“O dark-haired shaker of the shores, I bring A message from the Aegis-bearer, Jove, That thou, withdrawing from the battle-field, Repair to the assembly of the gods, Or the great ocean. If thou disobey, Contemning his command, then hear his threat: He will come hither and put forth his power Against thee, and he warns thee not to tempt The strife; for greater is his power than thine, And he is elder-born, though in thy pride Of heart thou dost declare thyself the peer Of him whom all the rest regard with awe.”