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Seaward-sloped: to the mainland stretched a neck of land

Low as the wash of the sea; so the place hath a twofold strand.

And beyond the water floods of Aisêpus the river they lie.{940}

The Hill of the Bears it is called of them that dwell thereby.

And cruel oppressors and fierce have there their robber-hold,

Earth-born, a marvel great for the dwellers around to behold.

Six mighty arms each monster uplifteth against a foe,

Even two from his brawny shoulders that spring, and therebelow

Four other, that out of his sides exceeding terrible grow.

Now Dolian men on the isthmus abode, and about the plain;

And amidst them did Kyzikus, hero-son of Aineus, reign,

The son whom Ainêtê, the daughter of godlike Eusôrus, bare.

But these men the Earth-born giants, how mighty and dreadful soe’er,{950}

In no wise harried: their shield and defender Poseidon became,

For himself had begotten of old the first of the Dolian name.

Thitherward Argo, as chased by the Thracian breezes she fled,

Pressed, and the goodly haven received her as onward she sped.