WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:05.160 Book twenty. Thus then did the Achaeans arm by their 2 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:08.839 ships round you, o son of Pelias, who were hungering 3 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:12.080 for battle, while the Trojans over against them, armed upon 4 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:15.519 the rise of the plain. Meanwhile, Jove, from the top 5 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:19.440 of many delled Olympus, bade themis gather the gods in council. 6 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:22.559 Whereon she went about and called them to the house 7 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:27.039 of Jove. There was not a river absent except Oceanus, 8 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.000 nor a single one of the nymphs that haunt fair groves, 9 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:35.719 or springs of rivers and meadows of green grass. When 10 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.560 they reached the house of Cloud, compelling Jove, they took 11 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:41.759 their seats in the arcades of polished marble, which Vulcan, 12 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:45.520 with his consummate skill, had made for Father Jove. In 13 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:50.520 such wise therefore did they gather in the house of Jove. Neptune, 14 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.439 also lord of the Earthquake, obeyed the call of the 15 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:56.039 goddess and came up out of the sea to join 16 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:59.880 them there. Sitting in the midst of them, he asked 17 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:05.280 what Jove's purpose might be, Why, said he, wielder of 18 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:09.359 the lightning, have you called the gods in council? Are 19 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:12.519 you considering some matter that concerns the Trojans and Achaeans, 20 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:14.719 for the blaze of battle is on the point of 21 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:20.959 being kindled between them, and Jove answered, you know my purpose, 22 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:24.519 Shaker of Earth, and wherefore I have called you hither. 23 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:29.560 I take thought for them, even in their destruction. For 24 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:31.959 my own part, I shall stay here seated on mant 25 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:36.200 Olympus and look on in peace. But do you others 26 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.560 go about among Trojans and Achaeans and help either side, 27 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:43.599 as you may be severally disposed. If Achilles fights the 28 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:47.680 Trojans without hindrance, they will make no stand against him. 29 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:51.239 They have ever trembled at the sight of him, And 30 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.719 now that he has roused to such fury about his comrade, 31 00:01:54.760 --> 00:02:00.159 he will override fate itself and storm their city. Thus 32 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.359 spoke Jove and gave the word for war. Whereon the 33 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:10.000 gods took their several sides and went into battle. Juno, Pallas, Minerva, 34 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:15.159 Earth encircling Neptune, Mercury, bringer of good luck, and excellent 35 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:19.080 in all cunning. All these joined the host that came 36 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.599 from the ships. With them, also came Vulcan, in all 37 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:26.080 his glory, limping, but yet with his thin legs plying 38 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:30.560 lustily under him. Mars of gleaming helmet joined the Trojans, 39 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:34.319 and with him Apollo of locks unshorn, and the archer 40 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:40.240 goddess Diana leto Xanthus, and laughter loving Venus. So long 41 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:43.039 as the gods held themselves aloof from mortal warriors, the 42 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.879 Achaeans were triumphant. For Achilles, who had long refused to fight, 43 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.360 was now with them. There was not a Trojan, but 44 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.439 his limbs failed him for fear, as he beheld the fleet, 45 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:56.840 son of Pelias, all glorious in his armor and looking 46 00:02:56.919 --> 00:03:01.400 like Mars himself. When, however, the Olympians came to take 47 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:06.520 their part among men, forthwith uprose strong strife, rouser of hosts, 48 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.080 and Minerva raised her loud voice, now standing by the 49 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.159 deep trench that ran outside the wall, and now shouting 50 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.439 with all her might upon the shore of the sounding sea. 51 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:20.240 Mars also bellowed out upon the other side, dark as 52 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.439 some black thundercloud, and called on the Trojans at the 53 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:26.919 top of his voice, now from the acropolis, and now 54 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.199 speeding up the side of the river Simwa, till he 55 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:33.479 came to the hill Calikolone. Thus did the gods spur 56 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:37.319 on both hosts to fight, and Rou's fierce contention also 57 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:42.120 among themselves. The sire of gods and men thundered from 58 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:46.080 heaven above, while from beneath Neptune shook the vast earth 59 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:50.800 and bade the high hills tremble. The spurs and crests 60 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.879 of many fountained. Ida quaked, as also the city of 61 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:57.919 the Trojans and the ships of the Achaeans. Hades, king 62 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:01.400 of the realms below, was struck with fear. He sprang, 63 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.360 panic stricken from his throne, and cried aloud in terror 64 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:07.680 lest Neptune, lord of the earthquake, should crack the ground 65 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.400 over his head and lay bare his moldy mansions to 66 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:14.639 the sight of mortals and immortals, mansions so ghastly grim 67 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.839 that even the gods shudder to think of them. Such 68 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:21.839 was the uproar as the gods came together in battle. Apollo, 69 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:25.279 with his arrows, took his stand to face King Neptune, 70 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:29.040 while Minerva took hers against the god of war. The 71 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:32.519 archer goddess Diana, with her golden arrows, sister of far 72 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:37.959 darting Apollo, stood to face Juno Mercury, the lusty bringer 73 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.680 of good luck, faced Leto, while the mighty eddying river, 74 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:46.839 whom men Can scommander. But God xanthus matched himself against Vulcan. 75 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:52.560 The gods then were thus ranged against one another. But 76 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:55.680 the heart of Achilles was set on meeting Hector, son 77 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.600 of Priam, for it was with his blood that he 78 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:02.160 longed above all things else to glut, the stubborn lord 79 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:07.600 of battle. Meanwhile, Apollo set Aeneas on to attack the 80 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:11.439 son of Pelias, and put courage into his heart, speaking 81 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.959 with the voice of ly Chaon, son of Priam, in 82 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:20.519 his likeness. Therefore he said to Eneas, Aeneus, counselor of 83 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:24.000 the Trojans, where are now the brave words with which 84 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.759 you vaunted over your wine before the Trojan princes, saying 85 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:31.319 that you would fight Achilles, son of Pelias, in single combat. 86 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.680 And Aeneus answered, why do you thus bid me fight 87 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:40.360 the proud son of Pelias, when I am in no 88 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:43.800 mind to do so. Were I to face him now, 89 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:47.000 it would not be for the first time. His spear 90 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:49.480 has already put me to rout from Ida, when he 91 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:53.920 attacked our cattle and sacked Lnesus and Pedesus. Jove indeed 92 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:56.519 saved me in that he vouchsafed me strength to fly, 93 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.920 else had I fallen by the hands of Achilles and Minerva, 94 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:03.240 who went before him to protect him, and urged him 95 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:07.240 to fall upon the Lelegae and Trojans. No man may 96 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:10.199 fight Achilles, for one of the gods is always with 97 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:13.600 him as his guardian angel. And even were it not so, 98 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.800 his weapon flies ever straight and fails not to pierce 99 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:20.759 the flesh of him who is against him. If Heaven 100 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:22.879 would let me fight him on even terms, he should 101 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:25.839 not soon overcome me, though he boasts that he is 102 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:31.720 made of bronze. Then said King Apollo, son to Jove, Nay, Hero, 103 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.279 pray to the ever living gods, for men, say that 104 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:39.120 you were born of Jove's daughter Venus. Whereas Achilles is 105 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:42.959 son to a goddess of inferior rank, Venus is child 106 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:45.800 to Jove, while Thetis is but daughter to the old 107 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:49.600 man of the sea. Bring, therefore your spear to bear 108 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:52.279 upon him, and let him not scare you with his 109 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:57.000 taunts and menaces. As he spoke, he put courage into 110 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.240 the heart of the shepherd of his people, and he 111 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.639 strode in full armour among the ranks of the foremost fighters. 112 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:06.439 Nor did the son of Anchises escape the notice of 113 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:09.279 white armed Juno as he went forth into the throng 114 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:13.519 to meet Achilles. She called the gods about her and said, 115 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:18.160 look to it, you two, Neptune and Minerva, and consider 116 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:21.959 how this shall be. Phoebus Apollo has been sending Aneas 117 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:26.040 clad in full armor to fight Achilles. Shall we turn 118 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.240 him back at once? Or shall one of us stand 119 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.879 by Achilles and endow him with strength so that his 120 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:33.839 heart fail not and he may learn that the chiefs 121 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:36.879 of the immortals are on his side, while the others, 122 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:39.839 who have all along been defending the Trojans are but 123 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:44.040 vain helpers. Let us all come down from Olympus and 124 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:47.000 join in the fight, that this day he may take 125 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:51.240 no hurt at the hands of the Trojans. Hereafter, let 126 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:53.680 him suffer whatever fate may have spun out for him 127 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:57.519 when he was begotten and his mother bore him. If 128 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:00.519 Achilles be not thus assured by the voice of a godd, 129 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.240 he may come to fear presently when one of us 130 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:06.279 meets him in battle, For the gods are terrible if 131 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:10.439 they are seen face to face. Neptune, lord of the Earthquake, 132 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:15.639 answered her saying, Juno, restrain your fury. It is not well. 133 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.800 I am not in favour of forcing the other gods 134 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:21.720 to fight us, for the advantage is too greatly on 135 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:24.480 our own side. Let us take our places on some 136 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.519 hill out of the beaten track, and let mortals fight 137 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:32.519 it out among themselves. If Mars or Phoebus Apollo begin fighting, 138 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:35.320 or keep Achilles in check so that he cannot fight, 139 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:38.559 we too will at once raise the cry of battle, 140 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:41.320 and in that case they will soon leave the field 141 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.679 and go back vanquished to Olympus among the other gods. 142 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:49.080 With these words, the dark haired god led the way 143 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:52.720 to the high earth barrow of Hercules, built round solid 144 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.399 masonry and made by the Trojans and Pallas Minerva for 145 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:59.159 him fly to when the sea monster was chasing him 146 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:03.480 from the shore. On the plane here, Neptune and those 147 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:06.559 that were with him took their seats, wrapped in a 148 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:10.279 thick cloud of darkness. But the other gods seated themselves 149 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:14.480 on the brow of calicoalonne round you, o, Phoebus and Mars, 150 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:18.279 the waster of cities. Thus did the gods sit apart 151 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:21.480 and form their plans, But neither side was willing to 152 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:24.720 begin battle with the other, and Jove, from his seat 153 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:28.720 on high, was in command over them all. Meanwhile, the 154 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:32.559 whole plain was alive with men and horses, and blazing 155 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:36.399 with the gleam of armour. The earth rang again under 156 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:38.759 the tramp of their feet as they rushed towards each other, 157 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.960 and two champions, by far the foremost of them, all 158 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:46.720 met between the hosts to fight to wit Eneus, son 159 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:52.120 of Anchises and noble Achilles. Eneus was first to stride 160 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:55.600 forward in attack, his doughty helmet tossing defiance. As he 161 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.600 came on. He held his strong shield before his breast 162 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:02.399 and brandished his bronze. The son of Pelias, from the 163 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.080 other side, sprang forth to meet him, like some fierce 164 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:07.840 lion that the whole countryside has met to hunt and kill. 165 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.159 At first he bodes no ill, but when some daring 166 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:15.240 youth has struck him with a spear, he crouches open 167 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:19.360 mouthed his jaw's foam. He roars with fury. He lashes 168 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:22.080 his tail from side to side about his ribs and loins, 169 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:25.639 and glares as he springs straight before him to find 170 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:28.559 out whether he is to slay or be slain. Among 171 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:32.000 the foremost of his foes. Even with such fury did 172 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:37.200 Achilles burn to spring upon Aeneus. When they were now 173 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:40.200 close up with one another, Achilles was first to speak. 174 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:45.240 Eneus said, he, why do you stand thus out before 175 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:48.000 the host to fight me? Is it that you hope 176 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:51.720 to rain over the Trojans in the seat of Priam? Nay, 177 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.360 though you kill me, Priam will not hand his kingdom 178 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:58.200 over to you. He is a man of sound judgment, 179 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.600 and he has sons of his own. Or have the 180 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.399 Trojans been allotting you a domain of passing richness, fair 181 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.000 with orchard lawns and corn lands. If you should slay 182 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:12.480 me this you shall hardly do. I have discomfited you 183 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:16.120 once already? Have you forgotten how when you were alone 184 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:18.440 I chased you from your herds helter skelter down the 185 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:21.519 slopes of Ida. You did not turn round to look 186 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:24.919 behind you. You took refuge in linness. But I attacked 187 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:28.039 the city, and with the help of Minerva and Father Jove, 188 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.639 I sacked it and carried its women into captivity. Though 189 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.919 Jove and the other gods rescued you, you think they 190 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:38.600 will protect you now, but they will not do so. 191 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:41.679 Therefore I say, go back into the host, and do 192 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:45.360 not face me, or you will rue it. Even a 193 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:50.080 fool may be wise after the event. Then, Eneas answered, 194 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:54.480 son of Pelias, think not that your words can scare me, 195 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:57.440 as though I were a child, I too, if I will, 196 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:02.200 can brag and talk unseemly. We know one another's race 197 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.440 and parentage as matters of common fame, though neither have 198 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:09.960 you ever seen my parents, nor i yours. Men say 199 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:12.679 that you are son to noble Pelias, and that your 200 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:16.919 mother is Thetis, fair haired daughter of the sea. I 201 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.440 have noble Anchises for my father, and Venus for my mother. 202 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:23.240 The parents of one or other of us shall this 203 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:25.559 day mourn a son, for it will be more than 204 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:27.960 silly talk that shall part us when the fight is over. 205 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:32.120 Learn then my lineage, if you will, and it is 206 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:36.320 known to many in the beginning. Dardanus was the son 207 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:40.120 of Jove and founded Dardania, for Ilius was not yet 208 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:42.679 established on the plain for men to dwell in, and 209 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:45.960 her people still abode on the spurs of many fountained Ida. 210 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.879 Dardanus had a son, King Ericthonius, who was wealthiest of 211 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:54.519 all men living. He had three thousand mares that fed 212 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.039 by the water meadows, they and their foals with them. 213 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.200 Boreus was enamored of them as they were feeding, and 214 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:04.200 covered them in the semblance of a dark maned stallion. 215 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:08.879 Twelve philly folds did they conceive and bear him. And these, 216 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:12.279 as they sped over the rich plain, would go bounding 217 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:15.919 on over the ripe ears of corn and not break them. 218 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.360 Or again, when they would disport themselves on the broad 219 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:22.000 back of ocean, they could gallop on the crest of 220 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:28.039 a breaker. Ericthonius begat Tros, king of the Trojans, and 221 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:33.600 Tros had three noble sons, Elus, Assaracus and Ganymede, who 222 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.399 was comeliest of mortal men, wherefore the gods carried him 223 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:40.240 off to be Jove's cupbearer for his beauty's sake, that 224 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:45.039 he might dwell among the immortals. Elus begat Laomedon, and 225 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:50.200 Leomodon begat Tithonus, Priam Lampus, Clytius, and Hicotaon of the 226 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:54.879 stock of Mars. But Asaracus was father to CAPPIs, and 227 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:58.879 CAPPIs to Anchises, who was my father, while hector is 228 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:03.399 son to Priam. Such do I declare my blood and lineage. 229 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:06.080 But as for Valor, Jove gives it or takes it 230 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:09.320 as he will, for he is lord of all. And 231 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.480 now let there be no more of this prating in 232 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.120 mid battle. As though we were children, we could fling 233 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.759 taunts without end at one another. A hundred awed galley 234 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:21.759 would not hold them. The tongue can run all withers 235 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:24.600 and talk all wise. It can go here and there. 236 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:28.200 And as a man says, so shall he be gain. Said, 237 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:32.039 what is the use of our bandying hard like women, who, 238 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:34.440 when they fall foul of one another, go out and 239 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.519 wrangle in the streets, one half true and the other 240 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.840 lies as rage inspires them. No words of yours shall 241 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.399 turn me now that I am fain to fight. Therefore, 242 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:47.840 let us make trial of one another with our spears. 243 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:51.159 As he spoke, he drove his spear at the great 244 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.000 and terrible shield of Achilles, which rang out as the 245 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:57.720 point struck it. The son of Pelias held the shield 246 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:00.679 before him with his strong hand, and he was afraid, 247 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.480 for he deemed that Aeneas's spear would go through it 248 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.720 quite easily, not reflecting that the god's glorious gifts were 249 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.360 little likely to yield before the blows of mortal men, 250 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:15.240 and indeed, Eneus's spear did not pierce the shield, for 251 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.840 the layer of gold, gift of the God, stayed the point. 252 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:22.639 It went through two layers. But the God had made 253 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:26.759 the shield in five, two of bronze, the two innermost 254 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:30.120 ones of tin, and one of gold. It was in 255 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:35.559 this that the spear was stayed. Achilles in his turn 256 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:38.279 through and struck the round shield of Eneas at the 257 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:42.200 very edge where the bronze was thinnest. The spear of 258 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.559 pelian ash went clean through, and the shield rang under 259 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:50.120 the blow. Eneus was afraid and crouched backwards, holding the 260 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:53.360 shield away from him. The spear, however, flew over his 261 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:56.799 back and stuck quivering in the ground, after having gone 262 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:00.600 through both circles of the sheltering shield. Aeneus, though he 263 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.159 had avoided the spear, stood still, blinded with fear and 264 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:07.720 grief because the weapon had gone so near him. Then 265 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.799 Achilles sprang furiously upon him with a cry as of death, 266 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.440 and with his keen blade drawn, and Aeneus seized a 267 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:19.200 great stone so huge that two men, as men now are, 268 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:22.639 would be unable to lift it. But Aeneas wielded it 269 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:26.519 quite easily. Eneus would then have struck Achilles as he 270 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:29.639 was springing towards him, either on the helmet or on 271 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:32.480 the shield that covered him, and Achilles would have closed 272 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:36.000 with him and despatched him with his sword, had not Neptune, 273 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.720 lord of the Earthquake, been quick to mark and said 274 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:43.879 forthwith to the immortals, alas, I am sorry for greater Neus, 275 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.600 who will now go down to the house of Hades, 276 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:51.759 vanquished by the son of Pelias, fool that he was 277 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:55.840 to give ear to the counsel of Apollo. Apollo will 278 00:16:55.840 --> 00:17:00.000 never save him from destruction. Why should this man suffer 279 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:04.279 when he is guiltless to no purpose and in another's quarrel? 280 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:09.000 Has he not at all times offered acceptable sacrifice to 281 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:12.400 the gods that dwell in heaven. Let us then snatch 282 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:16.000 him from death's jaws, lest the son of Saturn be angry. 283 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:20.400 Should Achilles slay him. It is fated moreover that he 284 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:24.200 should escape, and that the race of Dardanus, whom Jove 285 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:26.920 loved above all the sons born to him of mortal women, 286 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:31.480 shall not perish utterly without seed or sign. For now 287 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:34.960 indeed has Jove hated the blood of Priam. While Aeneas 288 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.519 shall reign over the Trojans, he and his children's children 289 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:45.319 that shall be born hereafter, Then answered Juno, Earthshaker, look 290 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:50.240 to this matter yourself, and consider concerning Aeneus, whether you 291 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:54.000 will save him or suffer him brave though he be 292 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:58.000 to fall by the hand of Achilles, son of Pelias. 293 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:02.400 For of a truth we I and Pallas Minerva have 294 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:06.039 sworn full many a time before all the immortals, that 295 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:10.319 never would we shield Trojans from destruction, not even when 296 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:13.160 all Troy is burning in the flames that the Achaeans 297 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:18.519 shall kindle. When earth encircling Neptune heard this, he went 298 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.319 into the battle amid the clash of spears, and came 299 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:25.440 to the place where Achilles and Aeneus were. Forthwith he 300 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:28.200 shed a darkness before the eyes of the sun of Pelias, 301 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.920 drew the bronze headed ashen spear from the shield of Eneus, 302 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:35.279 and laid it at the feet of Achilles. Then he 303 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:38.240 lifted Aeneas on high from off the earth, and hurried 304 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:42.519 him away over the heads of many a band of warriors, 305 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:45.400 both horse and foot. Did he soar as the God's 306 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:48.359 hand sped him till he came to the very fringe 307 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:53.759 of the battle, where the Corconians were arming themselves for fight. Neptune, 308 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:59.240 Shaker of the Earth, then came near to him and said, Eneus, 309 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.400 what God has egged you on to this folly in 310 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:05.839 fighting the son of Pelias, who is both a mightier 311 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:08.400 man of Valor and more beloved of Heaven than you are. 312 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:12.759 Give way before him whensoever you meet him, lest you 313 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:16.359 go down to the house of Hades, even though fate 314 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:20.519 would have it otherwise. When Achilles is dead, you may 315 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:24.200 then fight among the foremost undaunted, for none other of 316 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:28.720 the Achaeans shall slay you. The God left him when 317 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:31.920 he had given him these instructions, and at once removed 318 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:35.519 the darkness from before the eyes of Achilles, who opened 319 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:40.400 them wide indeed, and said, in great anger, alas, what 320 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:44.359 marvel am I now beholding? Here is my spear upon 321 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:47.559 the ground. But I see not him whom I meant 322 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:51.119 to kill when I hurled it. Of a truth, Eneas 323 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:55.359 also must be under Heaven's protection. Although I had thought 324 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:59.640 his boasting was idle, let him go hang. He will 325 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:02.160 be a no omu to fight me. Further, Seeing how 326 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:05.880 narrowly he has missed being killed. I will now give 327 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:08.759 my orders to the Danaans and attack some other of 328 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:13.039 the Trojans. He sprang forward along the line and cheered 329 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:16.599 his men on as he did so. Let not the Trojans, 330 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:20.359 he cried, keep you at arm's length, Akians, But go 331 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:23.799 for them and fight them man for man. However valiant 332 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:26.599 I may be, I cannot give chase to so many 333 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:30.799 and fight all of them. Even Mars, who is an immortal, 334 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:34.880 or Minerva, would shrink from flinging himself into the jaws 335 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:39.279 of such a fight and laying about him. Nevertheless, so 336 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:42.039 far as in me lies, I will show no slackness 337 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:45.640 of hand or foot, nor want of endurance, not even 338 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:49.480 for a moment. I will utterly break their ranks, and 339 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:51.960 woe to the Trojan who shall venture within reach of 340 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:59.079 my spear. Thus did he exhort them. Meanwhile, Hector called 341 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:02.039 upon the Trojans and declared that he would fight Achilles. 342 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:06.920 Be not afraid, proud Trojans, said he to face the 343 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:10.480 son of Pelias. I could fight gods myself if the 344 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:13.119 battle were one of words only, but they would be 345 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.640 more than a match for me if we had to 346 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:18.359 use our spears. Even so the deed of Achilles will 347 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:21.519 fall somewhat short of his word. He will do in part, 348 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.720 and the other part he will clip short. I will 349 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:26.960 go up against him, though his hands be as fire, 350 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:33.000 though his hands be fire, and his strength iron. Thus urged, 351 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:36.480 the Trojans lifted up their spears against the Achaeans and 352 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:39.200 raised the cry of battle as they flung themselves into 353 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:42.880 the midst of their ranks. But Phoebus Apollo came up 354 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:46.920 to Hector and said, Hector, on no account must you 355 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:50.279 challenge Achilles to single combat. Keep a look out for 356 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:52.440 him while you are under cover of the others and 357 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:55.519 away from the thick of the fight. Otherwise he will 358 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:58.200 either hit you with a spear or cut you down 359 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:02.960 at close quarters. Thus he spoke, and Hector drew back 360 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:06.039 within the crowd, for he was afraid when he heard 361 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:09.680 what the god had said to him. Achilles then sprang 362 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:13.359 upon the Trojans with a terrible cry, clothed in valor 363 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:18.039 as with a garment. First, he killed Iphythion's, son of Attrnthius, 364 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:21.160 a leader of much people whom a Naiad nymph had 365 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:25.000 borne to Atrnius, waster of cities, in the land of Hyde, 366 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:29.960 under the snowy heights of Mount Tmolus. Achilles struck him 367 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:32.640 full on the head as he was coming on towards him, 368 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:36.519 and split it clean in two, whereon he fell heavily 369 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:39.839 to the ground, and Achilles vaunted over him, saying, you 370 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:44.039 lie low son of Otrntius, mighty hero. Your death is here, 371 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.559 but your lineage is on the Gygayan lake, where your 372 00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:52.440 father's estate lies, by Hillus rich in fish and the 373 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:57.880 eddying waters of Hermus. Thus did he vaunt, but darkness 374 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:00.960 closed the eyes of the other. The chariots of the 375 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:03.880 Achaeans cut him up as their wheels passed over him. 376 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:07.079 In the front of the battle, and after him Achilles 377 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:11.079 killed Demoleon, a valiant man of war and son to Antonor. 378 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:14.960 He struck him on the temple through his bronze cheeked helmet. 379 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:18.400 The helmet did not stay the spear, but it went 380 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:21.640 right on, crushing the bone, so that the brain inside 381 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:24.720 was shed in all directions, and his lust of fighting 382 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:29.279 was ended. Then he struck Hippodamus in the midriff, as 383 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:31.359 he was springing down from his chariot in front of 384 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:36.119 him and trying to escape. He breathed his last bellowing 385 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.559 like a bull bellow's when young men are dragging him 386 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:40.799 to offer him in sacrifice to the King of Hellas. 387 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:44.440 And the heart of the earth shaker is glad. Even 388 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:48.839 so did he bellow as he lay dying. Achilles then 389 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:52.079 went in pursuit of Polydorus, son of Priam, whom his 390 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.920 father had always forbidden to fight, because he was the 391 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:58.240 youngest of his sons, the one he loved best, and 392 00:23:58.279 --> 00:24:02.640 the fastest runner. He in his folly, and showing off 393 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:05.839 the fleetness of his feet, was rushing about among front 394 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:09.759 ranks until he lost his life, for Achilles struck him 395 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:11.839 in the middle of the back as he was darting 396 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.559 past him. He struck him just at the golden fastenings 397 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:17.960 of his belt, and where the two pieces of the 398 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:22.359 double breastplate overlapped the point of the spear pierced him 399 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:25.559 through and came out by the navel, whereon he fell 400 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:28.640 groaning on to his knees, and a cloud of darkness 401 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:32.240