When glittering flames blazed from the staring eyes,
And salty perspiration down her limbs
Went streaming; and, oh wonderful to say,
Thrice from the ground, accoutered as she was
With shield and quivering spear, the image leaped.
Straitway did Calchas prophecy that all
Must forth again in flight upon the sea;
That Troy could never by Argolic arms
Be overthrown, save as they back again
To sacred Argos fared and there regained