Or of him sulking in his tent, nursing his spleen

Against tall Agamemnon for acts in being mean

Towards him in regard to a captive maid

Upon whom he had his affections laid.”

And all the bloody deeds done by gods and men,

Breathing anger from their nostrils when

Upon each other their darts they did hurl,

And in the dust many bleeding bodies did curl;

As these savage men struggled for their prize;

To their gods whole hecatombs did they sacrifice