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10 Hesiod answered readily and extempore in this wise:— When steeds with sounding hoof, to win The prize, shall run amain; And at the tomb of mighty Jove Their chariots break in twain.

10 For this reply he was infinitely commended and won the tripod. Pray tell me, quoth Cleodemus, what difference there is between these riddles and those of Eumetis, which she frames and invents to recreate herself with as much pleasure as other virgins make nets and girdles? They may be fit to offer and puzzle women withal; but for men to beat their brains to find out their mystery would be mighty ridiculous. Eumetis looked like one that had a great mind to reply; but her modesty would not permit her, for her face was filled with blushes. But Esop in her vindication asked: Is it not much more ridiculous that all present cannot resolve the riddle she propounded to us before supper? This was as follows:— A man I saw, who by his fire Did set a piece of brass Fast to a man, so that it seemed To him it welded was.