Would that I knew myself as certainly Secure from death and the decays of age, And to be held in honor like the gods Apollo and Minerva, as I know This day will bring misfortune to the Greeks!”

So Hector spake, and all the Trojan host Applauded; from the yoke forthwith they looped The sweaty steeds, and bound them to the cars With halters; to the town they sent in haste For oxen and the fatlings of the flock, And to their homes for bread and pleasant wine, And gathered fuel in large store. The winds Bore up the fragrant fumes from earth to heaven.