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Asterius came, and Amphion, the sons that a fair queen bore,

When Pellênê’s king Hyperasius dwelt in the city of yore

By Pelles their grandsire built ’neath the cliffs of Achaia’s shore.

Euphêmus from Tainarus came to be joined to their company,

Europê’s child; and the swiftest of all men on Earth was he:{180}

For the daughter of Tityos the giant couched in Poseidon’s embrace;

And this their son would run o’er the grey sea’s weltering face,

Neither sank in the surge his fast-flying steps, but, with footsole alone

Bedewed with the spray, on his watery path was he wafted on.

Sons of Poseidon beside him withal two other came,

One leaving Miletus afar, the city of haughty fame,

Even Erginus, and one from Imbrasian Hêrê’s fane

Parthenia, Ankaius the mighty; and men of renown were the twain

In the craft of the sea, and withal in the toil of the battle-strain.

Hasting from Kalydon Oineus’ son to their muster hath hied,{190}

Meleager the stalwart; and there was Laocoön still at his side,

Brother to Oineus; but not of the selfsame womb were they,