But thee unto Oenopia’s isle he bore, and couched with thee. + 

And there unto the Thunder-crashing Father didst thou bear + 

A godlike scion, Aiakus, of men most righteous he; + 

Yea, even to the Gods in Heaven contention’s arbiter + 

Was he. His hero-sons and children’s children war-delighting + 

With peerless valour met the clanging bronze of warriors fighting; + 

And self-controlled they ruled their spirit, even as wisdom taught them. + 

Now when the Gods in council met, of all this they bethought them, + 

When Zeus with glory-girt Poseidon in contention strove + 

For Thetis’ hand; for either God was captive of her love, + 

And fain would win the fairest; but impossible it was + 

That Heaven’s eternal counsels should bring such a thing to pass + 