And hence a line of native kings 80
In regular succession springs. 84
Ere yet th' Olympic ruler's hand
Had ravish'd from th' Epean land
The daughter of fair Opus' lord,
And on the dark Mænalian heights 85
Mingled with her in love's delights;
To Locrus then his bride restored,
Lest age, death's harbinger, should doom
The childless monarch to the tomb. 92
Soon as the heavenly scion came, 90
The raptured hero gazed with joy
On the supposititious boy,
And call'd him by his uncle's name—
In manly deeds and outward grace
Above the sons of mortal race— 95
Permitting to his sceptred hand
Dominion o'er the subject land. 100
From Argos some, from Thebes, and Pisa's plain,
And fair Arcadia, throng the frequent train.
But most his love and admiration won 100
Menætius, Actor and Ægina's son:
Whose offspring, when brave Atreus' host
Invaded Teuthras' Mysian land,
Alone could with Achilles boast
The adverse army to withstand: 105
When Telephus the Grecian train
Drove seaward to their ships again.
Hence might the wise and prudent find
The strength of great Patroclus' mind. 115
Hence might the tender love appear 110
By Thetis' warlike offspring shown;
"Quit not," he said, "my conquering spear,
