Metamorphoses (Books I-XIV)
The Story of Pelops
6:576 From these relations strait the people turn
6:577 To present truths, and lost Amphion
mourn:
6:578 The mother most was blam'd, yet
some relate
6:579 That Pelops pity'd, and bewail'd
her fate,
6:580 And stript his cloaths, and laid
his shoulder bare,
6:581 And made the iv'ry miracle appear.
6:582 This shoulder, from the first,
was form'd of flesh,
6:583 As lively as the other, and as
fresh;
6:584 But, when the youth was by his
father slain,
6:585 The Gods restor'd his mangled
limbs again;
6:586 Only that place which joins the
neck and arm,
6:587 The rest untouch'd, was found
to suffer harm:
6:588 The loss of which an iv'ry piece
sustain'd;
6:589 And thus the youth his limbs,
and life regain'd.
Metamorphoses (Books I-XIV)
The Story of Pelops
6:576 From these relations strait the people turn
6:577 To present truths, and lost Amphion
mourn:
6:578 The mother most was blam'd, yet
some relate
6:579 That Pelops pity'd, and bewail'd
her fate,
6:580 And stript his cloaths, and laid
his shoulder bare,
6:581 And made the iv'ry miracle appear.
6:582 This shoulder, from the first,
was form'd of flesh,
6:583 As lively as the other, and as
fresh;
6:584 But, when the youth was by his
father slain,
6:585 The Gods restor'd his mangled
limbs again;
6:586 Only that place which joins the
neck and arm,
6:587 The rest untouch'd, was found
to suffer harm:
6:588 The loss of which an iv'ry piece
sustain'd;
6:589 And thus the youth his limbs,
and life regain'd.