“And instead of the short-finned dolphin shall they take the fleetfoot steed, + 

Wield reins instead of the oar-blade, drive chariots of whirlwind speed. + 

For by that augury-token fulfilled shall be Thera’s fate + 

To become the mother-city of burgs exceeding great, + 

That token the which aforetime at Tritonis the mere’s outflow + 

On Euphemus who leapt from Argo did a God of the sea bestow, + 

A God who in man’s shape proffered a clod of earth for his gift: + 

And Zeus Kronion thundered approval thereof from the lift. + 