Ariadne's response to this is to send Jason, Hercule and Pythagoras to the town to escort Sarpedon, a guy living there, out of the city of Thera which has fallen (fear not Lord Sarpedon, Ariadne has sent her least capable subjects to help you!). Escorting him also means carrying his very very heavy luggage.
They're attacked and Hercules and Jason show a surprising level of competence. But Jason is distracted by lady!peril - Hercules points out that the city is actually falling, there's a massacre going on, you really can't save everyone. Jason announces he has to try this would mean single handedly stopping the invasion. Luckily none of the other imperilled of the city are attractive young women so Jason is willing to leave after saving her.
Switch to Pasiphae for some exposition as she talks to her general who tells us that Atlantis has never fallen and he doesn't think they can do it. Pasiphae tells us there's a statue in the balance with big godly power that stops Atlantis falling so long as it remains in the city. They shall siege this city by means of art theft!
To Atlantis (and screw the statue, it's on top of a cliffy - plateau with huge walls at the top, that's going to be a pain in the arse to siege with anything less than bombers, cruise missiles or angry mongols). Sarpedon has been summoned to be Ariadne's advisor and apparently he and Minos had a beef with each other (which fits the legend which is a nice change for "Atlantis").
They may have been hasty to trust him and escort him into the city as a man incapacitates one of the guards then sends a signal to Sarpedon. He opens his heavy chest inside which is a woman holding a knife - she is Medea.
She sneaks through the palace to find a magically hidden room and then makes her way down into a very deep hidden cave. At a strong room she seems to use magic to break down the door and enter a fabulous treasury. Inside she finds a statue and takes it - as she does it glows and Atlantis shakes.
The earthquake rocks all of Atlantis (including where Jason & co are gambling, Hercules losing of course). The quake ends and Medea seems quite upset and shocked by what she's done. She's spotted by the guards and runs through the palace, jumping off the balcony and landing on the back of a giant... bird? Dragon? Bat? The guards deserve an award for not even blinking at this before shooting arrows at her (they miss, but hey, still good discipline).
Jason & co are called before Ariadne so she can fill them in on the statue theft (the Palladium). They need to keep it hush hush because if the army learns they've lost the artwork they'll lose all faith in the cliffs, walls, etc and desert. They're a discerning military and take art appreciation seriously. So Jason & co are dispatched for some art retrieval. Ariadne, you need some better staff
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