Till the Lord of Olympus, from earth upraising + 

The daughter of Opus, wafted his bride + 

To a lone spot meet for a God’s embracing + 

Mid Mainalus’ ridges, and lay by her side. + 

Thereafter to Lokrus the childless he brought + 

That maid, lest the fingers of eld should blot + 

Out his name, and his line be continued not + 

If heirless the king of the land should have died. + 

But the king’s bride bare till her time’s fulfilling + 

The seed of the Mightiest ’neath her zone; + 

And the hero rejoiced with a joy heart-thrilling + 

O’er the fair babe not of his own seed sown; + 

And he gave him his mother’s father’s name, + 

And a man pre-eminent he became + 

In goodlihead and in deeds of fame, + 

And his sire gave a city to rule for his own. + 