Of Neleus’ daughter, and of his own mind Distempered by the unapproachable Erinnys. Yet did he escape from death, And drove the lowing herds to Phylace And Pylos, and avenged his cruel wrong On Neleus, carrying off his child to be A consort for his brother.
Then he came Into the realm of Argos, famed for 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.