When the women of Lemnos put to death all the male inhabitants of the island, Hypsipyle concealed her father Thoas, and spared his life. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautics , II , Fawkes’s Tr. :⁠—

“Hypsipyle alone, illustrious maid,

Spared her sire Thoas, who the sceptre swayed.”

“Hypsipyle alone, illustrious maid, Spared her sire Thoas, who the sceptre swayed.”

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