Onca

Herself will guard the gate that bears her name,

From her own ramparts hurl the proud assailer,

And shield her nurslings from this crested snake.

Hyperbius, the right valiant son of Oenops,

Shall stand against this foe, casting his life

Into the chance of war; in lordly port,

In courage, in all the accoutrements of fight

Hippomedon’s counterpart—a hostile pair

Well matched by Hermes.[n32] But no equal match