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