Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Cyzicus.
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Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius stages Cyzicus' tragedy in Book 1: the young Dolionian king hosts the Argonauts, then dies by Jason's hand in a night battle of mistaken identity — Cleite's suicide follows.
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Cyzicus (mythology)
King of the Doliones on the Propontis — hospitality betrayed by fog and error; not the later city alone, nor every coin of Cyzicus.
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Jason
The guest who kills his host in the dark — Cyzicus' death is Jason's first great pollution on the Argo's outward voyage.
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Jason and the Argonauts
Don Chaffey
Harryhausen's peplum keeps the Propontis voyage in the Argonaut cycle — Cyzicus' mistimed battle among the episodes the film compresses.