[3] Or, "the discipline of the hunting field and other noble lore."

[4] Lit. "since that is nature, but the praise of them grew greatly."

[5] According to others, Philyra. Pind. "Pyth." iii. 1, {ethelon
Kheirona ke Philuridan}; cf. "Pyth." vi. 22; "Nem." iii. 43.

[6] See Paus. iii. 18. 12.

Thanks to the careful heed they paid to dogs and things pertaining to
the chase, thanks also to the other training of their boyhood, all
these greatly excelled, and on the score of virtue were admired.

If Cephalus was caught into the arms of one that was a goddess,[7]
Asclepius[8] obtained yet greater honour. To him it was given to raise
the dead and to heal the sick, whereby,[9] even as a god among mortal
men, he has obtained to himself imperishable glory. Melanion[10] so
far excelled in zest for toil that he alone of all that flower of
chivalry who were his rivals[11] obtained the prize of noblest wedlock
with Atalanta; while as to Nestor, what need to repeat the well-known
tale? so far and wide for many a day has the fame of his virtue
penetrated the ears of Hellas.[12]

[7] Hemera (al. Eos). For the rape of Cephalus see Hes. "Theog." 986;
Eur. "Ion," 269; Paus. i. 3. 1; iii. 18. 7.

[8] Lat. Aesculapius. Father of Podaleirius and Machaon, "the noble
leech," "Il." ii. 731, iv. 194, 219, xi. 518; "Od." iv. 232.