Nor this appeased the god’s revengeful mind, For still a greater plague remains behind; A huge sea monster lodges on the sands, And the king’s daughter for his prey demands. To him, that saved the, damsel, was decreed A set of horses of the sun’s fine breed; But, when Alcides from the rock untied The trembling fair, the ransom was denied. He, in revenge, the new-built walls attack’d, And the twice-perjured city bravely sack’d. Telamon aided; and, in justice, shared Part of the plunder as his due reward: The princess, rescued late, with all her charms, Hesione, was yielded to his arms: For Peleus, with a goddess bride, was more Proud of his spouse than of his birth before; Grandsons to Jove there might be more than one, But he the goddess had beloved alone.