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44 Of Zeus the Avenger, whereby plains are out-ploughed,

Altars unrecognizable, and gods' shrines,

And the whole land's seed thoroughly has perished.

And such a yoke-strap having cast round Troia,

The elder king Atreides, happy man—he

Comes to be honoured, worthiest of what mortals

Now are. Nor Paris nor the accomplice-city

Outvaunts their deed as more than they are done-by:

For, in a suit for rape and theft found guilty,

He missed of plunder and, in one destruction,

Fatherland, house and home has mowed to atoms:

Debts the Priamidai have paid twice over.

Hail, herald from the army of Achaians!