if cephalus was caught into the arms of one that was a goddess,[7]
asclepius[8] obtained yet greater honour. to him it was given to raise the dead and to heal the sick, whereby,[9] even as a god among mortal men, he has obtained to himself imperishable glory. melanion[10] so far excelled in zest for toil that he alone of all that flower of chivalry who were his rivals[11] obtained the prize of noblest wedlock with atalanta; while as to nestor, what need to repeat the well-known tale? so far and wide for many a day has the fame of his virtue penetrated the ears of hellas.[12]
[7] hemera (al. eos). for the rape of cephalus see hes. "theog." 986; eur. "ion," 269; paus. i. 3. 1; iii. 18. 7.
[8] lat. aesculapius. father of podaleirius and machaon, "the noble leech," "il." ii. 731, iv. 194, 219, xi. 518; "od." iv. 232.
[9] cf. "anab." i. ii. 8; lincke, "z. xen. krit." p. 299.
[10] melanion, s. meilanion, paus. iii. 12. 9; v. 17. 10; v. 19. 1.
[11] "which were his rival suitors." as to atalanta see paus. viii. 45. 2; iii. 24. 2; v. 19. 2; grote, "h. g." i. 199 foll.
[12] lit. "the virtue of nestor has so far penetrated the ears of hellas that i should speak to those who know." see hom. "il." i. 247, and passim.
amphiaraus,[13] what time he served as a warrior against thebes, won for himself the highest praise; and from heaven obtained the honour of a deathless life.[14]
[13] amphiaraus. pind. "nem." ix. 13-27; "olymp." vi. 11-16; herod. i. 52; paus. ix. 8. 2; 18. 2-4; ii. 23.2; i. 34; liv. xlv. 27; cic. "de div." i.
40. see aesch. "sept. c. th." 392; eur. "phoen." 1122 foll.; apollod.
iii. 6; strab. ix. 399, 404.
[14] lit. "to be honoured ever living."
peleus kindled in the gods desire to give him thetis, and to hymn their nuptials at the board of cheiron.[15]