[96]. Iliad i. 44–53. Tableaux tirés de l’Iliade, p. 70.

Down he came,

Down from the summit of the Olympian mount,

Wrathful in heart; his shoulders bore the bow

And hollow quiver; there the arrows rang

Upon the shoulders of the angry god,

As on he moved. He came as comes the night,

And, seated from the ships aloof, sent forth

An arrow; terrible was heard the clang

Of that resplendent bow. At first he smote