[7] As the country suffered thereby, the Thebans every month exposed a son of one of the citizens to the brute, which would have carried off many if that were not done. So Amphitryon
betook him to Cephalus, son of Deioneus, at
Athens, and persuaded him, in return for a share of the Teleboan spoils, to bring to the chase the dog which Procris had brought from
Crete as a gift from Minos
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; for that dog was destined to catch whatever it pursued. So then, when the vixen was chased by the dog, Zeus turned both of them into stone. Supported by his allies, to wit, Cephalus from Thoricus in
Attica, Panopeus from
Phocis, Heleus, son of Perseus, from
Helos in
Argolis, and Creon from
Thebes, Amphitryon ravaged the islands of the Taphians. Now, so long as Pterelaus lived, he could not take Taphos; but when Comaetho, daughter of Pterelaus, falling in love with Amphitryon, pulled out the golden hair from her father's head, Pterelaus died,
2
and Amphitryon subjugated all the islands. He slew Comaetho, and sailed with the booty to
Thebes,
3
and gave the islands to Heleus and Cephalus; and they founded cities named after themselves and dwelt in them.