He lit the altar fires, and prayed: "O Jove,790
Not falsely called my father, take these gifts
And let the sacred fire blaze brightly up
With copious incense, which the Arab rich
From Saba's trees in worship of the sun
Collects. All monsters of the earth, the sea,
The sky have been subdued at last, and I,
As victor over all, am home returned.795
Lay down thy thunderbolt." So prayed he then.
But even as he prayed a heavy groan