Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...suit for mercy to that goddess dread?" To whom an active housewife made reply: "O Hector, since thou bidst us tell thee true, Nor husband's sister now thy wife hath sought, Nor fair-robed wife of brother to her lord, Nor to Athene's temple is she gone, Where other Trojan dames with flowing locks Make suit for mercy to that goddess dread; But to the lofty tower of I lion; For that she heard the Trojans were sore pressed, Achaia's might prevailing. In hot haste, Like to one mad, she sped her to the wall, And with her went a nurse to bear the child." She spake. But Hector from the house sped back The self-same way along the well-built streets. And when, as through the ample town he passed, He neared the Scaean gates, wherethrough he meant To issue on the plain, there in swift haste Toward him came Andromache" his wife Well dowered--a daughter of Eetion she, High-souled Eetion, who beneath the woods Of Placus dwelt, in Thebe-, from its site Named Thebe" under Placus, and was king Of a Cilician folk--His daughter now Was wed to Hector of the brazen arms. She met him then, and with her went a nurse, Who on her bosom held the tender child, A babe as yet, in beauty as a star, The darling son of Hector. Him his sire Scamandrius, but the rest Astyanax All named, the city's prince, for Hector was Alone of Ilion's city prince and shield. Silent he looked upon his son and smiled: But near him came Andromache-in tears, And clasped his hand, and thus found words and spake "Dear lord, thy spirit bold will be thy bane. Nor hast thou pity of thine infant son Or of unhappy me, who soon from wife Shall widow be, for soon Achaia's sons Will all upon thee set and work thy death. Then were it gain for me, if thee I lose, To go...
