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On his broad back a bear's rough spoils he wore,
And in his hand a two-edg'd pole-axe bore:
Which, that the youth might in no danger share,
Were safe secreted by his grandsire's care,⁠210
Augeas too, lord of the Elean coast,
Sail'd, brave associate, of the warlike host.
Rich in possessions, of his riches proud,
Fame says his being to the Sun he ow'd.
Ardent he wish'd to see the Colchian shore,⁠215
And old Æeta who the sceptre bore.
Asterius and Amphion, urg'd by fame,
The valiant sons of Hyperasius, came
From fair Pellena, built in days of yore
By Pelle's grandsire on the lofty shore.⁠220
From Tænarus, that yawns with gulf profound,
Euphemus came, for rapid race renown'd.
By Neptune forc'd, Europa gave him birth,
Daughter to Tityus, hugest son of Earth.
Whene'er he skimm'd along the watery plain,⁠225
With feet unbath'd he swept the raging main,
Scarce brush'd the surface of the briny dew,
And light along the liquid level flew.
Two other sons of Neptune join'd the host;
This from Miletus on th' Ionian coast,⁠230

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