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And Helen! But no more—the sudden flood
Bursts o'er me from mine eyes as I touch thee!
Pass into the pavilion. (Exit Iph.) Pardon me, 685
O Leda's child, if well-nigh breaks my heart
To yield to Achilles' hand my daughter, mine.
Such partings make for bliss, but none the less
They wring the heart, when fathers to strange homes
Yield children for whose sake they have laboured long. 690

I am not so dull; be sure that I no less
Shall feel this pang—wherefore I chide thee not—
When I with marriage-hymns lead forth the maid.
But custom joined with time shall deaden pain.
His name, to whom thou hast betrothed my child, 695
I know; his land, his lineage, would I learn.

The Nymph Aegina was Asôpus' child:—

And did a mortal wed her, or a God?

Zeus. Aiakus he begat, Oenônê's lord.

Which son of Aiakus possessed his house? 700

Peleus; and Peleus wedded Nereus' child.