Amid them all, a stranger and alone,

       He stood unterrified, and challeng'd all

       To wrestle with him, and with ease o'erthrew:

       So mighty was the aid that Pallas gave.

       Whereat indignant, they, on his return,

       An ambush set, of fifty chosen youths;

       Two were their leaders; Haemon's godlike son,

       Maeon, and Lycophontes, warrior brave,

       Son of Autophonus; and these too far'd

       But ill at Tydeus' hand; he slew them all:

       Maeon alone, obedient to the Gods,

       He spar'd, and bade him bear the tidings home.

       Such Tydeus was: though greater in debate,

       His son will never rival him in arms."