“Us twain it beseemeth in no wise with spear or with bronze-forged sword + 

To apportion the goodly honour of our fathers’ treasure-hoard; + 

Nor needeth it⁠—lo, all sheep-flocks and tawny herds of kine + 

I yield unto thee, and the pastures and tilth-lands, still to be thine, + 

Whereof thou hast spoiled my parents, and ever art swelling thy store. + 

O yea, and it nowise vexeth my soul that of these evermore + 

Thou increasest thine house’s riches:⁠—but the kingly sceptre and throne + 

Whereon the son of Kretheus sat in the days bygone, + 

And over a nation of horsemen ruled in equity, + 

Even these without malice between us yield unto him and to me, + 