MERIONES • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Meriones

... crowds aided, I was one. "He, but he knows too well that less esteem "Valor demands than wisdom; that the prize, "A mere unconquer'd arm not justly claims, "Had also sought: thy milder namesake too; "Or fierce Eurypilus; or Thoas, son "Of bold Andraemon. Equal right to hope, "Idomeneus, Meriones, might boast, "Each Cretan born; and who the sovereign king "His brother claims; but all their valorous breasts "(Nor does their martial prowess stoop to thine) "Yield to my wisdom. In the fight thy arm "Is mighty; prudence boast I, ...

— The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II • Ovid

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