weight of suffering, have pity on a soul that is unworthily
borne down!’ 25
“Such a tearful appeal gains him his life, and our compassion
too. Priam himself is first to bid them relieve the
man of his manacles and the chains that bound him, and
addresses him in words of kindness. ‘Whoever you are,
from this time forth have done with the Greeks, and forget 30
them. I make you my man, and bid you answer truly
the questions I shall put. What do they mean by setting
up this huge mountain of a horse? Who was the prompter