Then Zeus’s mighty son assembled all his battle-band + 

And all the spoil of war: a sacred precinct did he trace + 

In Pisa for his sire supreme, and fenced on every hand + 

The Altis, and the bounds thereof in a clear open space + 

He marked out, and for rest and feasting all the plain around + 

Ordained; and so was Alpheus’ stream by him with honour crowned, + 