Galaxy/The codex of Astypalaea

A nymph of the Imbrasus near Parthenia who bore Poseidon the Argonaut helmsman Ancaeus, and by the same god was mother of Eurypylus, king of Cos slain by Heracles.1

I

Apollonius, when Tiphys died among the Mariandyni, says Hera kindled courage in Ancaeus, whom near the waters of Imbrasus Astypalaea bore to Poseidon — the Samian helmsman who left Parthenia, the seat of Imbrasian Hera.2

II

Apollodorus, telling how Heracles took Cos by night, names the slain king Eurypylus a son of Poseidon by Astypalaea.3

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BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Astypalaea — art, artifacts and echoes.

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