1473, 1546, 1609
Argoan, I, 319; II, 211; IV, 554, 658, 938, 1620
Argos, (1) a city of the Peloponnese, I, 125, 140, 1317:(2) put for Greece in general, IV, 1074
Argus, (1) son of Arestor, an Argonaut, I, 19, 111, 226, 321, 325, 367,912, 1119; II, 613, 1188:(2) son of Phrixus, II, 1122, 1140, 1156, 1199, 1260, 1281; III, 318,367, 440, 474, 521, 554, 568, 610, 722, 826, 902, 914, 944, 1200;IV, 80, 122, 256
Ariadne, a daughter of Minos, III, 998, 1003, 1097, 1107
Aristaeus, son of Apollo and Cyrene, II, 506; IV, 1132
Artaceus, one of the Doliones, I, 1047
Artacie, a spring near Cyzicus, I, 957
Artemis, I, 312, 571, 1225; III, 774; IV, 330, 452, 470
Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, I, 444; II, 777; IV, 273
Asopis, daughter of Asopus, (1) Antiope, I, 735; (2) Corcyra, IV, 567
Asopus, (1) a river of the Peloponnese, I, 117; (2) father of Sinope, II, 947
Assyrian, II, 946, 964
Asterion, an Argonaut, I, 35
Asterius, an Argonaut, I, 176
Asterodeia, mother of Apsyrtus, III, 242
Astypalaea, mother of Ancaeus, II, 866
Atalanta, I, 769
Athamantian plain, in Thessaly, II, 514
Athamantis, daughter of Athamas, Helle, I, 927
Athamas, son of Aeolus, king of Orchomenus, II, 653, 1153, 1162; III, 266, 360, 361; IV, 117
Athena, I, 19, 110, 226, 300, 527, 551, 629, 768, 960; II, 537, 598, 602, 612, 1187; III, 8, 10, 17, 30, 91, 111, 340; IV, 583, 959, 1309, 1691
Athos, a mountain in Chalcidice, I, 601
Atlantis, daughter of Atlas, (1) Electra, I, 916: (2) Calypso, IV, 575
Atlas, IV, 1398
Attic island, Salamis, I, 93
Augeias, an Argonaut, I, 172; III, 197, 363, 440
Aulion, a cave in Bithynia, II, 910
Aulis, a city of Boeotia, IV, 1779
Ausonian, Italian, IV, 553, 590, 660, 828, 846
Autesion, IV, 1762
Autolycus, a son of Deimachus, II, 956
Bacchiadae, the ruling race in Corinth, IV, 1212
Basileus, one of the Doliones, I, 1043
Bebryces, a people of Bithynia, II, 2, 13, 70, 98, 121, 129, 758, 768, 792, 798
Bebrycia, II, 136
Becheiri, a people of Pontus, II, 394, 1242
Biantiades, son of Bias, Talaus, II, 63, 111
Bias, I, 118
Billaeus, a river of Bithynia, II, 791
Bistonian, Thracian, I, 34; II, 704; IV, 906
Bithynian, II, 4, 177, 619, 730: assubst.in plur., II, 347, 788
Boeotians, II, 846
Boreas, father of Zetes and Calais, I, 211, 212, 214, 1300; II, 234, 241, 273, 288, 308, 427, 440, 492; IV, 1464, 1484
Bosporus, I, 1114; II, 168
Brimo, a name of Hecate, III, 861, 862, 1211
Brygi, a people of Illyria, IV, 330, 470
Butes, an Argonaut, I, 95; IV, 914
Byzeres, a people of Pontus, II, 396, 1244
Cadmeians, Thebans, III, 1095
Cadmus, king of Thebes, III, 1179, 1186; IV, 517
Caeneides, son of Caineus, Coronus, I, 58
Caeneus, I, 59
Calais, an Argonaut, I, 211; II, 282
Calaureia, an island in the Saronic gulf, III, 1243
Callichorus, a river of Paphlagonia, II, 904, 909
Calliope, one of the Muses, I, 24
Calliste, an island in the Aegaean sea, IV, 1758, 1763
Calon, a mouth of the Ister, the Fair mouth, IV, 306, 313
Calos, a harbour of Cyzicus, the Fair haven, I, 954
Calpe, a river of Bithynia, II, 659
Calydon, a city of Aetolia, I, 190
Calypso, daughter of Atlas, IV, 574
Canastra, a headland in Chalcidice, I, 599
Canethus, I, 77
Canthus, an Argonaut, I, 77; IV, 1467, 1485, 1497
Caphaurus, a Libyan, IV, 1490, 1496
Carambis, a promontory in Paphlagonia, II, 361, 943; IV, 300
Carpathus, an island in the Aegaean sea, IV, 1636
Caspian, III, 859
Castor, I, 147; II, 62; IV, 589
Caucasus, a mountain, II, 1210, 1247, 1267; III, 242, 852, 1224, 1276;IV, 135
Cauliacus, a rock near the river Ister, IV, 324
Cecropia, old name of Attica, I, 95, 214; IV, 1779
Celts, IV, 611, 635, 646
Centaurs, a fabulous savage race, I, 42, 60; IV, 812
Ceos, one of the Cyclades, II, 520, 526
Cepheus, an Argonaut, I, 161
Ceraunian, mountains, IV, 519, 576, 1214; sea, the Adriatic, IV, 983
Cerinthus, a city of Euboea, I, 79
Cerossus, an island off Illyria, IV, 573
Chadesians, a tribe of Amazons, II, 1000
Chalciope, daughter of Aeetes and sister of Medea, II, 1149; III, 248, 254, 270, 370, 449, 605, 667, 688, 718, 727, 776, 903, 1156; IV, 32
Chalcodonian mountain, in Thessaly, I, 50
Chalybes, a people of Pontus, I, 1323; II, 375, 1001; IV, 1475
Charites, the Graces, IV, 425
Charybdis, IV, 789, 825, 923
Cheiron, a Centaur, I, 33, 554; II, 510, 1240; IV, 812
Chersonesus, in Thrace, I, 925
Chytus, a harbour of Cyzicus, I, 987, 990
Cianian, I, 1177, assubst.in plur., I, 1354
Circaean plain, II, 400; III, 200
Circe, sister of Aeetes, III, 311; IV, 559, 587, 590, 662, 683, 691,699, 752
Cius, (1) a city of Mysia, II, 767:(2) a river of Mysia, I, 1178, 1321
Claros, a city of Ionia, I, 308
Cleite, (1) wife of Cyzicus, I, 976, 1063: (2) a fountain, called after her. I, 1069
Cleopatra, wife of Phineus, II, 239
Clymene, grandmother of Jason, I, 233
Clytius, an Argonaut, I, 86, 1044; II, 117, 1043
Clytonaeus, I, 134
Cnossus, a city of Crete, IV, 434
Coeogeneia, daughter of Coeus, Leto, II, 710
Colchian, I, 174; II, 417, 1095, 1277; III, 313; IV, 2, 33, 132, 484,485, 689, 731:assubst.in plur., I, 84, 175 etc.; II, 397, 1204 etc.; III,203, 212, etc.; IV, 5, 212 etc.
Colone, a rock in Bithynia, II, 650, 789
Cometes, I, 35
Concord, a temple to, II, 718
Corcyra, (1) daughter of Asopus, IV, 568: (2) an island in the Adriatic sea, Black Corcyra, IV, 566, 571
Core, a name of Persephone, III, 847
Coronis, mother of Asclepius by Apollo, IV, 617
Coronus, an Argonaut, I, 57
Corycian, of Corycus, a mountain in Cilicia, II, 711; III, 855
Crataeis, a name of Hecate, IV, 829
Cretan, I, 1129; II, 1233; IV, 1694
Crete, II, 299; IV, 1578, 1637, 1644, 1651, 1689
Cretheïdes, son of Cretheus, Aeson, III, 357
Cretheus, brother of Athamas, II, 1162, 1163; III, 358, 360
Crobialus, a city of Paphlagonia, II, 942
Cromna, a city of Paphlagonia, II, 942
Cronian, IV, 327, 509, 548
Cronos, I, 505; II, 1232; IV, 986
Ctimene, a city of Thessaly, I, 68
Ctimenus, I, 67
Curetes, (1) in Crete, II, 1234: (2) in Aetolia, IV, 1229
Cyanean rocks, I, 3; II, 318, 770; IV, 304, 1003
Cyclopes, I, 510, 730
Cyllenus, one of the Idaean Dactyls, I, 1126
Cypris, a name of Aphrodite, I, 615, 803, 850, 860, 1233; II, 424; III, 3, 25, 37, 76, 80, 90, 127, 549, 559, 936, 942; IV, 918.
Cyrene, mother of Aristaeus II, 500
Cytaean, i.e. Colchian, II, 399, 403, 1094, 1267; III, 228; IV, 511
Cytherea, a name of Aphrodite, I, 742; III, 108, 553
Cytissorus, a son of Phrixus, II, 1155
Cytorus, a city of Paphlagonia, II, 942
Cyzicus, (1) king of the Doliones, I, 949, 962, 1056, 1076: (2) a city on a peninsula in the Propontis, II, 765
Dactyls, fabulous iron-workers on Mt. Ida, in Crete, I, 1129
Danae, IV, 1091
Danai, IV, 262
Danais, daughter of Danaus, I, 137
Danaus, I, 133
Dardania, I, 931
Dascylus (1) father of Lycus, II, 776: (2) son of Lycus, II, 803
Deileon, a son of Deimachus, II, 956
Deimachus, II, 955
Delos, I, 308
Delphyne, a dragon, II, 706
Deo, the goddess Demeter, III, 413; IV, 896, 986, 988
Deucalidae, descendants of Deucalion, IV, 266
Deucalion, son of Prometheus, III, 1087
Dia, an island in the Aegaean sea, IV, 425, 434
Dictaean, of Dicte, in Crete, I, 509, 1130; II, 434; IV, 1640
Dindymum, a mountain of Phrygia, I, 985, 1093, 1125, 1147
Dionysus, I, 116; IV, 424, 540
Dipsacus, II, 653
Dodonian oak, I, 527; IV, 583
Doeantian plain, II, 373, 988
Doliones, inhabitants of Cyzicus, I, 947, 952, 961, 1018, 1022, 1058
Dolionian, I, 1029, 1070; II, 765
Dolopian, I, 68, 585
Drepane, the island of the Phaeacians, later Corcyra, IV, 990, 1223
Dryopians, I, 1213, 1218
Dysceladus, an island in the Adriatic, IV, 565
Echetus, a mythical king of Epirus, IV, 1093
Echinades, islands at the mouth of the Acheloüs, IV, 1230
Echion, an Argonaut, I, 52
Egypt, IV. 268
Eidyia, wife of Aeetes, III, 243, 269
Eilatides, son of Eilatus, Polyphemus, I, 41, 1241, 1248, 1347; IV, 1470
Eileithyia, the goddess of birth, I, 289
Elare, mother of Tityos, I, 762
Eleans, I, 173
Electra, daughter of Atlas, I, 916
Electris, an island, IV, 505, 580
Electryon, I, 748
Elysian plain, IV, 811
Encheleans, a people of Illyria, IV, 518
Endymion, IV, 58
Eneteian, i.e. Paphlagonian, an epithet of Pelops, II, 358
Enipeus, a river of Thessaly, I, 38
Enyalius, a name of Ares, III, 322, 560, 1366
Ephyra, the old name of Corinth, IV, 1212
Erato, one of the Muses, III, 1
Erectheïdae, descendants of Erechtheus, the Athenians, I, 101
Erectheis, daughter of Erechtheus, Oreithyia, I, 212
Erginus, (1) son of Poseidon, an Argonaut, I, 187; II, 896: (2) a river of Thrace, I, 217
Eribotes, an Argonaut, I, 71, 78; II, 1039
Eridanus, the river Po, IV, 506, 596, 610, 623, 628
Erinys, a Fury, II, 220; III, 704, 776; IV, 476, 1042:in the plur., III, 712; IV, 386, 714
Eros, son of Aphrodite, III, 120, 275, 297, 972, 1018, 1078; IV, 445:in the plural, "the Loves," III, 452, 687, 765, 937
Erymanthian marsh, I, 127
Erytheis, one of the Hesperides, IV, 1427
Erythini, a town in Paphlagonia, II, 941
Erytus, an Argonaut, I, 52
Eryx, a mountain in Sicily, IV, 917
Etesian winds, II, 498, 525
Ethiopians, III, 1192
Euboea, an island, I, 77; IV, 1135, 1780
Euphemus, an Argonaut, I 179; II, 536, 556, 562, 588, 896; IV, 1466, 1483, 1563, 1732 1756, 1758, 1764