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Quotation from The Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
“Beginning with thee, O Phoebus, I will recount the famous deeds of men of old, who, at the behest of King Pelias, down through the mouth of Pontus and between the Cyanean rocks, sped well-benched Argo in quest of the golden fleece.”
The Argonautica, Book I, opening (1.1-4), trans. R. C. Seaton (1912)
The proem names Apollo, not the Muse, as the poem's starting point and sums up the voyage in a single sentence.
Citation: "Beginning with thee, O Phoebus, I will recount the famous deeds of men of old, who, at the behest of King Pelias, down through the mouth of Pontus and between the Cyanean rocks, sped well-benched Argo in quest of the golden fleece." — Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica, Book I, opening (1.1-4), trans. R. C. Seaton (1912). (id argonautica-q1)
Portrait: Apollonius, This has been described as an illustration from "The Universal Historical Dictionary" by George Crabb (Baldwin, 1825)., Public domain.
