And with these Periklymenus Neleus’ son was enkindled to fare,

Eldest of all the sons that the Lady of Pylos bare

Unto Neleus the godlike; and might unmeasured Poseidon gave

To the prince, and a boon moreover, that whatso shape he should crave,

That, as he fought in the shock of the meeting ranks, he should have. {160}

From Arcadia Amphidamas and Kepheus came for the Quest,

Who were dwellers in Tegea-town, and the land that Apheidas possessed,

Two scions of Aleus; yea and a third followed even as they went,

Ankaius: Lykurgus his father was minded the lad to have sent,

Being elder brother to these, but himself was constrained to stay