KIOS

As we rowed towards the Black Sea from Lemnos the almighty Heracles broke his oar in two and we

were forced to make an unscheduled stop in Kios so that Heracles could make a new one. Whilst ashore Heracles sent his page boy and 'close friend' Hylas to fetch water for the other crew members of the Argo. Well unfortunately for Hylas (and Heracles) there were water nymphs (seen in the image to the right) waiting for him at the stream and he wasn't seen by us again. Well, at hearing this Heracles bounded into the trees looking for his 'friend' whilst at the same time the wind conditions picked up and we were forced to leave Kios without Heracles. You may think we should have turned around and gone back for Heracles, we too thought this, alas we experienced a divine intervention that Heracles was best left at Kios. I later found out that Heracles had gone on to finish the 12 labours. My travel points on Kios thus are: (1) be careful around all sources of water, it may be best to send your women folk to do this and (2) lookout for Hylas as my friend Heracles will be most pleased to one day see him again. Stay tuned for our battle across the Black Sea.

- Jason