Lycaon and his fifty sons, whom Zeus
In their own house spied on, and unawares
Watching at hand, from his disguise arose,
And overset the table where they sat
Around their impious feast and slew them all:
Alcyonè and Ceyx, queen and king,
Who for their arrogance were changed to birds:
And Cadmus now a serpent, once a king: 960
And saddest Niobe, whom not the love
Of Leto aught availed, when once her boast