In Games Olympian thine was fame far-ringing, + 

And in the lists beside Earth’s central stone, + 

And in the land thou claimest for thine own:⁠— + 

But lo, as I would quench my thirst for singing, + 

I hear a voice that speaks of old-time glory + 

That bids me pay a debt, recall the pride + 

Of thy forefathers, bids me tell the story + 

How, for the winning of a Libyan bride, + 

Hasted to Irasa’s city many a lover + 

Of a fair-haired one famed the wide world over, + 

Drawn thither for Antaius’ daughter’s sake, + 

Whom many a gallant kinsman fain would take + 

To wife, and many in far countries dwelling; + 

For wondrous was her beauty, past all telling. + 