Erinnys, slow but sure avenger;

So against young Alexandros[[274]]

Atreus' sons the great King sendeth,

Zeus, of host and guest protector:

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He, for bride with many a lover,

Will to Danai give and Troïans

Many conflicts, men's limbs straining,

When the knee in dust is crouching,

And the spear-shaft in the onset