But when Heracles came to bid to the voyaging Aiakus’ son, + 

Him with his company feasting he found, and as there he stood + 

In the lion-skin, Telamon called on the son of Amphitryon + 

The first libation to pour of the cluster’s nectar-blood; + 

And the chalice rough with the gold embossed with the word did he place + 

Wine-brimming in Heracles’ hands. Thereupon did the hero raise + 

His hands, the invincible hands, in prayer to the firmament’s space; + 

And he lifted his voice: “If ever, O Zeus Allfather, thou + 

Hast hearkened with willing soul unto prayer of mine, O now + 