[1] Tiphys was the Thespian son of Hagnias[2] or of Phorbas of Elis and Hyrmine, daughter of Epeius.
Tiphys without fear trust to rule the vessel and to watch the heavens, when weary-eyed with ceaseless gazing on the bear.
[7]The watchful Tiphys, Hagnius’ son, hung his gaze upon the Arcadian constellation, favoured mortal, that found use for the laggard stars, and giving men power to steer their path across the sea with heaven as their guide.
[8]Tiphys is at the helm, and silently his helpers sit to do his bidding; even as by the throne of highest Jupiter all things are round about him alert and ready for the god, winds, showers, lightning, thunder, and rivers still in their springs.
[9]During the voyage to Colchis, Tiphys died of a mysterious illness in the land of the Mariandynians[12] or, according to some sources, a snakebite.