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One day to seat themselves in Themiscyra
By the Thermodon, where, inhospitable
To mariners, that rugged jaw of the sea, 745 (745)
Salmudessia, plays her stepdame's part to ships.
These willingly will guide thee on thy way.
Then wilt thou come to the Cimmerian isthmus
Beside the narrow straits into the lake,
Which with a bold heart thou must leave behind 750 (749)
And cleave thy course through the Mæotic channel.
And there shall be for ever to mankind
A great note of thy passage—Bosphorus
It shall be called for thee. Thus, having left
The shore of Europe, Asia's continent 755 (753)
Shalt thou attain. So, seems he not to you,
This monarch of the gods, in all alike
To show mere ruffianly? Because he, a god,
Was fain to have this maiden to his consort
He burdened her with all these wanderings. 760 (757)
Ah! girl, a bitter wooer hast thou won
For thine espousals. Never think the tale
Thou hast listened to has reached the prelude yet.
