Where Embolus protects wide Asia’s coast,

They dwell united with the Argive host.

In that blest isle secure at last,

’Twas thine, Tlepolemus, to meet

For each afflictive trial past

A recompense and respite sweet.

Chief of Tirynthian hosts, to thee,

As to a present deity,

The fumes of slaughtered sheep arise

In all the pomp of sacrifice: