Whence once they heard the oracle that spake them Fate’s decree. + 

For Themis wise in counsel in the Gods’ assembly told + 

How that Destiny ordained it that the Lady of the Sea + 

Should bear a son more mighty than his father, who should hold + 

In his hand another sceptre more resistless than the levin + 

Or the trident, were she wedded with any lord of Heaven:⁠— + 

“Cease to contend! In marriage to a mortal be she given. + 

Like Ares’ hands her son’s shall be where battle’s strife is striven, + 

His speed of foot as lightning-flash;⁠—but she shall see him die + 

In war! I give my counsel that this honour from on high + 

To Peleus son of Aiakus be granted. All attest + 

That dweller in Iolkos’ plain of mortals holiest. + 