“Good friend, this eager haste as if from fear Befits thee not. Sit down, and cause the rest To sit. What Agamemnon’s will may be Thou canst not yet be certain; he intends To try the Greeks, and soon will punish those Who act amiss. We cannot all have heard What he has said; beware, then, lest his wrath Fall heavily upon the sons of Greece. The monarch, foster-child of Jupiter, Is terrible enraged. Authority Is given by Jove, all-wise, who loves the king.”

But when he found one of the lower sort Shouting and brawling, with the royal wand He smote him, and reproved him sharply, thus:⁠—