After a short voyage, the Argonauts reached the shores of Mysia. There they landed on the shore to stock up on water and food. The mighty Hercules went to the forest, which grew not far from the shore, to make himself a new oar to replace the broken one. He found a tall fir, grabbed it with his powerful hands and pulled it out by the roots. The mighty hero shouldered the fir and walked to the shore. Suddenly his friend Polyphemus runs towards him and tells him that he just heard the cry of young Gilas, who was calling them. Hercules rushed to look for Hylas, but could not find him anywhere. Hercules was saddened. Together with Polyphemus, he searches everywhere for Hylas, but all in vain.
And the Argonauts, as soon as the radiant morning star rose into the sky, foreshadowing the imminent onset of morning, set off, not noticing in the pre-dawn twilight that neither Hercules nor Polyphemus was among them. The heroes were saddened when they saw, when morning came, that there were no two most glorious comrades between them. Jason sat with his head down in the mountain; he seemed not to hear the lamentations of his companions, as if he did not notice the absence of Hercules and Polyphemus. Hercules' faithful friend Telamon approached Jason and, showering him with reproaches, said:
“You’re the only one sitting so calmly.” You can now rejoice. There is no Hercules between us, and now there is no one to eclipse your glory. No, I will not go with you if you do not return and find Hercules and Polyphemus.
Telamon rushed to the helmsman Typhius and wanted to force him to turn back the Argo. The boreads tried in vain to calm him down; the angry Telamon did not want to listen to anyone; he blamed everyone for deliberately leaving Hercules and Polyphemus in Mysia. Suddenly, from the waves of the sea, the head of the prophetic sea god Glaucus appeared, entwined with algae. He grabbed the Argo by the keel with his hand, stopped it and said:
- By the will of the great thunderer Zeus, Hercules and Polyphemus remained in Mysia. Hercules must return to Greece and, in the service of Eurystheus, perform twelve great labors. Polyphemus is destined to found the glorious city of Kios in the country of the Khalibs. The heroes remained in Mysia because they were looking for the beautiful Hylas, stolen by the nymphs.
Having said this, Glaucus plunged into the sea again and disappeared from the eyes of the Argonauts.
The heroes calmed down. Telamon reconciled with Jason. The heroes sat down on the oars, and the Argo quickly rushed across the sea, driven by the friendly strokes of the mighty oarsmen.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru