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Hermes, dear herald, heralds veneration,
And Heroes our forthsenders, friendly, once more
The army to receive, the war-spears leavings!
Ha, mansions of my monarchs, roofs beloved,
And awful seats, and deities sun-fronting
Receive with pomp your monarch, long time absent!
For he comes bringing light in night-time to you,
In common with all these king Agamemnon.
But kindly greet him for clear shows your duty
Who has dug under Troia with the mattock
Of Zeus the Avenger, whereby plains are out-ploughed,
Altars unrecognizable, and gods shrines,
And the whole lands 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.
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CHOROS.
Hail, herald from the army of Achaians!
HERALD.
I hail: to die, will gainsay gods no longer!
CHOROS.
Love of this fatherland did exercise thee?
HERALD.
So that I weep, at least, with joy, my eyes full.
CHOROS.
What, of this gracious sickness were ye gainers?
HERALD.
How now? instructed, I this speech shall master.
CHOROS.
For those who loved you back, with longing stricken.
HERALD.
This land yearned for the yearning army, sayst thou?

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