128 GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY which crushed ships between them. These rocks, which can still be distinguished at the entrance of the Bos- porus, were said to be floating islands, which were after- wards fixed in their present position. In the adventure in Colchis itself the sowing of the dragon's teeth by Cad- mus (c/. 123) was transferred to Jason. Argo ; Argonauts : Pindar, Pyth. iv. ; Vergil, Eel. iv. 34 : Vehat Argo | delectos heroas. Ovid, Amor. ii. 11, 6, Her. xii. 9; Hyginus, Fab. xiv.-xxi. ; Milton, Par. L. ii. 1017 : - And more endanger'd, than when Argo pass'd Through Bosporus betwixt the justling rocks. Pope, Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 40 : While Argo saw her kindred trees Descend from Pelion to the main. Apollon. Rhod., Argonautica. Jason : Apollod. i. 9, 16 ; Ovid, Met. vii. 5 sq., Epis. xvi. 229 ; Hyginus, Fab. xxii. , xxiii. , xxiv. Aeson : Ovid, Met. vii. 162 sq. ; Pope, Dunciad iv. 121 : As erst Medea (cruel so to save ! ) A new edition of old Aeson gave. Cowper, Translation from Milton ii. 10 : Aeson-like to know a second prime. Pelias : Ovid, Met. vii. 298 sq. ; Hyginus, Fab. xii. Aeetes : Ovid, Met. vii. 9 ; Hyginus, Fab. xxii. Alcestis : Euripides, Alcestis ; Hyginus, Fab. 1., Ii. Admetus: Euripides, Alcestis; Ovid, Ex Pont. iii. 1, 106, Trist. v. 14, 37 ; Hyginus, Fab. L, Ii. Phrixus; Helle: Ovid, Epis. xvii. 141 sq., Fast. iii. 852 sq. ; Hyginus, Fab. i., ii., iii. Apsyrtus: Ovid, Trist. iii. 9, 6; Hyginus, Fab. xxiii. Fhineus : Ovid, Met. v. 8 sq. ; Hyginus, Fab. xix. 3. THE THEBAN CYCLE 167. In the myths that are brought together in the Theban cycle there appears this pervading thought, that
