But she replied,—"My darling, never mind;

I only wanted just to feel and prove,

In a single night, how great the strength might be

Of two such athletes, victors at Olympia."

They say again that Mania once was ask'd,

By King Demetrius, for a perfect sight

Of all her beauties; and she, in return,

Demanded that he should grant her a favour.

When he agreed, she turned her back, and said,—

"O son of Agamemnon, now the Gods