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The Symplegades (;, Sumplēgades ) or Clashing Rocks, also known as the Cyanean Rocks, were, according to Greek mythology, a pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together randomly.
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Symplegades and Clashing
It is also said in myth that floating rocks known as the Symplegades or Clashing Rocks once crushed any ship that attempted passage of the Bosphorus until the hero Jason obtained passage, whereupon the rocks became fixed, and Greek access to the Black Sea was opened.
In return for this favor, Phineas revealed to Jason the location of Colchis and how to pass the Symplegades, or The Clashing Rocks, and then they parted.
The only way to reach Colchis was to sail through the Symplegades ( Clashing Rocks ), huge rock cliffs that came together and crushed anything that traveled between them.
Symplegades and Rocks
The Symplegades are sometimes identified with ( or confused with ) the Planctae () or Wandering Rocks, which are mentioned in the Odyssey and Apollonius of Rhodes ' Argonautica.
The similarities and differences between the Wandering Rocks and the Symplegades has been much debated by scholars, as have potential locations for them.
The similarities and differences between the Wandering Rocks and the Symplegades has been much debated by scholars, as have potential locations for them.
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Tim Severin noted that the island of Sesola off the coast of Levkas looked very similar to the rocks from the Argo story, and also that the area is near a geological fault ; he hypothesises that, due to both its similarity with the legends of the Symplegades and the stories of the Argo sailing home via the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, the original legend was copied to the area.
Columba may also represent the dove released by Jason and the Argonauts at the Black Sea's mouth ; it helped them navigate the dangerous Symplegades.
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In Apollonius's telling, the Symplegades were encountered on the way to the Golden Fleece and the Planktai were encountered on the return voyage.
The Symplegades were encountered on the way to the Golden Fleece and the Planctae were encountered on the return voyage.
Symplegades and rocks
" These twin dangers-careless, ' intuitive ' reading and prosaic, ' over-literal ' reading-are the Symplegades, the ' justling rocks ', between which too many ventures into poetry are wrecked.
Symplegades and .
Thankful for their help, Phineas told the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades.
Phineus then revealed to the Argonauts the path their journey would take and informed them how to pass the Symplegades safely, thus filling the same role for Jason that Circe did for Odysseus in the Odyssey.
He let a dove fly between the Symplegades to see if the ship would be able to pass as well.
As thanks, Phineas told the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades.
After that, the Symplegades stopped moving permanently.
Richards refers to ' Symplegades ' in his epoch making work Practical Criticism.
In his 1961 novel " Jason ", Henry Treece depicts the Symplegades as icebergs that drifted downriver into the Black Sea.
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in the Odyssey of Homer, it was Hera, for her love of Jason, who sped the Argo through the Symplegades safely.
Namely, the Symplegades and the Planctae.
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