αὐτῇ μὲν γὰρ νυκτὶ τανυσφύρου Ἠλεκτρυώνης
εὐνῇ καὶ φιλότητι μίγη, τέλεσεν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐέλδωρ:
αὐτῇ δ᾽ Ἀμφιτρύων λαοσσόος, ἀγλαὸς ἥρως,
ἐκτελέσας μέγα ἔργον ἀφίκετο ὅνδε δόμονδε.
οὐδ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἐπὶ δμῶας καὶ ποιμένας ἀγροιώτας
ὦρτ᾽ ἰέναι, πρίν γ᾽ ἧς ἀλόχου ἐπιβήμεναι εὐνῆς:
τοῖος γὰρ κραδίην πόθος αἴνυτο ποιμένα λαῶν.
ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἀσπαστὸν ὑπεκπροφύγῃ κακότητα
νούσου ὕπ᾽ ἀργαλέης ἢ καὶ κρατεροῦ ὑπὸ δεσμοῦ,
ὥς ῥα τότ᾽ Ἀμφιτρύων χαλεπὸν πόνον ἐκτολυπεύσας
ἀσπασίως τε φίλως τε ἑὸν δόμον εἰσαφίκανεν.
παννύχιος δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔλεκτο σὺν αἰδοίῃ παρακοίτι
τερπόμενος δώροισι πολυχρύσου Ἀφροδίτης.
35-47 Zeus and Amphitryon lay with Alcmena, two sons are born:
So in one night Zeus shared the bed and love of the neat-ankled daughter of Electyron and fulfilled his desire; and in the same night Amphitryon, gatherer of the people, the glorious hero, came to his house when he had ended his great task. He hastened not to go to his bondmen and shepherds afield, but first went in unto his wife: such desire took hold on the shepherd of the people. And as a man who has escaped joyfully from misery, whether of sore disease or cruel bondage, so then did Amphitryon, when he had wound up all his heavy task, come glad and welcome to his home. And all night long he lay with his modest wife, delighting in the gifts of golden Aphrodite.
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Introduction
