Oeneus

For to PortheusPoPo were born three peerless sons, and they dwelt in Pleuron and steep Calydon, even AgriusAgAg and MelasMeMe, and the third was the horseman OeneusOeOe, that was father to my father, and in valour was pre-eminent among them. He verily abode there, but my father went wandering to Argos, and there was settled,

For to PortheusPoPo were born three peerless sons, and they dwelt in Pleuron and steep Calydon, even AgriusAgAg and MelasMeMe, and the third was the horseman OeneusOeOe, that was father to my father, and in valour was pre-eminent among them. He verily abode there, but my father went wandering to Argos, and there was settled,

For to PortheusPoPo were born three peerless sons, and they dwelt in Pleuron and steep Calydon, even AgriusAgAg and MelasMeMe, and the third was the horseman OeneusOeOe, that was father to my father, and in valour was pre-eminent among them. He verily abode there, but my father went wandering to Argos, and there was settled,

and held the mainland and dwelt on the shores over against the isles. Of these was Odysseus captain, the peer of Zeus in counsel. And with him there followed twelve ships with vermilion prows. And the Aetolians were led by Thoas, AndraemonAnAn's son, even they that dwelt in Pleuron and Olenus and Pylene and Chalcis, hard by the sea, and rocky Calydon. For the sons of great-hearted OeneusOeOe were no more, neither did he himself still live, and fair-haired Meleager was dead, to whom had commands been given that he should bear full sway among the Aetolians. And with Thoas there followed forty black ships.

that wrought much evil, wasting the orchard land of OeneusOeOe; many a tall tree did he uproot and cast upon the ground, aye, root and apple blossom therewith. But the boar did Meleager, son of OeneusOeOe, slay, when he had gathered out of many cities huntsmen

and of a ready heart I bid thee fight with the Trojans, yet either hath weariness born of thy many onsets entered into thy limbs, or haply spiritless terror possesseth thee. Then art thou no offspring of Tydeus, the wise-hearted son of OeneusOeOe. Then in answer to her spake mighty Diomedes:

For to PortheusPoPo were born three peerless sons, and they dwelt in Pleuron and steep Calydon, even AgriusAgAg and MelasMeMe, and the third was the horseman OeneusOeOe, that was father to my father, and in valour was pre-eminent among them. He verily abode there, but my father went wandering to Argos, and there was settled,

Nestor, first of all, and king IdomeneusIdId, and thereafter the twain Aiantes and the son of Tydeus, and as the sixth Odysseus, the peer of Zeus in counsel. And unbidden came to him MenelausMeMe, good at the war-cry, for he knew in his heart wherewith his brother was busied.

Ah me, thou son of wise-hearted Tydeus, tamer of horses, why cowerest thou, why gazest thou at the dykes of battle? Tydeus of a surety was not wont thus to cower, but far in advance of his comrades to fight against the foe, as they tell who saw him amid the toil of war; for I never

and AutophonusAuAu' son, PolyphontesPoPo, staunch in fight. But Tydeus even upon these let loose a shameful fate, and slew them all; one only man suffered he to return home; Maeon he sent forth in obedience to the portents of the gods. Such a man was Tydeus of Aetolia; howbeit the son

Verily now art thou a friend of my father's house from of old: for goodly OeneusOeOe on a time entertained peerless Bellerophon in his halls, and kept him twenty days; and moreover they gave one to the other fair gifts of friendship. OeneusOeOe gave a belt bright with scarlet,and Bellerophon a double cup of gold which I left in my palace as I came hither. But Tydeus I remember not, seeing I was but a little child when he left, what time the host of the Achaeans perished at Thebes. Therefore now am I a dear guest-friend to thee in the midst of Argos,