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Such spirits were they who dispensed the Cyprian’s gifts in the hour of the love-communion

Of Olympian Zeus and the Nymph Aegina, and born was Oenone’s king of their union,

One peerless in prowess and counsel; and many a time men prayed to behold that chief;

For of all the heroes that dwelt around him exceeding fain were their goodliest flower,

Unchallenged of any, to bow in subjection before him, obeying his sovran power,