gigantic Periphas and Automedon, his armour-bearer, 25
once Achilles’ charioteer, with him the whole chivalry
of Scyros press to the walls, and hurl up fire to the roof.
Himself among the foremost, a two-edged axe in hand,
is bursting through the stubborn door and forcing from
their hinges the valves copper-sheathed; see! now he has 30
cut out a plank and delved into that stout heart of oak,
and made a wide gaping window in the middle. There is
seen the house within, and the long vista of the hall;
there is seen the august retirement of Priam and the