What is the will of heaven, O Calchas; speak,
And rule us with the mastery of fate.
Calchas: The Greeks must pay th' accustomed price to death,360
Ere on the homeward seas they take their way.
The maiden must be slaughtered on the tomb
Of great Achilles. Thus the rite perform:
As Grecian maidens are in marriage led
By other hands unto the bridegroom's home,
So Pyrrhus to his father's shade must lead
His promised bride.365