Now free from fear our Trojan youth
Crowd round to touch the sacred cords
With joyous hands. Astyanax
Here leads his youthful playmates on,
While 'midst the maidens gaily comes
The maid Polyxena, foredoomed
To bleed upon Achilles' tomb.640
Mothers in festal garments bring
Their votive offerings to the gods,
And sires press gaily round the shrines.645