Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae by Trzaskoma Stephen M. Smith R. Scott

Author:Trzaskoma, Stephen M., Smith, R. Scott [Smith, R. Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60384-866-4
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2007-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

This ship has four stars on the stern, on the right rudder five, four on the left, all of similar magnitude. Thirteen in all.

15 The Women of Lemnos The women on the island of Lemnos had not made a sacrifice to Venus for some years, and she in her anger made their husbands scorn them and take Thracian women as new wives. The Lemnian women, also goaded on by Venus, conspired and killed every last male on the island. Only Hypsipyle did not take part and secretly put her father, Thoas, on a ship; he was driven by a storm to the Taurian peninsula.

Meanwhile the Argonauts were sailing along and eventually came to Lemnos. The gatekeeper, Iphinoe, saw them and announced their arrival to Queen Hypsipyle. Her aged adviser, Polyxo, recommended that she bind them to their hearth and home. Hypsipyle and Jason had sons, Euneus and Deipylus. There they dallied at some length until Hercules berated them and they left.

As for the Lemnian women, after they learned that Hypsipyle had saved her father, they tried to kill her, but she fled. She was picked up by pirates and taken to Thebes, where she was sold into the service of King Lycurgus.* All the Lemnian women who became pregnant by an Argonaut named their children after the father.

16 Cyzicus Cyzicus, the son of Eusorus, was the king of an island in the Propontis who welcomed the Argonauts with generous hospitality. When they left him and had sailed over the course of one whole day, a storm arose during the night and brought them unawares back to the same island. Thinking that these men were Pelasgians, his people’s enemy, Cyzicus engaged them in a night battle on the shore and was killed by Jason. On the next day, when Jason went to the beach and saw that he had killed the king, he laid him to rest and passed Cyzicus’ kingdom on to his children.

17 Amycus Amycus was the son of Neptune and Melia and was the king of Bebrycia. He compelled all who came to his kingdom to don boxing gloves and fight him, and he defeated and killed them all. But when he challenged the Argonauts to a boxing match, Pollux fought and killed him.

18 Lycus Lycus, the king of an island in the Propontis, warmly welcomed and honored the Argonauts because they killed Amycus, who had often given Lycus trouble. While the Argonauts were staying at Lycus’ palace, they left the walls,* and Idmon son of Apollo was gored and killed by a boar. Tiphys son of Phorbas died because he stood over his grave for an excessive amount of time. Then the Argonauts put Ancaeus son of Neptune in charge of steering the ship Argo.

19 Phineus Phineus, the Thracian son of Agenor, had two sons by Cleopatra. They were blinded by their father as a result of their stepmother’s accusation.9 Apollo, the story goes, gave to this Phineus the power of augury. But when he made known

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