When the Argonauts sailed along the Propontis, they landed on the Cyziku Peninsula along the way. The Dolions, descendants of Poseidon, lived there. They were ruled by King Cyzicus. Not far from Cyzicus there was Bear Mountain, where six-armed giants lived; Only thanks to the protection of Poseidon could the Dolions live safely next to such neighbors. King Cyzicus received the Argonauts with honor, and they spent the whole day with him at a merry feast. As soon as morning dawned, the Argonauts got ready to set off. They had already boarded the Argo, when suddenly six-armed giants appeared on the opposite shore of the bay. They began to throw huge stones into the sea, tore off entire rocks and piled them one on top of the other in order to block the Argonauts’ exit from the bay to the open sea. Hercules grabbed his tight bow and, one after another, began to send his deadly arrows at the giants. Covering themselves with shields and holding spears in their hands, the Argonauts rushed at the giants. The battle did not last long, one after another the giants fell to the ground and into the sea, they were all killed, not one of them was saved.
The Argonauts set off. A fair wind inflated the sail, and the Argo calmly rushed along the waves all day long. Evening came, the sun god Helios descended from the sky, the night shrouded the sky and earth in darkness. The wind has changed and it is already carrying the Argo back to those shores that it had so recently left. In the darkness of the night the Argonauts approached Cyzicus. The inhabitants of Cyzicus did not recognize them, they mistook them for sea robbers and attacked them, led by their young king. A terrible night battle broke out. In complete darkness, the heroes fight with their recent friends. With a sharp spear, the mighty Jason struck the young king Cyzicus in the chest, and he fell to the ground with a groan. But the rays of the goddess of dawn Eos painted the east with scarlet light. Morning is coming. The fighters recognize each other and are horrified. Friends fought with friends. For three days the Argonauts and the inhabitants of Cyzicus performed a funeral feast for the dead, and for three days they mourned the murdered young king. His wife, the beautiful Kleite, daughter of Merope, could not bear the death of her husband; she herself pierced her chest with a sharp sword.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru