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Cyzicus
The city of the Doliones on the Propontis, where in Argonautica Book 1 the Argonauts, blown back by night, fought their former hosts unrecognised and killed the young king Cyzicus.
About Cyzicus
Night battle with friends
In Argonautica 1 the Argonauts are hosted by Cyzicus, young king of the Doliones. They leave, are blown back in the dark, and kill him by mistake. His bride Cleite hangs herself; the people bury him. It is a tragic layover in the Propontis, not a monster fight. The city of Cyzicus was real. Apollonius is the narrative source. There is no major independent Cyzicus epic. The stop costs an ally to weather and misrecognition.
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Cyzicus among other places of the Greek Pantheon.
Sources and further reading
Source notes
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- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1
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