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And after Lemnos they landed among the Doliones,
of whom Cyzicus was king.1 He received them kindly. But having put to sea
from there by night and met with contrary winds, they lost their bearings and landed again
among the Doliones. However, the Doliones, taking them for a Pelasgian army
（ for they were constantly harassed by the Pelasgians）, joined battle
with them by night in mutual ignorance of each other. The Argonauts slew many and among
the rest Cyzicus; but by day, when they knew what they had done, they mourned and cut off
their hair and gave Cyzicus a costly burial;2 and after the burial they sailed away and
touched at Mysia.3
1 As to the visit of the Argonauts to the Doliones and the death of King Cyzicus, see Ap. Rhod., Argon. i.935-1077; Orphica, Argonautica 486ff.; Valerius Flaccus, Argon. ii.634ff., iii.1ff.; Hyginus, Fab. 16.
2 They lamented for three days and tore out their hair; they raised a mound over the grave, marched round it thrice in armour, performed funeral rites, and celebrated games in honour of the dead man. The mound was to be seen down to later days, and the people of Cyzicus continued to pour libations at it every year. See Ap. Rhod., Argon. i.1057-1077. Compare Orphica, Argonautica 571ff.; Valerius Flaccus, Argon. iii.332ff.
3 Compare Ap. Rhod., Argon. i.1172ff.; Valerius Flaccus, Argon. iii.481ff.
Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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