Chap. 57.] THE INTENTOES OF VAEIOUS THOTOg. 233 



kinsman" of DiEdalus ; according to Theophrastus, again, it 

 was invented by Polygnotus, the Athenian. 



Danaus was the first who passed over in a ship from Egrpt 

 to Greece.^' Before his time, they used to sail on rafts,» which 

 had been invented by King E,ythras,« to pass from one island 

 to another m the Red Sea. There are some writers to be 

 found who are of opinion that they were first thought of 



theWel, ■'"'''^•?^'^^™■''"''''°' ^^^ P"^P°^e «f crossing 

 the HeUespont into Thrace. Even at the present dav, thef 



are made m the British ocean, of wicker-work covered wilh 



reeds.' "" ^'^^ '''^' '^'^ "'"'^^ "^ P^^P^™^' msUesZd 



We learn from Philostephanus, that Jason was the first 



person who sailed in a long vessel - Hegesias says it was 



S;SM„T-r''' but .; we^^i^yr woS'Vs e'^^j; e^ 



