Unto the beach Aiaian of that Tyrrhenian main. {850}

And she found by the galley the heroes: the shaft on the string did they strain

For their sport, and the javelin they hurled: but she stole unto Peleus’ side,

And she touched his hand; for of old had he won her, his Goddess-bride.

But the eyes of the others were holden: to him did the Goddess appear,

Of his eyes only discerned; and she murmured low in his ear:

‘No longer now on the beaches Tyrrhenian sitting abide;

But cast ye the hawsers of Argo loose with the dawning-tide,

Obeying your helper Hêrê’s command; for at her behest

The Sea-maids, daughters of Nereus, all to the trysting have pressed,