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"If ever, O Father Zeus, thou hast heard

My supplication with willing mind,

Now I beseech thee, with prophetic

Prayer, grant a bold son from Eribœa

To this man, my fated guest;

Rugged in body

As the hide of this wild beast

Which now surrounds me, which, first of all

My contests, I slew once in Nemea; and let his mind agree."

To him thus having spoken, Heaven sent

A great eagle, king of birds,

And sweet joy thrilled him inwardly.

First at Artemisium

The children of the Athenians laid the shining

Foundation of freedom,

And at Salamis and Mycale,

And in Platæa, making it firm

As adamant.

Having risen he went

Over land and sea,