. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. d he sank back beneath the went aboard the Argo once more, and he took his placeon the bench, the new oar in his hand. Sad he was to think thatyoung Hylas who used to sit at his knee would never be thereagain. The breeze filled the sail, the Argonauts pulled at the oars,and in sadness they watched the island where young Hylashad been lost to them recede from their view. VII. KING PHINEUS AID Tiphys, the steersman: If we couldenter the Sea of Pontus, we couldmake our way across that sea to Colchis ina short time. But t
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. d he sank back beneath the went aboard the Argo once more, and he took his placeon the bench, the new oar in his hand. Sad he was to think thatyoung Hylas who used to sit at his knee would never be thereagain. The breeze filled the sail, the Argonauts pulled at the oars,and in sadness they watched the island where young Hylashad been lost to them recede from their view. VII. KING PHINEUS AID Tiphys, the steersman: If we couldenter the Sea of Pontus, we couldmake our way across that sea to Colchis ina short time. But the passage into theSea of Pontus is most perilous, and fewmortals dare even to make approach toit. Said Ja?on,*the chieftain of the host: The dangers of thepassage, Tiphys, we have spoken of, and it may be that we shallhave to carry Argo overland to the Sea of Pontus. But you,Tiphys, have spoken of a wise king who is hereabouts, and whomight help us to make the dangerous passage. Speak again tous, and tell us what the dangers of the passage are, and who the. 46 THE GOLDEN FLEECE king is who may be able to help us to make these dangersless. Then said Tiphys, the steersman of the Argo: No ship sailedby mortals has as yet gone through the passage that brings thissea into the Sea of Pontus. In the way are the rocks that mari-ners call The Clashers. These rocks are not fixed as rocks shouldbe, but they rush one against the other, dashing up the sea, andcrushing whatever may be between. Yea, if Argo were of iron,and if she were between these rocks when they met, she would becrushed to bits. I have sailed as far as that passage, but seeingThe Clashers strike together I turned back my ship, and jour-neyed as far as the Sea of Pontus overland. But I have been told of one who knows how a ship may betaken through the passage that The Clashers make so who knows is a king hereabouts, Phineus, who has made him-self as wise as the gods. To no one has Phineus told howthe passage ma
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