The spread and intensity of the hero's veneration among the Greeks that had settled on the northern coast of the Pontus Euxinus, today's Black Sea, appears to have been remarkable.
ðə spɹˈɛd ænd ɪntˈɛnsᵻɾi ʌvðə hˈiəɹoʊz vˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃən ɐmˌʌŋ ðə ɡɹˈiːks ðæt hæd sˈɛɾəld ɔnðə nˈɔːɹðɚn kˈoʊst ʌvðə pˈɔntəs jˈuːksɪnəs, tədˈeɪz blˈæk sˈiː, ɐpˈɪɹz tə hɐvbɪn ɹᵻmˈɑːɹkəbəl.