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Kapıdağ Peninsula & Erdek

Balıkesir · Sea & Coast

Miniature relief of Kapıdağ Peninsula & Erdek
AI drawing · Open data

When the Argonauts set out for the Black Sea in search of the Golden Fleece, their route led them to a mountainous peninsula in the middle of the Marmara. There they were welcomed by a young king named Cyzicus, who hosted them, fed them and sent them on their way… But a storm that rose in the night drove their ship back to the same shore, and in the dark, friends who could not recognize one another clashed as enemies. At dawn it became clear that the king slain by Jason was their own host…