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 One day to seat themselves in Themiscyra

By the Thermodon, where, inhospitable

To mariners, that rugged jaw of the sea,

Salmudessia, plays her stepdame's part to ships.

These willingly will guide thee on thy way.

Then wilt thou come to the Cimmerian isthmus

Beside the narrow straits into the lake,

Which with a bold heart thou must leave behind

And cleave thy course through the Mæotic channel.

And there shall be for ever to mankind

A great note of thy passage—Bosphorus

It shall be called for thee. Thus, having left

The shore of Europe, Asia's continent

Shalt thou attain. So, seems he not to you,

This monarch of the gods, in all alike

To show mere ruffianly? Because he, a god,

Was fain to have this maiden to his consort

He burdened her with all these wanderings.

Ah! girl, a bitter wooer hast thou won

For thine espousals. Never think the tale

Thou hast listened to has reached the prelude yet.