So goodly Menelaus, whom erelong
Fair Helen chose of all the lords of Greece,
His bride led home in peace; 970
And no man did him wrong.
Then Tyndareus to good Icarius spake,
“Since now by one man’s wit
Our house is saved, ’tis fit
That thou this day be friendly for my sake,
So at our hands he go not unrewarded:
Give him thy daughter, fair Penelope,
If so it pleaseth thee.”
Who to this brother then the boon accorded:
And thus the wooers’ strife 980
Ulysses by good counsel quelled, and won
Of Thestius’ other son,
Penelope for wife.