Helenor, elder of the two: by birth,

On one side royal, one a son of earth,

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{ Whom, to the Lydian king, Licymnia bare,

{ And sent her boasted bastard to the war:

{ (A privilege which none but freemen share.)

Slight were his arms, a sword and silver shield:

No marks of honour charged its empty field.

Light as he fell, so light the youth arose,

And rising, found himself amidst his foes;