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Touching the Quest; for he welcomed him then in his mountain home.{210}

And Zetes and Kalais withal, the North-wind’s children, were there,

Whom Oreithyia, Erechtheus’ daughter, to Boreas bare

In the uttermost part of wintry Thrace; for the God swooped down,

And the Thracian North-wind snatched her away from Kekrops’ town,

Even as she whirled in the dance on the lawn by Ilissus’ flow.

And he brought her afar to the place where standeth the crag men know

For the Rock of Sarpedon, whereby doth Erginus the river glide:

And he shrouded her round with viewless clouds, and he made her his bride.

And lo, on the ankles of these did quivering pinions unfold,

Strong wings, as in air they upleapt, a marvel great to behold,{220}

Gleaming with golden scales; and about their shoulders strayed,

Down-streaming from neck and from head in the glory of youth arrayed,

Dark tresses that tossed in the rushing breezes amidst them that played.

Yea, and Akastus, his own son, had no will to abide

That day with his mighty sire in the halls of Pelias’ pride.