The day after his arrival, Memnon led his troops to the field. […] During his absence, his wife, Clytemnæstra, had married Ægisthus*. […] She determined to test his identity, and commanded that his own bed should be brought from his chamber. […] They slew the giant Ymir, and out of his body formed the earth — his blood became the seas; his bones, the mountains; his hair, the trees; his skull, the heavens; his brain, the clouds charged with hail and snow. […] His mighty strength depended upon three things — his hammer, his belt of strength, and his iron gloves.