the stern it raised Argo herself and drew her far away from the rocks;
and high in air was she borne. But Euphemus strode among all his
comrades and cried to them to bend to their oars with all their might;
and they with a shout smote the water. And as far as the ship yielded to
the rowers, twice as far did she leap back, and the oars were bent like
curved bows as the heroes used their strength.

Then a vaulted billow rushed upon them, and the ship like a cylinder ran
on the furious wave plunging through the hollow sea. And the eddying
current held her between the clashing rocks; and on each side they shook
and thundered; and the ship's timbers were held fast. Then Athena with
her left hand thrust back one mighty rock and with her right pushed the
ship through; and she, like a winged arrow, sped through the air.
Nevertheless the rocks, ceaselessly clashing, shore off as she passed
the extreme end of the stern-ornament. But Athena soared up to Olympus,
when they had escaped unscathed. And the rocks in one spot at that
moment were rooted fast for ever to each other, which thing had been
destined by the blessed gods, when a man in his ship should have passed
between them alive. And the heroes breathed again after their chilling
fear, beholding at the same time the sky and the expanse of sea
spreading far and wide. For they deemed that they were saved from Hades;
and Tiphys first of all began to speak:

"It is my hope that we have safely escaped this peril--we, and the ship;
and none other is the cause so much as Athena, who breathed into Argo
divine strength when Argus knitted her together with bolts; and she may
not be caught. Son of Aeson, no longer fear thou so much the best of thy
king, since a god hath granted us escape between the rocks; for Phineus,
Agenor's son, said that our toils hereafter would be lightly
accomplished."