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 him in winged words:—
“My friend, whom here beside this barque I find Making a pious offering, I entreat Both by that offering and the deity, And by thy life, and by the lives of these Who follow thee, declare to me the truth, And keep back naught of all that I