They were Argonauts and played a particularly vital role in the rescue of Phineus from the harpies.Apollodorus, 1.9.16 They succeeded in driving the monsters away but did not kill them, at a request from the goddess of the rainbow, Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the harpies again. As thanks, Phineas told the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades. It is said that the Boreads were turned back by Iris at the Strophades. The islands' name, meaning "Islands of Turning", refers to this event.
They were Argonauts and played a particularly vital role in the rescue of Phineus from the harpiesApollodorus, 1.9.16 They succeeded in driving the monsters away but did not kill them, at a request .from the goddess of the rainbow, Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the harpies again. As thanks, Phineas told the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades. It is said that the Boreads were turned back by Iris at the Strophades. The islands' name, meaning "Islands of Turning", refers to this event.