On this moist shore, drive them into the deep,
With all their flying streamers and quick oars,
There let them meet the whirlwind’s boisterous rage,
Thund’rings and lightnings, and the furious blasts
That harrow up the wild tempestuous waves,
And perish in the storm, ere they ascend
Our kindred bed, and seize against our will
What nature and the laws of blood deny.[172]
After having reached Argos and after having besought Pelasgus to espouse their cause, he says:
If by your country’s laws Egyptus’ sons,