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That, as he fought in the shock of the meeting ranks, he should have.{160}

From Arcadia Amphidamas and Kepheus came for the Quest,

Who were dwellers in Tegea-town, and the land that Apheidas possessed,

Two scions of Aleus; yea and a third followed even as they went,

Ankaius: Lykurgus his father was minded the lad to have sent,

Being elder brother to these, but himself was constrained to stay

In the city with Aleus, tending the dear head silver-grey.

Howbeit in charge to his brethren twain he gave the lad.

So he went, and the fell of a bear Maenalian for buckler he had,

And a battle-axe huge his right hand swung; for his armour of fight

Had his old grandsire in a secret chamber hidden from sight,{170}

If haply so he might cripple the wings of the eagle’s flight.

Fared thither Augeias; they named him in songs of the olden day

The Sun-god’s child, and the hero in Elis-land bare sway

In pride of his wealth: but he longed to behold the Kolchian coast,

And to look upon mighty Aiêtes the lord of the Kolchian host.