Atrides? In thy tents are heaps of gold;

Thy tents are full of chosen damsels, given

To thee before all others, by the Greeks,

Whene’er we take a city. Dost thou yet

Hanker for gold, brought by some Trojan knight,

A ransom for his son, whom I shall lead—

I, or some other Greek—a captive bound?

Or dost thou wish, for thy more idle hours,

Some maiden, whom thou mayst detain apart?

Ill it beseems a prince like thee to lead