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low the Nile to the Mediterranean, but were forced
to take the ship Argo on their shoulders and carry
it by a long overland journey to Lake Tritonis, in
Libya Here they were overcome by want and ex-
haustion, but Triton, the god of the region, proved
hospitable, and supplied them with the much-needed
food and rest. Thus refreshed, they launched their
ship once more on the Mediterranean and proceeded
hopefully on their homeward way.

Stopping at the island of Mea, its queen Circe—
she who had transformed the companions of Ulysses
into swine—purified Medea from the crime of mur-
der; and at Corcyra, which they next reached, the
marriage of Jason and Medea took place. The cav-
ern in that island where the wedding was solemnized
was still pointed out in historical times.

After leaving Corcyra a fierce storm threatened
the navigators with shipwreck, from which they
were miraculously saved by the celestial aid of the
god Apollo. An arrow shot from his golden bow
crossed the billows like a track of light, and where
it pierced the waves an island sprang up, on whose
shores the imperilled mariners found a port of refuge.
On this island, Anaphe by name, the grateful Argo-
nauts built an altar to Apollo and instituted sacrifices
in his honor.

Another adventure awaited them on the coast of
Crete. This island was protected by a brazen sen-
tinel, named Talos, wrought by Vulean, and pre-
sented by him to King Minos to protect his realm.
This living man of brass hurled great rocks at the
vessel, and destruction would have overwhelmed the

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