Of his countless comrades, back unto Argos the war-steed land? + 

Or when thou didst set the feet of the Dorian Spartans again + 

Firm in the ancient home, and when by a warrior-band, + 

Even thy sons of the Aegeid House, was Amyklae ta’en + 

Because they obeyed the Pythian oracle’s command? + 

But alas! it sleepeth, the olden glory, + 

And mortals forget the heroic story, + 