and their murky clouds. Then, quick as thought, his
bow long since ready, and his shaft poised on the string, 5
Eurytion breathed a vow to his brother, fixing his eye on
her in the moment of her triumph high up in the open sky,
and as she claps her wings, pierces the dark cloudy covert,
and strikes the dove. Down she drops unnerved, leaving
her life among the stars of ether, and as she tumbles to 10
earth, brings back the arrow in her breast. Acestes remained
alone, a champion with no prize to gain; yet he
shot his weapon into the air aloft, displaying at once his