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 * Queen of the Sea-gate, Chalkis mine,
 * On whose bosom-fold
 * Arethusa gleameth, the fountain divine,—

Have come to behold
 * The Achaian array, and the heroes' oars
 * That the pine-keels speed
 * Of a thousand galleys to Troyland's shores,
 * Whom the two kings lead,—
 * Who with prince Menelaus the golden-haired,
 * As our own lords say,
 * And with King Agamemnon the high-born, fared
 * On the vengeance-way,
 * On the quest of her whom the herdman drew

From beside the river
 * Of whispering reeds, his sin-wage due,—
 * Aphrodite the giver,—
 * Promised, when into the fountain down
 * Spray-veiled she descended,
 * When with Hera and Pallas for beauty's crown
 * The Cyprian contended.

(Ant. 1)
 * And through Artemis' grove of sacrifice
 * Hasting I came,
 * While swift in my cheeks did the crimson rise
 * Of my maiden shame:

For to look on the shields, on the tents agleam
 * With arms, was I fain,
 * And on thronging team upon chariot team.
 * There marked I twain,
 * The Oilid Aias and Telamon's child,
 * Salamis' pride.