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  • Thrice she called, and thrice at the bidding of the company Phrontis called out in reply; and meantime the heroes were rowing with swift-moving oars in search of her.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • And he says there were four of them, Argus, Phrontis, Melas, and Cytisorus.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • A first-rate pilot, like Phrontis son of Onetor, who served Menelaus, must have been highly prized.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • A first-rate pilot, like Phrontis son of Onetor, who served Menelaus, must have been highly prized.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • Phrontis, the youngest of Phrixus 'sons, and he with his brothers and

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • Then through the gloom, with clear-pealing voice from across the stream, she called on Phrontis, the youngest of Phrixus 'sons, and he with his brothers and Aeson's son recognised the maiden's _voice_; and in silence his comrades wondered when they knew that it was so in truth.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • And he says there were four of them, Argus, Phrontis, Melas, and Cytisorus.

    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

  • Thrice she called, and thrice at the bidding of the company Phrontis called out in reply; and meantime the heroes were rowing with swift-moving oars in search of her.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • Thrice she called, and thrice at the bidding of the company Phrontis called out in reply; and meantime the heroes were rowing with swift-moving oars in search of her.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • Not yet were they casting the ship's hawsers upon the opposite bank, when Jason with light feet leapt to land from the deck above, and after him Phrontis and Argus, sons of Phrixus, leapt to the ground; and she, clasping their knees with both hands, thus addressed them:

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

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