Sing, O Heaven, the heart of fiery-haired Teliassa whose love for her father brought her to the walls of Ilium, for Caprias son of Dion was slain by the Trojans, that celebrated Larissan, sire of the fierce maiden who swore to avenge his blood in war.
Now when Teliassa arrived at the Achaean camp, the men marveled at her appearance, which was like an Amazon's, her eyes dark with the stare of one who has seen slaughter. Indeed she was not the same child who was left behind when her father sailed for Troy with Achilles, watching from shore as the ship vanished beyond the horizon. The gods had led her far and wide ere she could reach the city of Priam, site of her father's demise.
Before leaving Aeolia, she had sacrificed a fine goat to the sun god, her ancestor, and she ate its eyes and tongue, saying: May Troy not see victory, nor sing the glory of its accursed heroes!
