He hurls his spear with feeble strength at Pyrrhus. The spear sticks ineffectually in the opposing shield.
Pyrrhus, scornfully (547-550):
Then bear this message to my noble sire:
Fail not to tell him all my impious deeds,
And how unworthy has his Pyrrhus proved.
Now die.
He drags the old man to the altar and slays him there. Exit Pyrrhus, leaving the bloody corpse of the old man upon the ground. The women are carried off as prisoners by the Greeks who now come thronging in.
Scene 5
In the now deserted palace near the shrine of Vesta. Helen is lurking for protection within the shrine.
Æneas, passing by and seeing Helen (577-587):