with loud shouts before the king a young man with his
hands tied behind him, who had thrown himself, a stranger,
across their way, to compass this very thing, and thus
let the Achæans into Troy—bold of heart, and ready for
either issue, either to play off his stratagem, or to meet
inevitable death. From all sides, in eager curiosity, 5
the Trojan youth come streaming round, vying in their
insults to the prisoner. Now then, listen, to the tale of
Danaan fraud, and from one act of guilt learn what the
whole nation is. There as he stood, with all eyes bent on