Wealth drawn from all the hoards within the town, And to be shared among the Greeks; for I Would bind the Trojans by a solemn oath To keep back nothing, but divide the whole⁠— Whate’er of riches this fair town contains⁠— Into two parts⁠—But why should I waste thought On plans like these? I must not act the part Of suppliant to a man who may not show Regard or mercy, but may hew me down Defenceless, with my armor laid aside As if I were a woman. Not with him May I hold parley from a tree or rock, As youths and maidens with each other hold Light converse. Better ’twere to rush at once To combat, and the sooner learn to whom Olympian Jove decrees the victory.”