is this the tribe whose sorcerers and braves thrust proud , complacent was beneath the waves -- who fearlessly confronted cyclopes and brought the hulking misfits to their knees -- the tribe of which one brave , in single strife , deprived medusa 's nephew of his life -- the tribe who fought courageously and well against a horde of demons sent from hell , called forth by wasland 's wizard-king , who found that apes would never give an inch of ground ?