Strophe

Able am I to utter, setting forth

The might from omens sprung

[*]What met the heroes as they journeyed on,

(For still, by God's great gift,

My age, yet linked with strength,

[*]Breathes suasive power of song,)

How the Achæans' twin-throned majesty,

Accordant rulers of the youth of Hellas,

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