Hyginus Fabulae, 12-14
Pelias, Juno, The Mustering of the Agonauts
12. Pelias.
Pelias, the son or Cretheus and Tyrus, received an oracle telling him to sacrifice to Neptune and that, if a single-shod person, i.e. a person with only one sandal on should come along, his death was near. So, when he was performing an annual sacrifice to Neptune, Jason the son of Aeson, Pelias’ brother, was desirous to take part but left his piece of footwear behind when he was crossing the River Euhenus. He abandoned it so that he could arrive at the festival quickly. When Pelias noticed this, he was mindful of the oracle and commanded him to ask from the enemy king Aeëtes at Colchis the fleece of the ram which Phrixus had sacrificed to Mars.
13. Juno
Once, Juno had disguised herself as an old crone and was waiting to test men’s hearts, to see whether they might carry her across the Euhenus River; but nobody was willing. Jason, the son of Aeson and Alcimede carried her across. She, however, was angry wit Pelias because he had paused the sacrifices to her, and she caused that Jason leave one sandal behind in the rivermud.
14. The Mustering of the Argonauts
Jason, the son of Aeson and Alcimede, who was C lymenus’ daughter, was also the leader of Thessaly.
Orpheus, son of Oeagrus and the muse Calliope, was a Thracian from the city of Flevia which is on Mt Olympus near the River Enipeus; he was a prophet and lyre player.
Asterion was son of Pyremus, and Antigone, daughter of Pheres, was his mother; he came from Pellene.
Others, though, say that he was Hyperasius’ son from Piresia which is at the base of Mt Phylleus in Thessaly where two rivers, the Apidanus and the Enipeus, flow forth in different directions but converge into one stream.
Polyphemus, son of Elatus and of Hippea, daughter of Antippus; a Thessalian from the city Larissa, he was slow-footed.
Iphiclus, son of Phylacus and of Periclymene, daughter of Minyas, came from Thessaly, specifically Mt Chalcodonium from which the town and the river each get their name. He was Jason’s uncle.
Admetus was the son of Pheres and of Periclymene, Minyas’ daughter, and came from Thessaly, specifically from Mt Calchodonium from which the town and the river get their name. They say that Apollo tended Admetus’ flocks.
Eurytus and Echion were sons of Mercury and of Antianira, Menetius’ daughter; he came from the city of Alope which now is called Ephesus. Some say that the people of Thessaly contrived this tale.
Aethalides was the son of Mercury and of Eupolemia, daughter of Myrmidon; he was from Larissa.
Coronus was the son of Caeneus, coming from Gyrton, a city in Thessaly.
This man Caeneus was son of Elatus, a Magnesian; he showed that he could not injure the Centaurs with a sword, but rather with the trunks of trees bent down in the shape of a V. Many authors say that this man was a woman, and that when Neptune was seeking her hand she persuaded him to grant that she could be made to appear as a boy and be made invulnerable. This was never done, nor can it occur that any mortal being could become unable to be killed by the sword or turned from a woman into a man.
Mopsus was son of Ampycus and Chloris. He was trained in augury by Apollo. He came from Oechalia, or according to others from Titarens.
Eurydamus was the son of Irus and Demonassa; others say he was the son of Ctimenus who lived in the city of Dolopeides near Lake Xynius.
Theseus was the son of Aegeus and Aethra, the daughter of Pittheus, from Troezen. Some say that he was from Athens.
Pirithous was the son of Ixion, the brother of the Centaurs; a Thessalian.
Menoetius was the son of Actor; from Opuntis.
Eribotes was the son of Teleon; from *someplace.
Eurytion was the son of Irus and Demonassa.
*Ixition came from the town of Cerinthus.
Oïleus was the sone of Hodoedocus and of Agrianome, daughter of Perseon; from Narcycea.
Clytius and Iphitus were sons of Eurytus and Antiope, daughter of Pylon, and kings of Oechalia. Some say they came from Euboea. Iphitus is said to have been granted by Apollo the knowledge of archery and then to have competed with the craft’s founder. His son, Clytius, was murdered by Aeetes.
Peleus and Telamon were sons of Aeacus and Endeis, the daughter of Chiron; from the island of Aegina. They left their homes on account of the murder Phocus, their brother, and sought out new dwellings — Peleus in Phthia and Telamon in Salmis, which Apollonius of Rhodes calls Atthis.
Butes was the son of Teleon and Zeuxippe, the daughter of Eridanus the river; from Athens.
Phaeleros was the son of Alcon; from Athens.
Tiphus was the son of Phorbas and Hyrmine; he was the pilot of the Argo.
Argus was the son of Polybus and Argia; some though say that he was the son of Danaus. He was an Argive and wore a bull-skin with a black pelt. He was the shipwright of the Argo.
Phliasus was the son of Father Liber and of Ariadne, daughter of Minos; from Phlius, a town in the Peloponnesus; but, others say he came from Thebes.
Hercules was the son of Jupiter and Alcimene, the daughter of Electryon; from Thebes.
Hylas was the son of Thodamas and of Menodice the nymph, daughter of Orion; a young man, from Oechalia. Others say that he came from Argos, the partner of Hercules.
Nauplius was the sone of Neptune and of Amymone, the daughter of Danaus; an Argive.
Idmon was the son of Apollo and of Cyrene the nymph. Some say that he was son of Abas. An Argive. He was skilled in augury. Even though he discerned by bird omens that death was descending upon him, he did not hold back from the fatal battle.
Castor and Pollux were sons of Jupiter and of Leda, the daughter of Thestius; from Lacedaemon, though others say they were from Sparta. Both went as adolescents. It is written that upon them both at the same time a star seemed to light upon their heads.
Lynceus and Idas were the sons of Aphareus and Arena, daughter of Oebalus; they were from Messene in the Peloponnesus. Lynceus is said to have seen things hiding under the earth, nor could he be slowed by any obscurity. Some say that Lyncaeus saw nothing in the night. He is said to have seen so clearly under the earth that he knew where veins of gold were. He went into the earth once and immediately showed where the gold was. Thus arose his reputation for seeing under the earth. Idas, for his part, was fast and fierce.
Periclymenus was the son of Neleus and Chloris, the daughter of Amphion and Niobe. He was from Pylos.
Amphidamas and Cepheus were sons of Aleus and Cleobule from Arcadia.
Ancaeus was the son of Lyrcurgus, though some people say he was his grandson; he was from Teageates.
Augeas was the son of the Sun and of Nausidame, the daughter of Amphidamas. He was from Electa.
Asterion and Amphion were the sons of Hyperasius; some say they were the sons of Hippasus. They were from Pellene.
Euphemus was the son of Neptune and Europa, daughter of Tityus; from Taenaria. He is said to have run on the water with dry foot.
Ancaeus the second, was son of Neptune and of Althaea, daughter of Thestius; from the island of Imbrasus which was formerly called Parthenia but now known as Samos.
Erginus was the son of Neptune; from Miletus. Some say that he was the son of Perilymenus; from Orchomenos.
Meleager was the son of Oëneus and Althaea, daughter of Thesius; some say he was the son of Mars. He was from Calydon.
Laocoön was son of Porthaon, the brother of Oëneus; from Calydon.
Iphiclus the second was son of Thestius and Leucippe, brother of Althaea from the same mother; a Lacedaemonian. He was a bear hunter and spearman.
Iphitus was son of Naubolus; from Phocis. Some say that he was the son of Hippasus from the Peloponnesus.
Zetes and Calaïs were sons of Aquilo, the north wind, and of Orithyia, the daughter of Erechtheus. These brothers are said to have wings on their heads and on their feet and sky-blue hair that delighted in the stiring breeze. They put to flight three Harpyies, the daughters of Thaumas and Ozomene named Aellopos, Celaeno, and Ocypetes, running them off from Phineus the son of Agenor at the time that they accompanied Jason on the voyage to Colchis. The Harpyies inhabited the Strophades islands in the Aegean Sea, those called the Plotae. These creatures are said to have had chicken heads, feathers, wings and human arms, huge talons, chicken feet, a nurturing bosom and a female human face. Zetes and Calaïs however killed by the arrows of Hercules. And the stones placed upon on their tombs were moved by their father’s winds. The men themselves were said to have been from Thrace.
Phocus and Priasus were sons of Caeneus; from Magnesia.
Eurymedon was son of Father Liber and Ariadne, daughter of Minos; from Phlius.
Palaemonius was the son of Lernus; a Calydonian.
Actor was son of Hippasus; from the Peloponnesus.
*Thersanon was the son of the Sun and of Leucothoe; from Andros.
Hippalcios was the son of Pelops and of Hippodamia, daughter of Oenomaus; from the Peloponnesus, Pisa in particular.
Asclepius was the son of Apollo and Coronis; from Tricca …
…. Thestius’ daughter; an Argive.
Neleus ws the son of Hippocoön; from Pylos.
Iolaus was the son of Iphiclus; an Argive.
Deucalion was the son of Minos and Pasiphaë, the daughter of the Sun; from Crete.
Philoctetes was the son of Poeas; from Meliboea.
Caeneus the second was son of Coronus; from Gortyna.
Acastus was the son of Pelias and Anaxibia, daughter of Bias; from Iolchus. He wore a double cloak. He voluntarily signed on among the Argonauts, joining as Jason’s partner on his own accord.
They were all, however, called Minyae, either because the daughters of Minyas had borne most of them or because the mother of Jason was the daughter of Clymene, the daughter of Minyas. However, they did not all come to Colchus nor did they all return home to their homeland.
Hylas, for instance, was abducted by nymphis near Cios and the river Ascanius; and when Hercules and Polyphemus were looking for him, the ship was taken by a wind and they were left behind. Polyphemus was also abandoned by Hercules; he founded the city of Moesia and then died at Chalyba.
Tiphys was overcome by disease in Mariandyna in the Propontus in the company of king Lycus. On this account Ancaeus the son of Neptune guided the ship to Colchis. Idmon however, the son of Apollo, erected a monument at Lycus’ dwelling but was felled by a boar that attacked him. Idmon was avenged by Idas, son of Aphareus, who killed the boar.
Butes was the son of Teleon, although he was drawn to the songs and lyre of Orpheus; still he was defeated by the sweet music of the Sirens, and, when he was fixing to swim to them in the sea, he dove in headlong. Venus saved him by carrying him over the waves to Lilybaeum.
Those Argonauts did not make it to Colchis. On the return voyage, though, Eurybates, son of Teleon, and Canthus, son of *Cerion, perished. They were killed in Libya by the shepherd Cephalio, brother of Nasamon, who was the son of Tritonis the nymph and Amphithemis whose flocks were ravaged by a plague.
Mopsus however, the son of Ampycus, died by snakebite in Africa. He, however, had joined onto the Argonauts when they were underway after his father Ampycus was killed.
Also joining in from the island of Dia were the sons of Phrixus and of Chalciope the sister of Medea, namely Argus, Melas, Phrontides, and Cylindrus — or, as others call them, the recruits Phronius, Demoleon, Autolycus, Phlogius, whom Hercules brought along when he was fixing to stay as a crew member while he sought the baldric of the Amazons. He left them behind when they were terror-stricken by Dascylus the son of the Lycian king Mariandynus.
These others, though, when they set out for Colchis, wanted to make Hercules the leader. He refused it, but said that it was more likely that Jason should have that role since all their labor affected him. Jason, therefore, governed as the leader of the expedition.
The shipwright was Argus, the son of Danaus; the pilot was Tiphys, after whose death Ancaeus, son of Neptune, governed the ship. Lyncaeus the son of Aphareus directed the ship on the prow, for he saw much. The protectors, though, were Zetes and Calaïs, sons of Aquilo the North Wind, who had wings both on their head and on their feet. Peleus and Telemon sat at the stern and near the oars; Hercules and Idas sat near the keel. Orpheus, son of Oeagrus, pronounced the cadence. Afterwords, when the position had been abandoned by Hercules, Peleus, son of Aeacus, sat in his spot.
The ship is the Argo which Minerva transferred to the starry band on account of its having been built by her. Indeed it is the first ship ever taken into the open sea, appearing now among the stars, from its stern to is sail; the appearance and outline of which Cicero explained in his Phaenomena in the following verses:
But at the Dog’s tail the Argo glides smoothly by,
Carrying ahead of itself its stern forward with light;
No other ships are previously accustomed to put their sterns,
into the deep cleaving Neptunian lees with their prows.
Yet turned round backwards she carries herself through the quarters of the heavens.
Just as when they begin to touch safe harbors, sailors
Turn round their ship with its great tonnage.
They draw the turned stern onto the long-sought shoreline;
Even so the ancient Argo glides along backward over the atmosphere. …
Thence stretching the pilot’s stand from the flying stern
She touches the hindmost traces of the brilliant Dog.
This ship has four stars in the poopdeck, five in the right pilots seat, four in the left, and similar numbers among themselves. In all thirteen stars.
24. Jason and the Peliades.
When Jason had undergone so many dangers at the bidding of his uncle Pelias, he began to consider how he might kill him without undue suspicion. Medea promised that she would to this. Thus, since they were far from Colchis, she ordered the ship to be secreted away, and she herself came to the daughters of Pelias in disguise as a priestess of Diana. She promised to them that she would make their aged father Pelias young again. Alcestis, the older daughter denied that this could be done. In order to seduce her the more easily to her scheme, cast a spell of darkness over them and by her witchcraft produced many wonderous things that seemed to be true — she threw a grizzled old ram into a bronze cauldron and a beautiful young lamb seemed to leap out. Then, in the same fashion, the daughters of Pelias — i.e. Alcestis, Pelopia, Medusa, Pisidice, and Hippothoe — yielded to Medea's urging and cooked their murdered father in the bronze cauldron. When they began to see that they had been deceived, they fled from the kingdom. But Jason, on a sign from Medea, took possession of the king's home and bestowed ancestral kingship upon Acastus, Pelias' son and the brother of the Peliades, because he had traveled with him to Colchis. He himself fled to Corinth with Medea.
25. Medea
When Medea, the daughter of Aëtes and Idyia, had born Jason two sons named Mermerus and Pheres and they were all living a peaceful existence, people began reviling her because this foreign witch had such a heroic and handsome husband. Creon, the son of Menoecus and king of Corinth, gave to Jason his young daughter Glauce as a bride. When Medea discerned that she, who had accomplished so much good for Jason, was being treated with so much contempt, she laced a golden crown with witchcraft and ordered her sons to give it as a wedding gift to their step-mother. Creusa accepted the gift and burned up along with Jason and Creon. When Medea saw the palace on fire, she murdered Mermerus and Pheres, her children by Jason, and fled from Corinth.
26. Medea in Exile (i.e. from Corinth).
Medea, in exile from Corinth, came to Athens to accept the hospitality of Aegeus son of Pandion and then married him. From him was born Medus. Later the priest of Diana started to vex Medea and denied that she could perform sacrifices for the king with purity, on the grounds that she was in the city as a criminal witch. Then she was exiled again. Medea however yoked dragons and returned thereby from Athens to Colchis. She came to Absorides on her journey, where her brother Absyrtus had been buried. There the inhabitants were unable to stand up against a multitude of serpents. Medea, however, at their request picked up some snakes and thrust them onto her brother's grave. They are still there; but, if any of them leaves the grave, it perishes.
—— trans by RTM
12. Pelias
Peliae Crethei et Tyrus filio responsum erat ut Neptuno sacrum faceret, et si quis monocrepis, id est uno pede calciatus superuenisset, tum mortem eius appropinquare. (2) is cum annua sacra faceret Neptuno, Iason Aesonis filius, fratris Peliae, cupidus sacra faciendi, dum flumen Euhenum transiret calciamentum reliquit; quod ut celeriter ad sacra ueniret neglexit. (3) id Pelias inspiciens, memor sortium praecepti iussit eum pellem arietis quam Phrixus Marti sacrauerat inauratam Colchis ab rege Aeeta hoste petere. (4) qui conuocatis Graeciae ducibus Colchos est profectus.
13. Juno
Iuno cum ad flumen Euhenum in anum se conuertisset et staret ad hominum mentes tentandas, ut se flumen Euhenum transferrent, et id nemo uellet, Iason Aesonis et Alcimedes filius eam transtulit: ea autem irata Peliae quod sibi sacrum intermiserat facere, effecit ut Iason unam crepidam in limo relinqueret.
14. Argonautae convocati
Iason Aesonis filius et Alcimedes Clymeni filiae et Thessalorum dux. Orpheus Oeagri et Calliopes Musae filius, Thrax, urbe †fleuia, quae est in Olympo monte ad flumen Enipeum, mantis citharista. Asterion †Pyremi† filius, matre Antigona Pheretis filia, ex urbe Pellene. alii aiunt Hyperasii filium, urbe Piresia quae est in radicibus Phyllei montis qui est in Thessalia, quo loco duo flumina, Apidanus et Enipeus, separatim proiecta in unum conueniunt. (2) Polyphemus Elati filius, matre Hippea Antippi filia, Thessalus ex urbe Larissa, pedibus tardus. Iphiclus Phylaci filius, matre [Peri]clymene Minyae filia, ex Thessalia, auunculus Iasonis. Admetus Pheretis filius, matre Periclymene Minyae filia ex Thessalia, monte Chalcodonio, unde oppidum et flumen nomen traxit. huius Apollinem pecus pauisse ferunt. (3) Eurytus et Echion Mercurii et Antianirae Meneti filiae filii, ex urbe Alope, quae nunc uocatur Ephesus; quidam auctores Thessalos putant. Aethalides Mercurii et Eupolemiae Myrmidonis filiae filius; hic fuit Larissaeus. Coronus Caenei filius, urbe Gyrtone, quae est in Thessalia. (4) hic Caeneus Elati filius, Magnesius, ostendit nullo modo Centauros ferro se posse uulnerare, sed truncis arborum in cuneum adactis; hunc nonnulli feminam fuisse dicunt, cui petenti Neptunum propter conubium optatum dedisse ut in iuuenilem speciem conuersus nullo ictu interfici posset. quod est nunquam factum, nec fieri potest ut quisquam mortalis non posset ferro necari aut ex muliere in uirum conuerti. (5) Mopsus Ampyci et Chloridis filius; hic augurio doctus ab Apolline ex Oechalia uel ut quidam putant Titarensis. Eurydamas Iri et Demonassae filius, alii aiunt Ctimeni filium, qui iuxta lacum Xynium Dolopeidem urbem inhabitabat. Theseus Aegei et Aethrae Pitthei filiae filius, a Troezene; alii aiunt ab Athenis. (6) Pirithous Ixionis filius, frater Centaurorum, Thessalus. Menoetius Actoris filius, Opuntius. Eribotes Teleontis filius, †ameleon. Eurytion Iri et Demonassae filius. (7) †ixition ab oppido Cerintho. Oileus Hodoedoci et Agrianomes Perseonis filiae filius, ex urbe Narycea. (8) Clytius et Iphitus Euryti et Antiopes Pylonis filiae filii, reges Oechaliae. alii aiunt ex Euboea. hic concessa ab Apolline sagittarum scientia, cum auctore muneris contendisse dicitur. huius filius Clytius ab Aeeta interfectus est. Peleus et Telamon Aeaci et Endeidos Chironis filiae filii ab Aegina insula. qui ob caedem Phoci fratris relictis sedibus suis diuersas petierunt domos, Peleus Phthiam, Telamon Salaminam, quam Apollonius Rhodius Atthida uocat. (9) Butes Teleontis et Zeuxippes Eridani fluminis filiae filius ab Athenis. Phaleros Alcontis filius ab Athenis. Tiphys Phorbantis et Hyrmines filius, Boeotius; is fuit gubernator nauis Argo. (10) Argus Polybi et Argiae filius, alii aiunt Danai filius; hic fuit Argiuus, pelle taurina lanugine nigra adopertus. is fuit fabricator nauis Argo. Phliasus Liberi patris et Ariadnes Minois filiae filius, ex urbe Phliunte, quae est in Peloponneso, alii aiunt Thebanum. Hercules Iouis et Alcimenae Electryonis filiae filius, Thebanus. (11) Hylas Theodamantis et Menodices nymphae Orionis filiae filius, ephebus, ex Oechalia, alii aiunt ex Argis, comitem Herculis. Nauplius Neptuni et Amymones Danai filiae filius, Argiuus. Idmon Apollonis et Cyrenes nymphae filius, quidam Abantis dicunt, Argiuus. hic augurio prudens quamuis praedicentibus auibus mortem sibi denuntiari intellexit, fatali tamen militiae non defuit. (12) Castor et Pollux Iouis et Ledae Thestii filiae filii Lacedaemonii, alii Spartanos dicunt, uterque imberbis; his eodem quoque tempore stellae in capitibus ut uiderentur accidisse scribitur. Lynceus et Idas Apharei et Arenae Oebali filiae filii, Messenii ex Peloponneso. ex his Lynceus sub terra quaeque latentia uidisse dicitur, neque ulla caligine inhibebatur. alii aiunt Lynceum noctu nullum uidisse. idem sub terra solitus cernere dictus est ideo quod aurifodinas norat; is cum descendebat et aurum subito ostendebat, ita rumor sublatus eum sub terra solitum uidere. item Idas acer, ferox. (14) Periclymenus Nelei et Chloridis Amphionis et Niobes filiae filius; hic fuit Pylius. Amphidamas et Cepheus Alei et Cleobules filii de Arcadia. Ancaeus Lycurgi filius, alii nepotem dicunt, Tegeates. (15) Augeas Solis et Nausidames Amphidamantis filiae filius; hic fuit Ele[ct]us. Asterion et Amphion Hyperasii filii, alii aiunt Hippasi, ex Pellene. Euphemus Neptuni et Europes Tityi filiae filius, Taenarius; hic super aquas sicco pede cucurrisse dicitur. (16) Ancaeus alter, Neptuni filius, matre Althaea Thestii filia, ab Imbraso insula quae Parthenia appellata est, nunc autem Samos dicitur. Erginus Neptuni filius, a Mileto, quidam Periclymeni dicunt, Orchomenius. Meleager Oenei et Althaeae Thestii filiae filius, quidam Martis putant, Calydonius. (17) Laocoon Porthaonis filius, Oenei frater, Calydonius. Iphiclus alter, Thestii filius, matre Leucippe, Althaeae frater ex eadem matre, Lacedaemonius; hic fuit †arcas cursor iaculator. Iphitus Nauboli filius, Phocensis; alii Hippasi filium ex Peloponneso fuisse dicunt. (18) Zetes et Calais Aquilonis uenti et Orithyiae Erechthei filiae flii; hi capita pedesque pennatos habuisse feruntur crinesque caeruleos, qui peruio aere usi sunt. hi aues Harpyias tres, Thaumantis et Ozomenes filias, Aellopoda Celaeno Ocypeten, fugauerunt a Phineo Agenoris filio eodem tempore quo Iasoni comites ad Colchos proficiscebantur; quae inhabitabant insulas Strophades in Aegeo mari, quae Plotae appellantur. hae fuisse dicuntur capitibus gallinaceis, pennatae, alasque et bracchia humana, unguibus magnis, pedibusque gallinaceis, pectus aluom feminaque humana. hi autem Zet[h]es et Calais ab Hercule telis occisi sunt, quorum in tumulis superpositi lapides flatibus paternis mouentur. hi autem ex Thracia esse dicuntur. (19) Phocus et Priasus Caenei filii ex Magnesia. Eurymedon Liberi patris et Ariadnes Minois filiae filius, a Phliunte. Palaemonius Lerni filius Calydonius. Actor Hippasi filius ex Peloponneso. (20) †thersanon Solis et Leucothoes filius ex Andro. Hippalcimos Pelopis et Hippodamiae Oenomai filiae filius, ex Peloponneso a Pisis. (21) Asclepius Apollinis et Coronidis filius, a Tricca . . . . . . . Thestii filia, Argiuus. Neleus Hippocoontis filius, Pylius. Iolaus Iphicli filius, Argiuus. Deucalion Minois et Pasiphaes Solis filiae filius, ex Creta. Philoctetes Poeantis filius, a Meliboea. (23) Caeneus alter Coroni filius, Gortyna. Acastus Peliae et Anaxibiae Biantis filiae filius, ex Iolco, duplici pallio coopertus. hic uoluntarius Argonautis accessit, sponte sua comes Iasonis. (24) hi autem omnes Minyae sunt appellati, uel quod plurimos eorum filiae Minyae pepererunt, uel quod Iasonis mater Clymenes Minyae filiae filia erat. sed neque Colchos omnes peruenerunt neque in patriam regressum habuerunt. (25) Hylas enim in Moesia a nymphis iuxta Cion flumenque Ascanium raptus est, quem dum Hercules et Polyphemus requirunt, uento rapta naue deserti sunt. Polyphemus ab Hercule quoque relictus, condita in Moesia ciuitate, periit apud Chalybas. (26) Tiphys autem morbo absumptus est in Mariandynis in Propontide apud Lycum regem; pro quo nauem rexit Colchos Ancaeus Neptuni filius. Idmon autem Apollinis filius ibi apud Lycum cum stramentatum exisset, ab apro percussus decidit; ultor Idmonis fuit Idas Apharei filius, qui aprum occidit. (27) Butes Teleontis filius quamuis cantibus et cithara Orphei auocabatur, uictus tamen est dulcedine Sirenum et nataturus ad eas in mare se praecipitauit; eum Venus delatum fluctibus Lilybaeo seruauit. (28) hi sunt qui non peruenerunt Colchos; in reuersione autem perierunt Eurybates Teleontis filius et Canthus †ceriontis filius; interfecti sunt in Libya a pastore Cephalione Nasamonis fratre, filio Tritonidis Nymphae et Amphithemidis, cuius [fuste] pecus depopulabantur. (29) Mopsus autem Ampyci filius ab serpentis morsu in Africa obiit. is autem in itinere accesserat comes Argonautis, Ampyco patre occiso. (30) item accesserunt ex insula Dia Phrixi et Chalciopes Medeae sororis filii, Argus Melas Phrontides Cylindrus, ut alii aiunt uocitatos Phronius Demoleon Autolycus Phlogius, quos Hercules cum eduxisset habiturus comites dum Amazonum balteum petit, reliquit terrore perculsos †a dascylo qui regis mansuaden filia.† (31) hi autem cum exirent ad Colchos, Herculem ducem facere uoluerunt; ille abnuit, sed potius Iasonem fieri oportere, cuius opera exirent omnes; dux ergo Iason regnauit. (32) faber Argus Danai filius, gubernator Tiphys, cuius post mortem rexit nauem Ancaeus Neptuni filius; proreta nauigauit Lynceus Apharei filius, qui multum uidebat; tutarchi autem fuerunt Zetes et Calais Aquilonis filii, qui pennas et in capite et in pedibus habuerunt; ad proram et remos sederunt Peleus et Thelamon; ad pitulum sederunt Hercules et Idas; ceteri ordinem seruauerunt; celeuma dixit Orpheus Oeagri filius. post, relicto eo ab Hercule, loco eius sedit Peleus Aeaci filius. (33) Haec est nauis Argo quam Minerua in sideralem circulum rettulit ob hoc quod ab se esset aedificata. ac primum in pelagus deducta est haec nauis, in astris apparens a gubernaculo ad uelum; cuius speciem ac formam Cicero in Phaenomenis exponit his uersibus:
at Canis ad caudam serpens praelabitur Argo,
conuersam prae se portans cum lumine puppim;
non aliae naues ut in alto ponere proras
ante solent, rostris Neptunia prata secantes;
sed conuersa retro caeli se per loca portat,
sicut cum coeptant tutos contingere portus,
obuertant nauem magno cum pondere nautae,
aduersamque trahunt optata ad litora puppim,
sic conuersa uetus super aethera labitur Argo . . . .
inde gubernaclum tendens a puppe uolante
clari posteriora Canis uestigia tangit.
haec nauis habet stellas in puppe quattuor, in gubernaculo dextro quinque, in sinistro quattuor, consimiles inter sese; omnino tredecim.
Aeetae Medea et Idyiae filia cum ex Iasone iam filios M