Phylace

Next to them from Larissa came Polyphemus, son of Eletus, who aforetime, among the mighty Lapithæ, when they were arming themselves against the Centaurs, fought in his younger days; now his limbs were grown heavy with age, but his martial spirit still remained even as of old.

Nor was Iphiclus long left behind in Phylace, the uncle of Æson's son; for Æson had wedded his sister Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus; his kinship with her bade him be numbered in the host.

Nor did Admetus, the lord of Pheræ rich in sheep, stay behind beneath the peak of the Chalkidonian mount.

Nor at Alope stayed the sons of Hermes, rich in corn-land, well skilled in craftiness, Eurytus and Echiön; and with them on their departure their kinsman Ithalides went as the third.

Book 2.

Part 3.

Thus he spake, and straightway they ceased from such words and gave unwearying labour to the oar, and quickly they passed by the swiftly flowing river Rhebas and the peak of Colon, and soon thereafter the black headland and near it the mouth of the river Phylace, where aforetime Dipseus received in his home the son of Athamas, when with his ram he was flying from the city of Ortomenos, and Dipsacus was the son of a meadow nymph, nor was insolence his delight, but contented by his father's stream he dwelt with his mother, pasturing his flocks by the shore.

And quickly they sighted and sailed past his shrine and the broad banks of the river, and the plain, and deep-flowing Calpe, and all the windless night and the day they bent to their tireless oars, and even as ploughing oxen toil as they cleave the moist earth, and sweet streams in abundance from flank and neck, and from beneath the yoke their eyes roll askance, while the breath ever rushes from their mouths in hot gasps, and all day long they toil, planting their hoofs deep in the ground, like them the heroes kept dragging their oars through the sea.

Now his limbs were grown heavy with age, but his martial spirit still remained even as of old.

Nor was Iphiclus long left behind in Phylace, the uncle of Aeson's son.

For Aeson had wedded his sister Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus.

His kinship with her bade him be numbered in the host.

Section 7.

Book 2.

Part 3 Thus he spake, and straightway they ceased from such words and gave unwearying labor to the oar, and quickly they passed by the swiftly flowing river Rhebas and the peak of Colon, and soon thereafter the black headland, and near it the mouth of the river Phylace, where aforetime Dipsaeus received in his home the son of Athamas, when with his ram he was flying from the city of Ortominus.

And Dipsacus was the son of a meadow nymph, nor was insolence his delight, but contented by his father's stream he dwelt with his mother, pasturing his flocks by the shore.

Meges the son of Phyleus, Amphion, and Dracius commanded the Epeans, while Medon and Sthenelus led the men of Phthia.

Of these, Medon was bastard son to Oileus and brother of Ajax, but he lived in Phylace away from his own country, for he had killed the brother of his stepmother Eropos, the wife of Oileus.

The other Podarces was the son of Iphiclus, son of Flacus.

The two stood in the van of the Phthians, then defended the ships along with the Boeotians.

Aeneas killed Medon and Iasus.

The first was bastard son to Oileus and brother to Ajax.

But he lived in Phylace, away from his own country, for he had killed a man, a kinsman of his stepmother, Eriopis, whom Oileus had married.

Iasus had become a leader of the Athenians and was son of Sphelus, the son of Bucolos.

Meges the son of Phyleus, Antheon, and Dracius commanded the Epeans, while Medon and Sthenelus Podarces led the men of Phthia.

Of these, Medon was bastard son to Oileus and brother of Ajax, but he lived in Phylace away from his own country, for he had killed the brother of his stepmother Eropos, the wife of Oileus; the other Podarces was the son of Iphiclus, son of Phlegyas.

The two stood in the van of the Phthians and defended the ships along with the Boeotians.

Ajax son of Oileus never for a moment left the side of Ajax son of Telamon; but as the two swart oxen both strain their utmost at the plough which they are drawing in a fallow field, and the sweat steams upward from about the roots of their horns—nothing but the yoke divides them as they break up the ground till they reach the end of the field—even so did the two Ajaxes stand shoulder to shoulder by one another.

Aeneas killed Medon and Iasus.

The first was bastard son to Oileus and brother to Ajax.

But he lived in Phylace, away from his own country, for he had killed a man, a kinsman of his stepmother Eriopis, whom Oileus had married.

Iasus had become a leader of the Athenians and was son of Sphelus, the son of Bucolos.