crowd round him, Æneas bespeaks them thus:—“Hear

what I have to say, and give the heed of a glad heart. No

one of this company shall go away unguerdoned by me.

I will give a pair of Gnossian darts, shining with polished 5

steel, and an axe chased with silver for the hand to wield.

This honour all shall obtain alike. The three first shall

receive prizes, and shall wear also wreaths of yellow-green

olive. Let the first, as conqueror, have a horse, full

decorated with trappings; the second an Amazonian 10

quiver, full of Thracian shafts, with a belt of broad gold