caving in, under Hera's command, after the blind prophet gave Jason a necklace resembling the sea God. Triton was a fish-tailed sea god who could still the waves with the blow of a conch-shell trumpet. Triton was also described as the god of the giant, Libyan, salt-lake Tritonis. When the Argonauts were in danger he assisted them in finding passage from the lake back to the sea. Trtion was depicted in Greek vase painting as fish-tailed merman, sometimes bearded.