falling from the height where she queened it many a year;
and heaps of unresisting bodies are lying confusedly in the
streets, in the houses, on the hallowed steps of temples. 10
Nor is it on Teucer’s sons alone that bloody vengeance
lights. There are times when even the vanquished feel
courage rushing back to their hearts, and the conquering
Danaans fall. Everywhere is relentless agony; everywhere
terror, and the vision of death in many a manifestation. 15
“First of the Danaans, with a large band at his back,
Androgeos crosses our way, taking us for a troop of his