And he guided Argo on until he sped her into the sea on her course; and quickly he plunged into the vast abyss; and the heroes shouted when they gazed with their eyes on that dread portent.

There is the harbour of Argo and there are the signs of her stay, and altars to Poseidon and Triton; for during that day they tarried.

But at dawn with sails outspread they sped on before the breath of the west wind, keeping the desert land on their right.

And on the next morn they saw the headland and the recess of the sea, bending inward beyond the jutting headland.

And straightway the west wind ceased, and there came the breeze of the clear south wind; and their hearts rejoiced at the sound it made.