Histories

The following story is also told: it is said that Jason, when the Argo had been built at the foot of +Pilion (mountain range), Nomos Magnisias, Thessaly, Greece, Europe Pelion, put aboard besides a hecatomb a bronze tripod, and set out to sail around the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese, to go to Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi.

But when he was off Malea, a north wind caught and carried him away to Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya; and before he saw land, he came into the shallows of the Tritonian lake. There, while he could find no way out yet, Triton (the story goes) appeared to him and told Jason to give him the tripod, promising to show the sailors the channel and send them on their way unharmed.

Jason did, and Triton then showed them the channel out of the shallows and set the tripod in his own temple; but first he prophesied over it, declaring the whole matter to Jason's comrades: namely, that should any descendant of the Argo's crew take away the tripod, then a hundred Greek cities would be founded on the shores of the Tritonian lake. Hearing this (it is said) the Libyan people of the country hid the tripod.