Chorus
O Telamon, King of Salamis, the feeding-ground of bees,
[800]
who have your home in a seagirt isle that lies near the holy hills where first Athena made the grey olive branch to appear, a crown for heavenly heads and a glory to happy Athens, you came, you came in knightly brotherhood
[805]
with that great archer, Alcmena's son, to sack our city Ilium, in days gone by, [on your advent from Hellas];