ranges over each part under the temple’s massy roof, as

he waits there for the queen—while he is marvelling at

the city’s prosperous star, the various artist-hands vying

with each other, their tasks and the toil they cost, he

beholds, scene after scene, the battles of Ilion, and the 30

war that Fame had already blazed the whole world over—Atreus’[o]

sons, and Priam, and the enemy of both,

Achilles. He stopped short, and breaking into tears,

“What place is there left?” he cries, “Achates, what

clime on earth that is not full of our sad story? See there 35