Near Bronze Age Argos, in the shade of a grove of trees, a king and his family escape the heat of mid-summer but not the eyes and ears of four armed men. Lying upon a ridge overlooking the harbor of venerable Ephesus, the same observers grimly witness seven of their shipmates being sold as slaves. The chase to rescue them culminates across the square from the temple of Dagon in ancient Tyre. There the quartet patiently waits for the moment to act...