Nor yet the rage his boiling breast forsook,
Which thus redoubling on Atrides broke;
(Ibid. i. 223.)
for it was unlikely that speaking in such anger he should observe any rules of decency.
And he passeth like censures on actions. As on Achilles's foul usage of Hector's carcass,—
Gloomy he said, and (horrible to view)
Before the bier the bleeding Hector threw.
("Iliad," xxiii. 24.)
And in like manner he doth very decently shut up relations of things said or done, by adding some sentence wherein he declares his judgment of them. As when he personates some of the gods saying, on the occasion of the adultery of Mars and Venus discovered by Vulcan's artifice,—
See the swift god o'ertaken by the lame!
Thus ill acts prosper not, but end in shame.
("Odyssey," viii. 329.)
And thus concerning Hector's insolent boasting he says,—
With such big words his mind proud Hector eased,
But venerable Juno he displeased.
("Iliad," viii. 198.)
And when he speaks of Pandarus's shooting, he adds,—
He heard, and madly at the motion pleased,
His polish'd bow with hasty rashness seized.
(Ibid. iv. 104.)