Mariandyni--they, the slayers of Amycus, according to the report which
the people heard before; but for that very deed they even made a league
with the heroes. And Polydeuces himself they welcomed as a god, flocking
from every side, since for a long time had they been warring against the
arrogant Bebrycians. And so they went up all together into the city, and
all that day with friendly feelings made ready a feast within the palace
of Lycus and gladdened their souls with converse. Aeson's son told him
the lineage and name of each of his comrades and the behests of Pelias,
and how they were welcomed by the Lemnian women, and all that they did
at Dolionian Cyzicus; and how they reached the Mysian land and Cius,
where, sore against their will, they left behind the hero Heracles, and
he told the saying of Glaucus, and how they slew the Bebrycians and
Amycus, and he told of the prophecies and affliction of Phineus, and how
they escaped the Cyanean rocks, and how they met with Leto's son at the
island. And as he told all, Lycus was charmed in soul with listening;
and he grieved for Heracles left behind, and spake as follows among them
all:

"O friends, what a man he was from whose help ye have fallen away, as ye
cleave your long path to Aeetes; for well do I know that I saw him here
in the halls of Dascylus my father, when he came hither on foot through
the land of Asia bringing the girdle of warlike Hippolyte; and me he
found with the down just growing on my cheeks. And here, when my brother
Priolas was slain by the Mysians--my brother, whom ever since the people
lament with most piteous dirges--he entered the lists with Titias in
boxing and slew him, mighty Titias, who surpassed all the youths in
beauty and strength; and he dashed his teeth to the ground. Together
with the Mysians he subdued beneath my father's sway the Phrygians also,
who inhabit the lands next to us, and he made his own the tribes of the
Bithynians and their land, as far as the mouth of Rhebas and the peak of