Author of the Thebais. (Book xi. § 14, p. 735.)
Then Polyneices of the golden locks,
Sprung from the gods, before his father placed
A table all of silver, which had once
Been Cadmus's, next fill'd the golden bowl
With richest wine. At this old Œdipus,
Seeing the honour'd relics of his sire
Profaned to vulgar uses, roused to anger,
Pronounced fierce imprecations, wish'd his sons