III. The combat: and the burial of Cygnus.
THE SHIELD OF HERCULES.
Or as Alcmena, from Electryon born,
The guardian of his people, her lov’d home
And natal soil abandoning, to Thebes
Came with Amphitryon: with the brave in war.
She all the gentle race of womankind
[252]In height surpass’d and beauty: nor with her
Might one in prudence vie, of all who sprang