beauty of the daughter of Tyndareus, the Spartan woman—not

the reviled Paris. No, it is heaven, unpitying

heaven that is overturning this great empire and levelling 25

Troy from its summit. See here—for I will take away

wholly the cloud whose veil, cast over your eyes, dulls

your mortal vision and darkles round you damp and

thick—do you on your part shrink in naught from your

mother’s commands, nor refuse to obey the instructions 30

she gives. Here, where you see huge masses rent asunder,

and stones wrenched from stones, and blended torrents