Early Encounters
The Argonauts landed on the island of Lemnos. The women in Lemnos had earlier offended the goddess Aphrodite who had refused to honour her. She caused the women to give off unpleasant odour, so that their husband slept with foreign (Thracian) women instead of them. The Lemnian wives had jealously murdered their husbands and all other male members on the island, to avoid retribution.
At first the Lemnian women were fearful of the Argonauts arrival until they found out the heroes were not there to punish them. The Lemnian women led by by their queen, Hypsipyle, not only welcome them, but slept with the heroes in order to repopulate the island. The Argonauts stayed on Lemnos for several days and would have stayed longer, had Heracles not grown restless. Hypsipyle bore Jason two sons, after he left.
One of the Argonauts would also leave a son behind. This Argonaut was named Euphemus, though his son is unnamed, his descendants would one day settle on the island of Thera. You will find detail about Euphemus and the island of Thera, later when you read Stranded in Libya and the Last Adventure.
Sailing pass the Hellespont, they land on an island near Bear Mountain. There, Cyzicus king of the Doliones greeted them. Cyzicus told them about the land beyond Bear Mountain, but forgot to mention about the tribe of six-armed, earth-born monsters, living on the other side of the mountain. These giants were called Gegenees.