Camels for mules, huge-striding, dwelling near
The swarthy Æthiop land; ye may be such;
Or, had ye war’s accoutrement, the bow,
Ye might be Amazons, stern, husband-hating,
Flesh-eating maids. But speak, that I may know
The truth. How vouch ye your descent from Argos?
Chorus.
They say that Io, on this Argive ground,
Erst bore the keys to Hera,[n23] then ’tis said,
So runs the general rumour—[n24]