ortals it was than he that gave thee this when he met thee."

Thus he spake; and Euphemus made not vain the answer of Aeson's son;
but, cheered by the prophecy, he cast the clod into the depths.
Therefrom rose up an island, Calliste, sacred nurse of the sons of
Euphemus, who in former days dwelt in Sintian Lemnos, and from Lemnos
were driven forth by Tyrrhenians and came to Sparta as suppliants; and
when they left Sparta, Theras, the goodly son of Autesion, brought them
to the island Calliste, and from himself he gave it the name of Thera.
But this befell after the days of Euphemus.

And thence they steadily left behind long leagues of sea and stayed on
the beach of Aegina; and at once they contended in innocent strife about
the fetching of water, who first should draw it and reach the ship. For
both their need and the ceaseless breeze urged them on. There even to
this day do the youths of the Myrmidons take up on their shoulders
full-brimming jars, and with swift feet strive for victory in the race.

Be gracious, race of blessed chieftains! And may these songs year after
year be sweeter to sing among men. For now have I come to the glorious
end of your toils; for no adventure befell you as ye came home from
Aegina, and no tempest of winds opposed you; but quietly did ye skirt
the Cecropian land and Aulis inside of Euboea and the Opuntian cities of
the Locrians, and gladly did ye step forth upon the beach of Pagasae.

STEMMA MEDEAE

Oceanus == Tethys
| |
Helios == Perse |
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| | | |
Minos == Pasiphae Circe (1)Asterodeia = Aeetes = Eidyia (2)
| |
Ariadne -----------------+-----------
| | |
Apsyrtus Chalciope = Phrixus Medea =Jason
(Phaethon) |
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| | | |
Argus Cytissorus Melas Phrontis

INDEX

References to the following names are not given in full on account of
their large number: Aeetes, Aesonides, Colchians, Hellas, Jason, Medea,
Zeus.

Abantes