ent forth the saying of
Phoebus, that the child of Evadne should grow up mighty in wisdom and
in the power of telling the things that should happen in the time to
come. Then Aipytos asked of all who dwelt in his house to tell him
where he might find the son of Evadne. But they knew not where the
child lay, for the serpents had hidden him far away in the thicket,
where the wild flowers sheltered him from wind and heat. Long time
they searched amid the tall reeds which clothe the banks of Alpheios,
until at last they found the babe lying in a bed of violets. So
Aipytos took the child and called his name Iamos, and he grew up brave
and wise of heart, pondering well the signs of coming grief and joy,
and the tokens of hidden things which he saw in the heaven above him
or the wide earth beneath. He spake but little to the youths and
maidens who dwelt in the house of Aipytos, but he wandered on the bare
hills or by the stream side, musing on many things. And so it came to
pass that one night, when the stars glimmered softly in the sky, Iamos
plunged beneath the waters of Alpheios, and prayed to Phoebus who
dwells at Delphi, and to Poseidon, the lord of the broad sea; and he
besought them to open his eyes, that he might reveal to the sons of
men the things which of themselves they could not see. Then they led
him away to the high rocks which look down on the plain of Pisa, and
they said, "Look yonder, child of Evadne, where the white stream of
Alpheios winds its way gently to the sea. Here, in the days which are
to come, Herakles, the son of the mighty Zeus, shall gather together
the sons of Helen, and give them in the solemn games the mightiest of
all bonds; hither shall they come to know the will of Zeus, and here
shall it be thy work and the work of thy children to read to them the
signs which of themselves they can not understand." Then Phoebus
Apollo touched his ears, and straightway the voices of the birds spake
to him clearly of the things which were to come and he heard their
words as a man listens to the speech of his friend. So Iamos prospered
exceedingly, for the men of all the Argive land sought aid from his
wisdom, and laid rich gifts at his feet. And he taught his children
after him to speak the truth and to deal justly, so that none envied
their great wealth, and all men spake well of the wise children of
Iamos.

[Illustration: CLIO (_Muse of History_).]

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