conferred you upon this city, the highest treasure life affords. I came when I heard a vague report—for a rumor prevailed amlng the guards—that Achaean spies are here. One man, that did not see them, says so, while another, that saw them come, cannot describe them; and so I am on my way to Hector’s tent. Athena Fear nothing; all is quiet in the army, and Hector has gone to assign a sleeping-place to the Thracian army. Paris You persuade me, and I believe your words, and will go to guard my post, free of fear.