And earth is filled with love for marriage-rites,

And from the kindly sky the rain-shower falls

And fertilises earth, and earth for men

Yields grass for sheep, and corn, Demêter's gift;

And from its wedlock with the South the fruit

Is ripened in its season; and of this,

All this, I am the cause accessory.

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So, in the Libyan fables, it is told

That once an eagle, stricken with a dart,