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Priam bade me inquire further if you will cease fighting till we burn our dead; hereafter we will fight anew, till heaven decide between us and give victory to one or to the other." They all held their peace, but presently Diomed of the loud war-cry spoke, saying, "Let there be no taking, neither treasure, nor yet Helen, for even a child may see that the doom of the Trojans is at hand."
Sthenelus, son of Capaneus, saw them coming and said to Diomed, "Diomed, son of Tydeus, man after my own heart, I see two heroes speeding towards you, both of them men of might the one a skilful archer, Pandarus son of Lycaon, the other, Aeneas, whose sire is Anchises, while his mother is Venus. Mount the chariot and let us retreat.
His son can talk more glibly, but he cannot fight as his father did." Diomed made no answer, for he was shamed by the rebuke of Agamemnon; but the son of Capaneus took up his words and said, "Son of Atreus, tell no lies, for you can speak truth if you will.
Unless, as is possible, this is a purely metaphorical expression, it would seem to imply a seated statue; but it is to be noted that the Palladium of Troy, the sacred image of Athena which was stolen by Ulysses and Diomed, and which was preserved, according to conflicting traditions, in one or another shrine in later Greece, was a standing statue of a primitive type.
Meanwhile Nydia recovered her self-possession: a thought flashed across her: she slept in the chamber of Julia she might possess herself of the potion. They arrived at the house of Diomed, and descended to Julia's apartment, where the night's repast awaited them. 'Drink, Nydia, thou must be cold, the air was chill to-night; as for me, my veins are yet ice.
In the forenoon the fight is equal, but Agamemnon turns the fortune of the day towards the Achaeans until he gets wounded and leaves the field Hector then drives everything before him till he is wounded by Diomed Paris wounds Diomed Ulysses, Nestor, and Idomeneus perform prodigies of valour Machaon is wounded Nestor drives him off in his chariot Achilles sees the pair driving towards the camp and sends Patroclus to ask who it is that is wounded This is the beginning of evil for Patroclus Nestor makes a long speech.
Drawn by the centred attention of the two, Lucius Sergius turned from his inspection of the rising mists, beyond which lay the Carthaginian forces, and looked silently and sadly at his friends: Manlius, the brother of his mistress, parted from him for a while by petty embarrassments and diverse duties, but, for the last days, closer than ever in kindred service and fellowship; and Decius, the sturdy comrade of the Campanian raid, the man who talked, now like Ulysses, now like Thersites, but who always fought like Diomed; the very Nisus who had saved his life.
At length she woke from her reverie, and prepared, not with the pride of beauty, but listless and melancholy, for the festival: one thought alone reconciled her to the promised visit she should meet Glaucus she could confide to him her alarm and uneasiness for her brother. MEANWHILE Sallust and Glaucus were slowly strolling towards the house of Diomed.
But go, hasten inspect! taste! perform! surpass thyself! Let the Roman senator not despise the poor Pompeian. Away, slave and remember, the Phrygian attagens. The chief disappeared within his natural domain, and Diomed rolled back his portly presence to the more courtly chambers.
It was the girl whose ominous voice had been raised so often and so gladly in anticipation of 'the merry show'. 'Oh, Diomed! she cried, 'shelter! shelter! See' pointing to an infant clasped to her breast 'see this little one! it is mine! the child of shame! I have never owned it till this hour. But now I remember I am a mother! I have plucked it from the cradle of its nurse: she had fled!
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