Of Zeus the Avenger, and the plain laid waste;

Fallen their altars and the shrines of Gods;

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The seed of all the land is rooted out,

This yoke of bondage casting over Troïa,

Our chief, the elder of the Atreidæ, comes,

A man full blest, and worthiest of high honour

Of all that are. For neither Paris' self,

Nor his accomplice city now can boast

Their deed exceeds its punishment. For he,