beholds a sun and stars of its own. There are some,

plying their limbs on the grassy wrestling-ground, conflicting

in sport, and grappling each other on the yellow

sand: some are beating their feet in the dance, and chanting 30

songs. There, too, is the Thracian priest[224] in his flowing

robe, singing the seven notes in unison with the

dancer’s measure, and striking them now with his fingers,

now with the quill of ivory. Here are the old race of

Teucer, a goodly family, heroes of lofty soul, born in 35

earth’s better days, Ilus and Assaracus, and Dardanus,