\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b \cf15 \ATXht11306 Medea\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 's treachery enraged \b \cf15 \ATXht10110 Aeδtes\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , who sent his son \b \cf15 \ATXht10101 Absyrtus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 with many ships to block the straits, but the fugitives, having reached \b \cf15 \ATXht12008 Themiscyra\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , turned toward the western coast of the Pontus, sailing to the broad delta of the river Istrus.
Absyrtus guessed their intentions and entered the river before \b \cf15 \ATXht11000 Jason\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 's ship arrived. He sailed up the river, unaware that the \b \i \cf15 \ATXht10133 Argo\b0 \i0 \cf7 \ATXht0 was behind him rather than ahead. No on
e in those lands had ever seen a ship before, nor did they know the use of the oar: the inhabitants were Scythians, Getae, Thracians, Malvensians, and other barbarian people. They mounted the river until they came to the place where it flowed into the Ch
ronius Sea, along whose coasts were strung the Brygian Isles, sacred to \b \cf15 \ATXht13 Artemis\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 .
