PR. Keep not her sanctuary long, but seek Bœotian Ascra, where the Muses' fount, Famed Aganippè, wells: Ocalea Pass, and Tilphusa's northern steeps descend By Alalcomenæ, the goddess' town. 1110 Guard now the lake's low shore, till thou have crossed Hyrcana and Cephissus, the last streams Which feed its reedy pools, when thou shalt come Between two mountains that enclose the way By peakèd Abæ to Hyampolis. The right-hand path that thither parts the vale Opes to Cyrtonè and the Locrian lands; Toward Elateia thou, where o'er the marsh A path with stones is laid; and thence beyond To Thronium, Tarphè, and Thermopylæ, 1120 Where rocky Lamia views the Maliac gulf. CHOR. If further she should go, will she not see That other Argos, the Dodonian land? PR. Crossing the Phthian hills thou next shall reach Pharsalus, and Olympus' peakèd snows Shall guide thee o'er the green Pelasgic plains For many a day, but to Argissa come Let old Peneius thy slow pilot be Through Tempè, till they turn upon his left Crowning the wooded slopes with splendours bare. 1130 Thence issuing forth on the Pierian shore Northward of Ossa thou shalt touch the lands Of Macedon. CHOR. Alas, we wish thee speed, But bid thee here farewell; for out of Greece Thou goest 'mongst the folk whose chattering speech Is like the voice of birds, nor home again Wilt thou return.