With labours hard, till either ye shall take It hath not pleas'd high-thron'd Saturnian Jove The words I speak, the promptings of my soul. "Hear, all ye Trojans, and ye well-greav'd Greeks, Of Greeks and Trojans standing in the midst, With heroes' deeds delighted dense aroundīristled the ranks, with shield, and helm, and spear.Īs when the west wind freshly blows, and bringsĮ'en so appear'd upon the plain the ranks While, in the likeness of two vultures, sat With one accord they sat on th' other sideĪtrides bade the well-greav'd Greeks sit down Grasp'd in the middle, stay'd the Trojan ranks. He said, and Hector joy'd to hear his words įorth in the midst he stepp'd, and with his spear That this fair city should in ruin fall."
To-morrow morn shall see the fight renew'd,įor so ye Goddesses have wrought your will, The Trojans slaughter'd? Be advis'd by me, Give to the Greeks? since pitiless thou see'st Wouldst thou the vict'ry, swaying here and there, Why com'st thou here, by angry passion led?
"Daughter of Jove, from great Olympus' heights, She came in haste Apollo there she found,Īs down he look'd from Ilium's topmost tow'r, Prone to the earth, his limbs relax'd in death.ĭealing destruction on the hosts of Greece, Pierc'd through the shoulder from the car he fell While Hector smote, with well-directed spear,īeneath the brass-bound headpiece, through the throat, Whom to the King, in Arna, where he dwelt, Then to their prowess fell, by Paris' hand The three-and-twentieth day ends with the duel of Hector and Ajax the next day the truce is agreed: another is taken up in the funeral rites of the slain and one more in building the fortification before the ships so that somewhat above three days is employed in this book. Both armies pass the night in feasting, but Jupiter disheartens the Trojans with thunder and other signs of his wrath. Neptune testifies his jealousy at this work, but is pacified by a promise from Jupiter. When the funerals are performed, the Greeks, pursuant to the advice of Nestor, erect a fortification to protect their fleet and camp, flanked with towers, and defended by a ditch and palisades. Priam sends a herald to make this offer, and to demand a truce for burning the dead, the last of which only is agreed to by Agamemnon. The Trojans calling a council, Antenor proposes the delivery of Helen to the Greeks, to which Paris will not consent, but offers to restore them her riches. These heroes, after several attacks, are parted by the night. Nine of the princes accepting the challenge, the lot is cast, and falls upon Ajax. They agree to put off the general engagement for that day, and incite Hector to challenge the Greeks to a single combat. Apollo, seeing her descend from Olympus, joins her near the Scaean gate. The battle renewing with double ardour upon the return of Hector, Minerva is under apprehensions for the Greeks.
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