steeds; For there it was decreed that he should dwell, And rule o’er many of the Argive race. And there he took a wife and built a house— A lofty pile; and there to him were born Antiphates and Mantius, valiant men. Antiphates was father of a son, The brave Oïcleus, and to him was born Amphioraüs, one of those whose voice Rouses the nations. Aegis-bearing Jove And Phoebus loved him with exceeding love; Yet reached he not the threshold of old age, But, through the treachery of his bribed wife, Perished too soon at Thebes. To him were born Two sons, Alcmaeon and Amphilochus. Clytus and Polyphides were the sons Of Mantius; but Aurora, she who fills A golden chariot, bore away to heaven Clytus for his great beauty, there to dwell Among the immortals, while Apollo gave To Polyphides of the noble mind To be a prophet, first of living men, Since now Amphiaraüs was no more. His father had displeased him, and he went To Hyperesia, where he dwelt, and there Revealed to all what yet should come to pass.
It was his son who now approached; his name Was Theoclymenus; he saw the prince Telemachus, who stood beside the swift Black ship, and, pouring a libation, prayed; And thus he said to