And for him they gave pledges choosing out the noblest sons of the people and took an oath that they would never cease from their labour of search.

Therefore to this day the people of Cius enquire for Hylas the son of Theiodamas, and take thought for the well-built Trachis.

For there did Heracles settle the youths whom they sent from Cius as pledges.
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1358-1362) And all day long and all night the wind bore the ship on, blowing fresh and strong; but when dawn rose there was not even a breath of air.

And they marked a beach jutting forth from a bend of the coast, very broad to behold, and by dint of rowing came to land at sunrise..