Triton

Role: deity who guided Jason · First appears: Book 4 · §167–179

Life events

Triton showed Jason the passage out of the shoals and set the tripod in his temple.(Book 4 · §167–179 · 📍 lake Tritonis)
- With: Jason
- “when Jason consented to it, then Triton showed them the passage out between the shoals and set the tripod in his own temple”
Triton prophesied that a hundred Hellenic cities would be founded around the lake when a descendant took the tripod away.(Book 4 · §167–179 · 📍 lake Tritonis)
- With: Jason
- “having first uttered a prophecy over the tripod and having declared to Jason and his company the whole matter, namely that whensoever one of the descendants of those who sailed with him in the Argo should carry away this tripod, then it was determined by fate that a hundred cities of Hellenes should be established about the lake Tritonis.”

with Jason (Triton offered to guide Jason and his companions.) “Then as he was at a loss how he should bring his ship forth, the story goes that Triton appeared to him and bade Jason give him the tripod, saying that he would show them the right course and let them go away without hurt”
with Jason (Triton showed Jason and his company a passage out.) “and when Jason consented to it, then Triton showed them the passage out between the shoals”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.