A holy thing, which of yore the Amazons all revered.
And it was not their wont, from the further strand when they came o’er the deep,
On this same altar to burn in sacrifice oxen nor sheep;
But horses they slew, and for this great herds were they wont to keep.
There sacrificed they, and they ate of the flesh of the victims slain.
Then Aison’s son in their midst uprose, and he spake yet again:
‘Zeus’ self upon all things looketh, nor ever escape we his ken
Of a surety, such as be god-revering and righteous men. {1180}
Even so your father delivered he out of the murderous hand
Of a stepdame, and gave to him measureless wealth in a far-away land: