For they rest safely in the land they won.

"Shall winds and waves engulf in common fate

The faint of heart who nothing noble dare,

And those brave souls who quit themselves like men?

Must we for naught resign ourselves to death?

O thou of gods who art not even yet

With these our evil fortunes satisfied,520

At last have pity on our woeful plight,

Which Ilium itself would weep to see.

If still thine anger holds, and 'tis decreed