Cf. Mrs. John Hunter's 'My mother bids me bind my hair,' etc.

From Hephaestion, as an example of metre.

VIII

EPITHALAMIA, BRIDAL SONGS

91

Ἴψοι δὴ τὸ μέλαθρον

᾿Υμήναον

ἀὲρρετε τέκτοντες ἄνδρες·

᾿Υμήναον

γάμβρος ἔρχεται ἶσος Ἄρευϊ,