The Argonautica

a mighty two-edged axe he brandished in his right hand;

his arms were hidden by grandfather Aleus deep in the hut,

hoping even then to bar the hero's outward journey.

Augeias too went, whom rumor declared to be Helios' son;

and ruled as king over all men of the Elean nation,

proud of his wealth; and greatly he longed for the Colchian country,

to see Aeetes himself, the lord who commanded the Colchians.

Then Asterius and Amphion, Hyperasius' two sons,

came forth from Achaean Pellene, which once Pelles

their forefather had founded as a city high on Aegialus' brow.

Leaving Taenarus after these, Euphemus came,

the fleetest-footed of men, whom a maiden bore to Poseidon,

Europe, the daughter of Tityos, the man of great strength.

That hero would race swiftly over the grey sea's surface,

of the swell; no wave could wet his swift feet past the tips,

and only those were wet as he sped down the watery path.

And two other sons of Poseidon also arrived:

one left the citadel of glorious Miletus behind him,

Erginus; the other left Hera's Imbrasian seat,

Parthenia, proud Ancaeus; both were men well versed

in seamanship and warfare alike, and both made their boast.

From Calydon Oeneus' son, strong Meleager, set forth,

and came; Laocoon too kept close beside Meleager,

Laocoon was Oeneus' brother, though not by the same