But when life's days are all consumed,
And comes the final hour, for them
A pathway to the gods is spread
By glory.
THE TROADES OF EURIPIDES, AND THE TROADES OF SENECA
Prologue.—Neptune appearing from the depths of the sea, briefly recounts the story of the overthrow of Troy, which he laments, states the present situation of the Trojan women, dwells upon the especial grief of Hecuba, and places the blame for all this ruin upon Minerva:
But, oh my town, once flourishing, once crowned
With beauteous-structured battlements, farewell!
Had not Minerva sunk thee in the dust,