Which sinks with tottering knees before the shrine

Beneath the sacrificial axe's stroke.

Let us support her ere she faint and fall.

But see, our Agamemnon comes at last

To greet his gods, with bay of victory crowned;

And, all in festal garb, with glad accord,780

His consort welcomes her returning lord.

FOOTNOTES:

[52] Reading, hinc et Chalcida.

[53] Reading, vexatus.