The Way to the Garden of the Hisperities

As he washed along the sea god shore, he saw, lying on the sand, half in and half out of the sea with seaweed trailing round his limbs. And him were his daughters, the Nereids, so riding on the backs of dolphins,. Some cried out shrilly at the sight of a man. Those on land leaped back into the sea, those in the sea swam farther from the shore. Their cries did not awake their father, till Hercules was close to him, and able to grip him firmly into strong hands. Immediately the old god felt the hands upon him. His body seemed to disappear into a running stream of water, but Hercules felt the body that he