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Literal Translation. 83
and the territory. „Verily," she saith, „heroes and warriors
and battle -soldiers will he lying ander hounds and ravens.
The fields will be full of the bones of the heroes, of their
heads, of their haunches, of their forks, in such wise that it
is doubtful that any one will be able to pass over the plains
of Troy from the abundance of the heaps of bones in every
plain. Because of thee, virgin," saith Cassandra, „men of
Europe and Asia shall fall."
546. That is the prophecy of Cassandra to the Trojans.
547. So from that tale there came to Priam anger with
Cassandra, and a palm was put against her mouth.
549. Now when Agamemnon came to Sparta he was con-
soling and encouraging his brother. „Let not weariness or
grief bide on thee," saith he, „for thy honour-price will be
exacted, 1 and thou shalt not be in disgrace. For the mighty men
of the whole of Europe will arise to avenge thy sorrow, 2 and
they will avenge it even as if it had been caused to each
one of themselves." This then was settled by them, to send
throughout the whole of Greece to muster the hosting of Greece,
to proclaim war on the Trojans. This was announced by them,
first, to Achilles and Patroclus, the two kings of the Myrmi-
dons, and to Ncoptolemus king of the island of Rhodes, and
to Diomede king of the island of Argos. When they came
unto Agamemnon and were biding in Sparta, their six 3 captains
made a confederacy and an alliance and a bond (?) of league
and union, and they declared that they would do no other
business before going with hosts and armies to avenge on the
Trojans the great dishonour which they had brought on the
Greeks. Then they ordained Agamemnon as emperor and over-
king above them all. They afterwards sent messengers to the
Greeks, to collect and muster the whole of Greece from the eastern
extremity of the Alps in the south unto the confine of Thrace
1 Lit. made.
2 Lit. sigh.
3 Lit. their hexad of captains. The ocus seems an error.
(J*