Son of Poseidon who left the citadel of Miletus to join Jason's crew, numbered among the Argonauts who boasted their skill in seacraft and war.1
Apollonius names Erginus among the sons of Poseidon who sailed on the Argo: he left the citadel of glorious Miletus, while proud Ancaeus came from Parthenia, the seat of Imbrasian Hera — both boasting their skill in seacraft and in war.2
When the ship needed a helmsman after Tiphys' death, Erginus rose with Nauplius and Euphemus eager to steer, though the lot fell to Ancaeus at the goddess Athena's impulse.3
Hyginus lists Erginus son of Neptune from Miletus among the Argonauts, though some make him son of Periclymenus from Orchomenus — a homonym hazard the catalogue leaves unresolved.4
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