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The revel-rout of Centaurs came too, mounted on horses, to the feast of the gods and the mixing-bowl of Bacchus,
leaning on fir-trees, with
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wreaths of green foliage round their heads; and Chiron cried loudly:
Daughter of Nereus, you shall bear a son, a dazzling light to
Thessaly
; and the prophet,
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skilled in arts inspired by Phoebus, gave his name;
for he shall come with an army of Myrmidon spearmen to the famous land of Priam,
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to set it in a blaze, his body cased in a suit of golden mail forged by Hephaestus, a gift from his goddess-mother, from Thetis who bore him.
1070
Then the gods shed a blessing on the marriage of the high-born bride, who was first of Nereus’ daughters, and on the wedding of Peleus.
1075
The revel-rout of Centaurs came too, mounted on horses, to the feast of the gods and the mixing-bowl of Bacchus,
leaning on fir-trees, with
1
wreaths of green foliage round their heads; and Chiron cried loudly:
Daughter of Nereus, you shall bear a son, a dazzling light to
Thessaly
; and the prophet,
1060
skilled in arts inspired by Phoebus, gave his name;
for he shall come with an army of Myrmidon spearmen to the famous land of Priam,
1065
to set it in a blaze, his body cased in a suit of golden mail forged by Hephaestus, a gift from his goddess-mother, from Thetis who bore him.
1070
Then the gods shed a blessing on the marriage of the high-born bride, who was first of Nereus’ daughters, and on the wedding of Peleus.
1075
Iphigenia in Aulis. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.
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