Julian.
They shall not give way!—You shall not! Stand fast, Greeks! Stand, stand, Romans! Today we will free the world!
[The battle has in the meantime swept forward over the plain again. Julian hurls himself with drawn sword into the thickest of the fight. General confusion.
Anatolus.
[Calling out to the right.] Help, help! The Emperor is in deadly peril!
Julian.
[Among the combatants.] I see him; I see him! A longer sword! Who has a longer sword to lend me?
Soldiers.
[Streaming in from the right.] With Christ for the Emperor!
Agathon.