and drapes his brow with green bay; he gives each

crew a gift at its choice, three bullocks, and wine, and the

present of a great talent of silver. To the captains themselves 20

he further gives especial honours, to the conqueror

a gold-broidered scarf, round which runs a length of Melibœan

purple with a double Mæander; enwoven therein is the

royal boy[190] on leafy Ida, plying the swift stag with the javelin

and the chase, keen of eye, his chest seeming to heave; 25

then, swooping down from Ida, the bearer of Jove’s armour

has snatched him up aloft in his crooked talons, while his