Khione is a snow nymph: or so the showman Glaukos claims, as he displays her amongst his mermaids, fallen angels, and Minotaur's brethren.
As for Khione – well, she can't remember if it's true or not.
But she abruptly knows that it is true that a great sea monster prowls the oceans.
For as they take ship across the Mediterranean, it bears down upon them – and easily swallows up their ship whole...