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And from Dindymus saw they the Makrian cliffs, and full in view

The stretch of the Thracian Coast oversea on this side lay,

And the Bosporus misty-dim, and the blue hills far away

Of Mysia-land, and the river Aisêpus on that side flowed,

And the town and the plain Nepeian of Adresteia showed.

Then found they the sturdy stock of a vine in the forest that grew,

A tree exceeding old: with the axes the same did they hew

For the Mountain-goddess’s sacred image: with cunning skill

Of the craftsman did Argus carve it; and so on the rugged hill{1120}

Did they set it up: for the shrine thereof stood tall oaks round,

Which of all trees root them the deepest beneath the face of the ground.

Then of loose stones built they an altar: with leaves from the oaken spray

They wreathed it around, and the sacrifice thereupon did they lay.

On the Mother majestic, on Dindymê’s Queen, the while did they call,

Who dwelleth in Phrygia: on Tityas they cried, on Kyllênê withal,

Who alone be called the Dispensers of Doom—by the judgment-seat