ys knew all about the sun and winds and stars, and
all about the signs by which a ship might be steered, and Nauplius had
the love of Poseidon, the god of the sea.

Afterward there came, one after the other, two who were famous for
their hunting. No two could be more different than these two were. The
first was Arcas. He was dressed in the skin of a bear; he had red hair
and savage-looking eyes, and for arms he carried a mighty bow with
bronze-tipped arrows. The folk were watching an eagle as he came into
the city, an eagle that was winging its way far, far up in the sky.
Arcas drew his bow, and with one arrow he brought the eagle down.

The other hunter was a girl, Atalanta. Tall and brighthaired was
Atalanta, swift and good with the bow. She had dedicated herself to
Artemis, the guardian of the wild things, and she had vowed that she
would remain unwedded. All the heroes welcomed Atalanta as a comrade,
and the maiden did all the things that the young men did.

There came a hero who was less youthful than Castor or Polydeuces; he
was a man good in council named Nestor. Afterward Nestor went to the
war against Troy, and then he was the oldest of the heroes in the camp
of Agamemnon.

Two brothers came who were to be special friends of Jason's--Peleus and
Telamon. Both were still youthful and neither had yet achieved any
notable deed. Afterward they were to be famous, but their sons were to
be even more famous, for the son of Telamon was strong Aias, and the
son of Peleus was great Achilles.

Another who came was Admetus; afterward he became a famous king. The
God Apollo once made himself a shepherd and he kept the flocks of King
Admetus.

And there came two brothers, twins, who were a wonder to all who beheld
them. Zetes and Calais they were named; their mother was Oreithyia, the
daughter of Erechtheus, King of Athens, and their father was Boreas,
the North Wind. These two brothers had on their ankles wings that
gleamed with golden scales; their black hair was thick upon their
shoulders, and it was always being shaken by the wind.

With Zetes and Calais there came a youth armed with a great sword whose
name was Theseus. Theseus's father was an unknown king; he had bidden
the mother show their son where his sword was hidden. Under a great
stone the king had hidden it before Theseus was born. Before he had
grown out of his boyhood Theseus had been able to raise the stone and
draw forth his father's sword. As yet he