ord of heart, touching the sacrifice as they swore; and even
now there stands there a temple to gracious Concord, which the heroes
themselves reared, paying honour at that time to the glorious goddess.

(ll. 720-751) Now when the third morning came, with a fresh west wind
they left the lofty island. Next, on the opposite side they saw and
passed the mouth of the river Sangarius and the fertile land of the
Mariandyni, and the stream of Lycus and the Anthemoeisian lake; and
beneath the breeze the ropes and all the tackling quivered as they sped
onward. During the night the wind ceased and at dawn they gladly reached
the haven of the Acherusian headland. It rises aloft with steep cliffs,
looking towards the Bithynian sea; and beneath it smooth rocks, ever
washed by the sea, stand rooted firm; and round them the wave rolls and
thunders loud, but above, wide-spreading plane trees grow on the topmost
point. And from it towards the land a hollow glen slopes gradually away,
where there is a cave of Hades overarched by wood and rocks. From here
an icy breath, unceasingly issuing from the chill recess, ever forms a
glistening rime which melts again beneath the midday sun. And never does
silence hold that grim headland, but there is a continual murmur from
the sounding sea and the leaves that quiver in the winds from the
cave. And here is the outfall of the river Acheron which bursts its way
through the headland and falls into the Eastern sea, and a hollow ravine
brings it down from above. In after times the Nisaean Megarians named
it Soonautes [1202] 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 [1203] the Acherusian headland and came to land over against it
as the wind had just ceased.

(ll. 752-773) 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. Aeson's son told him the linea