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 240 HISTORY OF GREECE. and sacrifices which she had first instituted. 1 After leaving Korkyra, the Argo was overtaken by a perilous storm near the island of Thera. The heroes were saved from imminent peril by the supernatural aid of Apollo, who, shooting from his golden bow an arrow which pierced the waves like a track of light, caused a new island suddenly to spring up in their track and present to them a port of refuge. The island was called Anaphe ; and the grateful Argonauts established upon it an altar and sacrifices in honor of Apollo JEgletes, which were ever afterwards continued, and traced back by the inhabitants to this originating adventure. 9 On approaching the coast of Krete, the Argonauts were pre- vented from landing by Talos, a man of brass, fabricated by Hephaestos, and presented by him to Minos for the protection of the island. 3 This vigilant sentinel hurled against the approach- ing vessel fragments of rock, and menaced the heroes with de- struction. But Medea deceived him by a stratagem and killed him ; detecting and assailing the one vulnerable point in his body. The Argonauts were thus enabled to land and refresh themselves. They next proceeded onward to .ZEgina, where however they again experienced resistance before they could obtain water then along the coast of Euboea and Locris back to lolkos in *he gulf of Pagasae, the place from whence they had started. The proceedings of Pelias during their absence, and the signal revenge taken upon him by Medea after their return, have already been narrated in a preceding section. 4 The ship Argo herself, in which the chosen heroes of Greece had performed so long a voyage and braved so many dangers, was consecrated by Jason to Poseidon at the isthmus of Corinth. According to another 1 Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1153-1217. Timaeus, Fr. 7-8, Didot. Tipaioc Iv Kepnvpa Xeyuv yeveo&ai roi)f yauovf, ical ntpl rf/f dvaiac laTopel, TI nal vvy liiyuv uyea&ai avrrjv /car' ivtavrbv, M^cte? irpCJTOv dvouarjf kv TCJ roti ATO^- Xwvof i]Cfi fivjjfiela TUV yapuv ISpvoaa-Qat, avvryyi)r V.EV rij? daMiaaiif, ovpzupuv (5e :% froAewf. 'Ovo/zuCowrt 6& rbv per, Nvpptiv rdv de, Nj?pj?(5uv. 1 Apollodor. i. 9, 25. Apollon. Hhod. iv. 1700-1725. Rhod. iv. 1641 ). Apollodor. i. 9, 26. Apolloa Rhod. iv 1638.
 * Some called Tales a remnant of the brazen race of men (Schol. Apo'l