ALCMAN

Hippothoiis the helmeted, Euteiches and chieftain
Areius, and [Acmon] noblest of demigods. And
shall we pass Scaeus by, that was so great a captain
of the host, and Eurytus and Alcon that were
supremest of heroes in the tumult of the battle-
mellay? Not so: vanquished were they all by the
eldest of Gods, to wit by Destiny and Device, and
their strength had not so much as a shoe to her
foot. Nay, mortal man may not go soaring to the
heavens, nor seek to wed the Qucen of Paphos or
to wive any silver-shining daughter of Porcus! of
the sea; inviolate also is that chamber of Zeus where

dwell the Graces whose eyes look love?

.

. + . . went; and they perished one of them
by an arrow and another bya millstone of hard rock,
till one and all were had to Hell. These by their

own folly did seek them their dooms, and their evil

} Nereus * the mutilated strophe prob. described
the war of the Giants against Heaven

1 pap. Favaxra 2 pap. prob. ἡρώων 3 Jess prob. τα
4 wap too wide 31-34 for quite certain restoration

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