The chief. Magnanimous Epeius gave His hands and raised him up; his friends came round And led him thence with dragging feet, and head That drooped from side to side, while from his mouth Came clotted blood. They placed him in the midst, Unconscious still, and sent and took the cup.

Then, third in order, for the wrestling-match The son of Peleus brought and showed the Greeks Yet other prizes. To the conqueror A tripod for the hearth, of ample size, He offered; twice six oxen, as the Greeks Esteemed it, were its price. And next he placed In view a damsel for the vanquished, trained In household arts; four beeves were deemed her price.