The Argonautica — Places
Where things happened. Only places the text names are listed.
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66 places
Lemnos
7 events · Book I 5, Book I 7
- Book I 5 · in the year gone by — Hypsipyle spares Thoas and sends him adrift in a hollow chest.
- Book I 5 · as the day was waning into darkness — Aethalides persuades Hypsipyle to receive the newcomers.
- Book I 5 · Hypsipyle summons the Lemnian women to an assembly.
- Book I 5 · Polyxo proposes entrusting homes, stock, and the city to the strangers.
- Book I 5 · after the assembly — Hypsipyle decides to send a messenger to the ship.
- Book I 7 · just as they were in the assembly — Heracles rebukes the Argonauts, prompting them to prepare their departure from Lemnos.
- Book I 7 · Jason departs Lemnos after bidding farewell to Hypsipyle.
island of Ares
6 events · Book II 8, Book II 9
- Book II 8 · at dusk — An Ares-bird wounds Oileus, and Eribotes removes the feather and binds the wound.
- Book II 8 · at dusk — Clytius shoots and kills the second bird of Ares attacking the ship.
- Book II 9 · in the murky night — A storm shatters the sons of Phrixus’ ship and carries them onto the island of Ares.
- Book II 9 · at sunrise — Jason recognizes the shipwrecked men as his relatives through Cretheus and Athamas.
- Book II 9 · Jason provides clothing and aid to the shipwrecked sons of Phrixus.
- Book II 9 · at sunrise — The sons of Phrixus meet the Argonauts after surviving the shipwreck.
Aeaea
4 events · Book IV 6
- Book IV 6 · Circe performs a cleansing sacrifice for Jason and Medea after Apsyrtus’s murder.
- Book IV 6 · Circe discerns Medea’s concealed involvement in Apsyrtus’s murder.
- Book IV 6 · Circe refuses further aid and orders Medea to leave with Jason.
- Book IV 6 · Jason leads Medea away, and they leave Circe’s home.