[The Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius]@TWC D-Link bookThe Argonautica BOOK II 36/60
In after times the Nisaean Megarians named it Sooenautes[1] when they were about to settle in the land of the Mariandyni.
For indeed the river saved them with their ships when they were caught in a violent tempest.
By this way the heroes took the ship through[2] the Acherusian headland and came to land over against it as the wind had just ceased. [Footnote 1: i.e.Saviour of sailors.] [Footnote 2: i.e.through the ravine that divides the headland.] Not long had they come unmarked by Lycus, the lord of that land, and the Mariandyni--they, the slayers of Amycus, according to the report which the people heard before; but for that very deed they even made a league with the heroes.
And Polydeuces himself they welcomed as a god, flocking from every side, since for a long time had they been warring against the arrogant Bebrycians.
And so they went up all together into the city, and all that day with friendly feelings made ready a feast within the palace of Lycus and gladdened their souls with converse.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|