Yea, and his fellows bid thou to light in friendship down
On our shore, if they will, and to enter undismayed our town.’
She spake, and dismissed the assembly, and homeward she wended her way;
But Iphinoê to the Minyans went; and they bade her say
What was the mind wherewithal she was come, and what her need. {710}
And straightway she told them the words of her message with eager speed:
‘The daughter of Thoas, Hypsipylê, sent me hither away
To summon the lord of your ship, and the captain of your array,
That the will of her folk she may tell him, their heart’s desire this day.
Yea, and his fellows she biddeth to light in friendship down