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For they burgeon and bloom by Zonê yet on the Thracian shore,

Ranked orderly line upon line, the selfsame trees which of yore,{30}

Spell-drawn by his lyre, from Pieria followed the minstrel on.

Such an one was the Orpheus that Aison’s son for a helper won

For his high emprise, when he followed the pointing of Cheiron’s hand,—

Orpheus, who ruled o’er the Bistonid folk in Pieria-land.

And swiftly Asterion came, whom Komêtês begat by the side

Of Apidanus, there where his seaward-swirling waters glide;

In Peiresiae he dwelt, anigh to Phyllêion’s leafy crest.

Mighty Apidanus, sacred Enipeus, have thitherward pressed

To mingle the waters, far-severed that rise from the earth’s deep breast.

Polyphemus forsook Larissa, and unto Jason he sought;{40}

Eilatus’ son: in his youth mid the Lapithan heroes he fought.

When the Lapithans armed them for fight, when the Centaur host they quelled,

Their youngest he was; but now were his limbs sore burdened with eld.

Yet even as of old his heart with the spirit of battle swelled.