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Literal Translation. 119
against Menmon. So, after battling for a long time, they fight (K^
a^duel. Memnon fell, after many wounds were set upon him; |
and even Achilles was wounded, and he went to his camp with
great victory and great triumph, and was long a-hcaling therein.
Now from the time that Troilus and Memnon fell the Trojans
were routed * to their city, and they left (behind them) a great
slaughter of valiant men, and the gates were shut diligently.
Now when the night came, the Greeks went to their camp
with victory and triumph.
1571. On the morrow Priam sent to ask a truce to the
end of thirty days. The Greeks accepted that. Then by Priam
were buried Troilus and Memnon and multitudes of others besides.
As regards the lamentation that was poured over Troilus and
Memnon, it cannot be told how it was made. For there were
the hosts of Asia, both man and woman, both boys and girls,
both old and young, beating their hands and bewailing at one
time and one hour. They cast forth showers of burning tears.
They cut their hair from their heads, and they darkened (?) their
faces at the affliction caused by the deed. Because that was
the day whereon fell the east of the world, to wit, the chief
leader of the whole of Great Asia, to wit, the king of Persia
and Egypt fell there, namely Memnon. As to the hero and
battle -soldier and battle -valve of battle of the men of the
world, and the noble, conspicuous stripling, around whom the
youths of the Trojans used to go for games and assemblies,
that lie fell there was a great loss to the whole of Asia. This,
in sooth, was the first destruction of Troy. The soldiers were
afraid to go into battle now that Troilus was slain, 2 for their
spirit was strong (only) when Troilus was before them, for neither
fear nor dread used to seize them (when) with him in any
battle and in any battle-field which he would enter. This was
reasonable, for though he was a stripling as regards age, he
1 Lit. it broke on the Trojans.
2
after Troilus.
Lit. there was fear with (cqmcl) the soldiers to go into battle