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When they were gone, one of those who sat by told the king what the
youngest of the three had done, and hinted that he must have had some
meaning in accepting the wages given. Then the king, when he heard
what had happened, was angry, and sent horsemen after the youths to
slay them. Now there is a river in Macedonia to which the descendants
of these Argives offer sacrifice as their saviour. This stream
swelled so much, as soon as the sons of Temenus were safe across,
that the horsemen found it impossible to follow. So the brothers
escaped into another part of Macedonia, and took up their abode near
the place called "the Gardens of Midas, son of Gordias." In
these gardens there are roses which grow of themselves, so sweet that
no others can come near them, and with blossoms that have as many as
sixty petals apiece. It was here, according to the Macedonians,
that Silenus was made a prisoner. Above the gardens stands a mountain
called Bermius, which is so cold that none can reach the top. Here
the brothers made their abode; and from this place by, degrees they
conquered all Macedonia.
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