Yet the eagle, fearing a snare, ate not of the flesh with the birds.

The eagle spake to his young:--

We will not fly down, nor eat of the flesh of the wild ox.

An eaglet, keen of eye, thus to his father spake:--

In the flesh of the ox lurks the snake

[The rest is lost.]

VI. THE FLIGHT OF ETANA

The priests have offered my sacrifice

With joyful hearts to the gods.

O Lord, issue thy command,