 section 29 of the junior classics volume 3 tells from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this LibriVox recording is in the public domain recording by Gillian Hendry Ulysses in his home by Alfred J. Church the next day Telemachus went to the city before he went he said to Eumaeus that he should bring the beggar man to the city for that it was better to beg in the city than in the country the false beggar also said that he wished this and Telemachus went to the palace and greeted the nurse Euryklia and his mother Penelope who was right glad to see him but to whom he told not of what had happened now in the meanwhile Eumaeus and the false beggar were coming to the city and when they were now near to it by the fountain which Ithicus and his brethren had made where was also an altar of the nymphs Melantheus the goat herd met them and spake evil to Eumaeus rebuking him that he brought this beggar to the city and he came near and smoked Ulysses with his foot on the thigh but moved him not from the path and Ulysses thought a while should he smite him with his club and slay him or dash him on the ground but it seemed to him better to endure so they went on to the palace and at the door of the court there lay the dog Argus whom in the old days Ulysses had reared with his own hand but ere the dog grew to his full Ulysses had sailed to Troy and while he was strong men used him in the chase hunting wild goats and rode deer and hairs but now he was old and lay neglected in a corner well he knew his master and though he could not come near him he wagged his tail and drooped his ears and Ulysses when he saw him wiped away a tear and said surely this is strange Eumaeus that such a dog being off so fine a breed should lie here uncared for and Eumaeus made reply he belongeth to a master who died far away for indeed when Ulysses had him of old he was the strongest and swiftest of dogs but now my dear lord has perished far away and the careless women tend him not and as he spake the dog Argus died 20 years had he waited and he saw his master at the last after this the two entered the hall and tell him Argus when he saw them took from the basket bread and meat as much as his hands could hold and bad carry them to the beggar and also to tell him that he might go around among the suitors asking alms so he went stretching out his hand as though he were want to beg and some gave having compassion upon him and marvelling at him and some asked who he was but of all Antinous was the most shameless for when Ulysses came to him and told him how he had had much riches and power in former days and how he had gone to Egypt and had been sold a slave into Cyprus and Tinois mocked him saying get thee from my table or thou shalt find a worse Egypt and a harder Cyprus than before then Ulysses said surely thy soul is evil though thy body is fair for though thou sittest at another man's feast yet will thou give me nothing but Antinous in great droth took the stool on which he sat and cast it at him smiting his right shoulder Ulysses stirred not but stood as a rock but in his heart he thought on revenge so he went and sat down at the door and being there he said hear me suitors of the Queen there is no wrath if a man be smitten fighting for that which is his own but Antinous has smitten me because I am poor may the curse of the hungry light on him therefore ere he come to his marriage day and the other suitors blamed him that he had dealt so cruelly with this stranger and the Queen was wroth when she heard it as she sat in the upper chamber with her maidens about her but as the day passed on there came a bear from the city huge of bulk mighty to eat and drink but his strength was not according to his size Arneus was his name but the young men called him Eros because he was their messenger after Eros the messenger of Jupiter he spake to Ulysses give space old man lest I drag thee forth the young men would even now have it so but I think it's shame to strike such a one as thee then said Ulysses there is room for thee and for me get what thou canst for I do not grudge the odd but beware lest thou anger me lest I harm thee old though I am but Eros would not hear words of peace and still challenged him to fight when Antinous saw this he was glad and said this is the goodliest sport that I have seen in this house these two beggars would fight let us haste and match them and the saying pleased them and Antinous spake again here me ye suiters of the Queen we have put aside these punches of the goats for our supper let us agree that whosoever of these two shall win have choice of these that which pleases him best and shall hereafter eat with us and that no one else shall sit in his place then said Ulysses it is hard for an old man to fight with a young yet will I do it only do ye swear to me that no one shall strike me a foul blow while I fight with this man then telemachus said that this should be so and they all consented to his words then Ulysses girdied himself for the fight all that were there saw his thighs how great and strong they were and his shoulders how broad and his arms how mighty and they said one to another there will be little of Eros left so stalwart seems this beggar man Eros would have slunk out of sight but they compelled him to come forth then said the Prince Antinous how is this the braggart that the fiercest this old man all woe be gone as he is I can now to this if this man prevails against the thou shalt be cast into a ship and taken to the land of King Eccitus who will cut off thy ears and I knows so the two came together and Ulysses thought whether he should strike the fellow and slay him out of hand or fell him to the ground and this last seemed the better of the two so when Eros had dealt his blow he smote him on the jaw so that he fell howling on the ground then all the suitors laughed aloud but Ulysses dragged him out of the hall and propped him by the wall of the courtyard putting a staff in his hand and saying sit there and keep dogs and swine from the door but dare not here after to Lord it over men lest some worse thing before thee then Antinous gave him a great punch and I'm finimous gave two loaves and pledged him in a cup saying good luck to thee father hereafter though now they seem as to have evil fortune and Ulysses made reply oh I'm finimous thou hast much wisdom me thinks and thy father I know is wise take heed therefore there is not feebler upon earth than man for in the days of his prosperity he thinketh nothing of trouble but when the gods send evil to him there is no help in him I also trusted once in myself and my kinsmen and now behold me what I am let no man therefore do violence and wrong for Jupiter shall punish such deeds at the last these suitors of the Queen are working evil to him who is absent yet will he return someday and slay his enemies fly though therefore while yet there is time nor meet him when he comes so he speak with kindly thought that evening the suitors having departed to their own dwellings Ulysses and telemachus took the arms from the hall as they had planned to do and while they did so telemachus said see my father this marvelous brightness that is on the pillars and the ceiling surely some God is with us and Ulysses made reply I know it be silent and now go to thy chamber and sleep and leave me here for I have somewhat to say to thy mother and her maidens when the Queen and her maidens came into the hall for it was their work to cleanse it and make it ready for the moral Penelope asked him of his family and his country at first he made as though he would not answer fearing lest he should trouble her with the story of that which he had suffered but afterwards for she urged him telling him what she herself had suffered her husband being lost and her suitors troubling her without ceasing he made up a tale that should satisfy her he told her that he was a man of Crete a brother of King Edomeneus and how he had given hospitality to Ulysses when he was sailing to Troy with the sons of Atreus and when the Queen seeking to know whether he spake the truth asked him of Ulysses what manner of man he was and with what clothing he was clothed he answered her rightly saying I remember me that he had a mantle twofold woollen of sea purple clasped with a brooch of gold where on was a dog that held a fawn by the throat marvelously rot they were so hard held the one so strove the other to be free also he had a tunic white and smooth which the women much admired but whether someone had given him these things I know not for indeed many gave him gifts also he had a herald with him one Euribides older than him dark skinned round in the shoulders with curly hair and Penelope knowing these things to be true wept aloud crying that she should see her husband no more the false beggar comforted her saying that Ulysses was in the land of Thresproscians having much wealth with him only that he had lost his ships and comrades yet nevertheless would speedily return then Penelope bad her servants make ready a bed for the stranger of soft mats and blankets and prepare a bath for him but the mats and blankets he would not have saying that he would sleep as before where for the queen bad Euryklia the keeper of the house do this thing for him saying that he had been the comrade of her Lord and was marvelously like to him in feet and hands and this the old women was right willing to do for love of her master for never she said of all strangers that had come to the land had come one so like to him when she had prepared the bath for his feet Ulysses sat by the fire but as far in the shadow as he could less the old women should see a great scar that was upon his leg and know him thereby by the scar the old nurse knew that it was Ulysses himself and said oh Ulysses oh my child to think that I knew the knot and she looked towards the queen meaning to tell the thing to her but Ulysses laid his hand on her throat mother would you kill me I am returned after 20 years and none must know till I shall be ready to take vengeance and the old woman held her peace and after this Penelope talked with him again telling him her dreams how she had seen a flock of geese in the palace and how that an eagle had slain them and when she mourned for these geese low a voice said these geese are thy suitors and the eagle thy husband and Ulysses said that the dream was well then she said that on the morrow she must make her choice for she had promised to bring forth the great bowl that was Ulysses and who soever should draw it most easily and shoot an arrow best at a mark should be her husband and Ulysses made answer to her it is well lady put not off this trial of the bowl for before one of them shall draw the string the great Ulysses shall come and Julie shoot at the mark that shall be set after this Penelope slept but Ulysses watched end of section 29 section 30 of the junior classics volume 3 tales from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this Libri Vox recording is in the public domain recording by Julian Henry the trial of the bowl by Alfred J. Church the next day many things cheered Ulysses for that which he had to do the first the goddess Minerva had told him that she would stand at his side and next he heard the thunder of Jupiter in a clear sky and at last it chanced that a woman who sat at the mill grinding corn being sore weary of her task and hating the suitors said Grandfather Jupiter that this be the last meal which these men shall eat in the house of Ulysses after a while the suitors came and sat down as was their want to the feast and the servants bear to Ulysses as telemachos had been a full share with the others when Stesopus a prince of Samos saw this he said is it well that this fellow should fear even as we look now at the gift that I shall give him whereupon he took a bullock's foot out of the basket we're in it lay and cast it at Ulysses but he moved his head to the left and shunned it and it flew on marking the wall and telemachos cried in great wrath it is well for these to suppose that that it's not strike this stranger for surely had done this thing my spear had pierced the through and I father had made good cheer not for thy marriage but for thy burial then said a gloss this is well said telemachos should not be wronged no nor this stranger but on the other hand he must bid his mother choose out of the suitors whom she will and marry him nor waste our time anymore and telemachos said it is well she may marry whom she will but from my house I will never send her against her will and the suitors laughed and scoffed at telemachos but he heeded them not and sat waiting till his father should give the sign after this Penelope went to fetch the great bow of Ulysses from the peg on which it hung she took it with its sheath and sitting down she laid it on her knees and wept over it and after this rose up and went to where the suitors sat feasting in the hall the bow she brought and also the quiver full of arrows and standing by the pillar of the dome speck thus these suitors who devour this house making pretends that you wish to wed me low here is a proof of your skill here is the bow of the great Ulysses who so shall bend it easiest in his hands and shoot an arrow most easily through the health holes of the 12 axes that telemachos shall set up him will I follow leaving this house which I shall remember only in my dreams then she bad you may spare the bow and the arrows to the suitors and the good swine heard wept to see his master's bow and felitius the herdsman of the kind wept also for he was a good man and loved the house of Ulysses then telemachos planted in due order the axes wherein were the health holes then first leo days the priest who alone among the suitors hated their evil ways made trial of the bow but he moved it not it weird his hands for they were tender and unwanted toil and he said I cannot bend this bow let some other try and to know us was Roth to hear such words and bad Melantheus bring forth from the stores a roll of fat that they might anoint the string and soften it so they soften the string with fat but could not bend it and they tried all of them in vain till only and to know us and you remember us were left who indeed were the bravest and the strongest of them all now the swine heard and the herdsman of the kind had gone out of the yard and Ulysses came behind them and said what would you do if Ulysses were to come back to his home would you fight for him or for the suitors and both said that they would fight for him and Ulysses said it is even I who am come back in the 20th year and gee I know our glad at heart that I am come nor no eye of anyone besides and if you will help me as brave men today wives shall you have and possessions and houses near to mine own and you shall be brothers and comrades to telemach us and for a sign behold this scar which the wild boar made when I hunted with my father Autolacus then they wept for joy and kissed Ulysses and he also kissed them and he said to Ulysses that he should bring the ball to him when the suitors had tried their fortune also that he should bid the women keep within doors not stir out if he should hear the noise of battle and Phalitius he bad lock the doors of the hall and fasten them with a rope after this he came back to the hall and Eurymachus had the bone his hands and sought to warm it at the fire then he is said to draw it but could not and he grown the loud saying woe is me not for loss of this marriage only for there are other women to be wood in Greece but that we are so much weaker than the great Ulysses this is indeed a shame to tell then said Antinous not so today is a holy day of the God of archers therefore we could not draw the bow but tomorrow we will try once more after due sacrifice to Apollo and this saying please them all but Ulysses said let me try this bow for I would feign know whether I have such strength as I had in former days at this all the suitors were Roth and chiefly Antinous but Penelope said that it should be so and promised the man great gifts if he could draw his bow but Telemachus spake thus mother the boat is mine to give or to refuse and no man shall say me nay if I will that this stranger make trial of it but do now go to that chamber with thy maidens and let men take thought for these things this he said for he would have her depart from the hall knowing what would happen therein she marveled to hear him speak with such authority and answered not but departed and when you may as would have carried the bow to Ulysses the suitors spake roughly to him but Telemachus constrained him to go therefore he took the bow and gave it to his master then went he to Euryclea and bad her shut the door of the women's chambers and keep them within whatsoever they might hear Phyleteus shut the doors of the hall and fastened with a rope then Ulysses handled the great bow trying it when he found it to be without flaw just as a minstrel fastens a string upon his harp and strains it to the pitch so he strung the bow without toil and holding the string in his right hand he tried its tone and the tone was sweet as the voice of a swallow then he took an arrow from the quiver and laid the notch upon the string and drew it sitting as he was and the arrow passed through every ring and stood in the wall beyond then he said to Telemachus there is yet a feast to be held before the Sun go down and he nodded the sign to Telemachus and forthwith the young man stood by him armed with spear and helmet and shield end of section 30 section 31 of the junior classics volume 3 tales from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this Librivox recording is in the public domain recording by Jillian Henry the vengeance of Ulysses by Alfred J. Church then spake he to the suitors this labor has been accomplished let me try it yet another mark and he aimed his arrow at Antinous the man was just raising a cup to his lips thinking not of death for who thought that any man though mightiest of mortals would venture on such a deed being one among many right through the neck past the arrowhead and he dropped the cup and fell from the table the suitors when they saw him fall lept from their seats but when they looked there was neither spear nor shield upon the wall and they knew not whether it was by chance or of set purpose that the stranger had smitten him Ulysses then declared who he was saying dogs he thought that I would never come back therefore have he devoured my house and made suit to my wife while I yet lived and feared not the gods nor regarded men therefore a sudden destruction is come upon you all then when all the others trembled for fear your Macchus said if that be indeed Ulysses of Ithaca there has said well foul wrong has been done to the in the house and in the field but low he who was the mover of it all lies here even Antinous nor was it so much this marriage that he sought as to be king of this land having destroyed thy house but we will pay the back for all that we have devoured even 20 times as much but Ulysses said speak not of paying back my hands shall not cease from slaying till I have taken vengeance on you all then said your Macchus to his comrades this man will not stay his hands he will smite us all with his arrows where he stands let us win the door and raise a cry in the city then will this archer have shot his last and he rushed on with his two edged knife in his hand but as he rushed Ulysses smote him on the breast with an arrow and he fell forwards and when I'm venomous came on tell a Macchus slew him with his spear but drew not the spear from the body lest someone should smite him unawares then he ran to his father and said shall I fetch arms for us and our helpers yes said he and how you not lest my arrows be spent so he fetched from the armory four shields and four helmets and eight spears and he and the servants you may us and felitius armed themselves Ulysses also when his arrows were spent don helmet and shield and took a mighty spear in each hand Melantheus the goat herd crept up to the armory and brought down there from 12 helmets and shields and spears and when Ulysses saw that the suitors were arming themselves he feared greatly and said to his son there is treachery here it is one of the women or it may be Melantheus the goat herd and tell a Macchus said the fault is mine my father for I left the door of the chamber unfastened soon you may as spied Melantheus stealing up to the chamber again and followed him and felitius with him there they caught him as he took a helmet in one hand and a shield in the other and bound his feet and hands then these two went back to the hall and there also came Minerva having the shape of mentor still for she would yet further try the courage of Ulysses and his son she helped them not as yet but changing her shape sat on the roof beam like unto a swallow and then cried Agalos friends mentor is gone and helps them not let us not cast our spears at random but let six come on together if perchance we may prevail against them then they cast their spears but Minerva turned them aside one to the pillar and another to the door and another to the wall but Ulysses and tell a Macchus and the two herdsmen slew each his man and yet again they did so and again and all the while Minerva waved her flaming shield from above and the suitors fell as birds are scattered and torn by eagles then Leodes the priest made supplication to Ulysses saying I never wrought evil in this house and would have kept others from it but they would not not how I done save serve at the altar where for slay me not and Ulysses made reply that thou has served at the altar of these men is enough and also that thou wouldst wed my wife so he slew him but Phimeus the minstrel he spared for he had sung among the suitors in the hall of compulsion and not of good will and also Meadon the Herald bidding them go into the yard there they sat holding by the altar and looking fearfully every way for yet they feared that they should die and now Ulysses bad cleanse the hall and wash the benches and the tables with water and purify them with sulfur and when this was done that Euryklia the nurse should go to Penelope and tell her that her husband was indeed returned so Euryklia went to her chamber and found the Queen newly awoke from slumber and told her that her husband was returned and how he had slain the suitors and how she had known him by the scar where the wild boar had wounded him and yet the Queen doubted and said let me go down and see my son and these men that are slain and the man who slew them so she went and sat in the twilight by the other wall and Ulysses sat by the pillar with eyes cast down waiting till his wife should speak to him she was so perplexed for now she seemed to know him and now she knew him not for he had not suffered that the women should put new robes upon him and Telemacos said mother sit is thou apart from my father and speak is not to him surely thy heart is harder than a stone but Ulysses said let be telemacos thy mother will know that which is true in good time but now let us hide this slaughter for a while lest the friends of these men seek vengeance against us where for let there be music and dancing in the hall so that men shall say this is the wedding of the Queen and there is joy in the palace and no not of the truth so the minstrel played and women danced and meanwhile Ulysses went to the bath and clothed himself in bright apparel and came back to the hall and Minerva made him fair and young to see then he sat him down as before near his wife and said surely old lady the gods have made the harder of heart than all women besides would other wife have kept away from her husband coming back now after 20 years and when she doubted yet he speak again here though this Penelope and know that it is I myself and not another does they remember how I built up the bed in our chamber in the court there grew an olive tree stout as a pillar and round it I built a chamber of stone and span the chamber with a roof and I hung also a door and then I cut off the leaves of the olive and plain the trunk to be smooth and round and the bed I inlaid with ivory and silver and gold and stretched upon it an ox hide that was ornamented with silver then Penelope knew that he was her husband indeed and ran to him and threw her arms about him and kissed him saying pardon me my lord if I was slow to know thee for I feared so many wiles have men that someone would deceive me saying that he was my husband but now I know this that thou art he and not another and they wept over each other and kissed each other so did Ulysses come back to his home after 20 years. End of section 31 section 32 of the junior classics volume 3 tells from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this LibriVox recording is in the public domain recording by Gillian Hendry the Wanderings of Ineos from Virgil the remnant of the defeated army seeks a new home by Thomas Bilfinch and Alfred J. Church. We have followed one of the Grecian heroes Ulysses in his Wanderings on his return home from Troy and now we propose to share the fortunes of the remnant of the conquered people under their chief Ineos in their search for a new home after the ruin of their native city on that fatal night when the wooden horse disgorged its contents of armed men and the capture and configuration of the city where the result. Ineos beheld these things but could not help them being won against many but when he saw King Priam lying dead before him and Troy in flames he bethought him of his father and Caesus and his wife Cruisa and of his little son Ascanius and how he had left them without defense at home but as he turned to seek them the night being now by reason of many fires as clear as the day he aspired Helen sitting in the temple of Vesta where she had sought sanctuary for she feared the men of Troy to whom she had brought ruin and destruction and not less her own husband whom she had deceived then was his Roth kindled and he spake to himself shall this evil woman return safe to Sparta shall she see again her home and her children with Trojan women to be her handmaidens shall Troy be burnt and King Priam be slain and she take no harm not so for though there be no glory to be one from such a deed yet shall I satisfy myself taking vengeance upon her for my kinsmen and my countrymen but while he thought these things in his heart though there appeared unto him Venus his mother as fair and as tall as the dwellers in heaven behold her then Venus spake thus what meaneth all this rage my son has thou no care for me has thou forgotten thy father and Caesus and thy wife and thy little son of assurity the fire and the sword had consumed them long since but that I cared for them and saved them it is not Helen no nor Paris that hath laid low this great city of Troy but the wrath of the gods see now for I will take away the mist that covers thine eyes see how Neptune with his trident is overthrowing the walls and rooting up the city from its foundations and how Juno stands with spear and shield in the skin gate and calls fresh hosts from the ships and how palace sits on the height with the storm cloud about her and her gorgon shield and how Father Jupiter himself stirs up the enemy against Troy fly there for my son I will not leave thee till thou shalt reach thy father's house and as she spake she vanished in the darkness then did an ASC dreadful forms and gods who were the enemies of Troy and before his eyes the whole city seemed to sink down into the fire even as a mountain oak upon the hills on which the woodmen ply their axes bows its head while all its bows shake about it till at last as blow comes after blow with a mighty groan it falls crashing down from the height even so the city seemed to fall then did an ASC pass on his way the goddess leading him and the flames gave place to him and the javelins harmed him not but when he was come to his house he thought him first of the old man his father but when he would have carried him to the hills and crisis would not being loath to live in some strange country when Troy had perished nay said he fly ye who are strong and in the flower of your days but as for me if the gods had willed that I should live they had saved this dwelling for me enough it is yay and more than enough that once I have seen this city taken and lived bid me then farewell as though I were dead death will I find for myself and truly I have long lingered here a useless stock and hated off the gods since Jupiter smoked me with the blast of his thunder nor could the old man be moved from his purpose though his son and his son's wife and even the child Ascanius besought him with many tears that he should not make yet heavier the doom that was upon them then was an AS minded to go back to the battle and die for what hope was left thought is though my father he cried that I should flee and leave the behind what evil word is this that has fallen from thy lips if the gods will have it that not of Troy should be left and thou be minded that thou and thine should perish with the city be it so the way is easy soon will Pyrrhus be here Pyrrhus read with Priam's blood Pyrrhus who slays the sun before the face of the father and the father at the altar was it for this kind mother Venus that thou broughtest me safe through fire and sword to see the enemy in my home and my father and my wife and my son lying slaughtered together comrades give me my arms and take me back to the battle at the least I will die avenged but as he girded on his arms and would have departed from the house his wife Creusa caught his feet upon the threshold staying him and held out the little Ascanius saying if thou goest to thy death take wife and child with thee but if thy hope is ought from arms guard first the house where thou hast father and wife and child and lo as she spake there befell a mighty marvel for before the face of father and mother there was seen to shine a light on the head of the boy Ascanius and to play upon his waving hair and glitter on his temples and when they feared to see this thing and would have stifled the flame or quenched it with water the old man and Caesus in great joy raised his eyes to heaven and cried aloud oh father Jupiter if prayer move thee at all give thine aid and make this omen sure and even as he speak the thunder rolled on his left hand and a star shot through the skies leaving a long trail of light behind and passed over the housetops till it was hidden in the woods of Ida then the old man lifted himself up and did obeisance to the star and said I delay no more whether so ever ye lead I will follow gods of my country save my house and my grandson this omen is of you and now my son I refuse not to go then said Ascanius and as he spake the fire came nearer and the light was clearer to see and the heat more fierce climbed your father on my shoulders I will bear thee nor grow weary with the weight we will be saved or perished together the little Ascanius shall go with me and my wife follow behind not over near and ye servants of my house hearken to me ye mind how that to one who passes out of the city there is a tomb and a temple of Ceres in a lonely place and an ancient cypress tree hard by there will we gather by diverse ways and do thou my father take the holy images in thy hands for as for me who have but newly come from battle I may not touch them till I have washed me in the running stream and as he spake he put a cloak of lion skin upon his shoulders and the old man sat there on Ascanius also laid hold of his hand and Cereosa followed behind so he went in much dread and trembling for indeed before sword and spear of the enemy he had not feared but now he feared for them that were with him but when he was come nigh unto the gates and the journey was well nigh finished there be fell aggrievous mischance for there was heard a sound as of many feet through the darkness and the old man cried to him fly my son fly there coming I see the flashing of shields and swords but as an ace hasty to go Cereosa his wife was severed from him but whether she wandered from the way or sat down in weariness no man can say only he saw her no more nor knew her to be lost till all his company being met at the temple of Ceres she only was found wanting very grievous did the thing seem to him nor did he cease to cry out in his wrath against gods and men also he bet his comrades have a care of his father and his son and of the household gods and girded him again with arms and so passed into the city and first he went to the wall and to the gate by which he had come forth and then to his house if happily she had returned there but there indeed the men of Greece were come and the fire had well nigh mastered it and after that he went to the citadel and to the palace of king Priam and low in the porch of Juno's temple phoenix and Ulysses were keeping guard over the spoil even the treasure of the temples tables of the gods and solid cups of gold and raiment and a long array of them that had been taken captive children and women but nonetheless did he seek his wife through all the streets of the city yay and called her allowed by name but low as he called the image of her whom he sought seemed to stand before him only greater than she had been while she was yet alive and the spirit speaks saying why aren't thou vainly troubled these things have not befallen us against the pleasure of the gods the ruler of Olympus Willis not that Chorosa should bear the company in thy journey for thou hast a long journey to take and many seas to cross till thou come to the Hesperian shore where Lydian Tiber flows softly through a good land and a fair tile there shall thou have great prosperity and take to thyself a wife of royal race weep not then for Chorosa whom thou lovest nor think that I shall be carried away to be a bond slave to some Grecian women such fate befits not a daughter of Dardanus and daughter in law of phoenix the mighty mother of the gods keep with me in this land to serve her and now farewell and love the young Ascanius even thy son and mine so speak the spirit and when Aeneas wept and would have spoken vanished out of his sight thrice he would have cast his arms about her neck and thrice the image mocked him being thin as air and fleeting as a dream then the night being now spent he sought his comrades and found with much joy and wonder that a great company of men and women were gathered together and were willing all of them to follow him whether soever he went and now the morning star rose over mount Aida and Aeneas saying that the Greeks held the city and that there was no longer any hope of succor went his way to the mountains taking his father with him end of section 32 section 33 of the junior classics volume 3 tales from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this Librivox recording is in the public domain recording by Gillian Henry the adventure with the Harpies by H. L. Havel it was the first dawn of summer and the green herb was already beginning to shoot among the blackened ruins of Troy when the little fleet bearing that shattered remnant of a mighty nation put out into the deep tears dimmed the eyes of Aeneas and his men as they saw their native shores fade away into the distance behind them the past was all sorrow and the future was veiled in mystery and terror but heaven's eternal eye was watching them and a divine hand was held over them the mountains of Crete have sunk beneath the horizon and nothing appears but sea and sky now black with clouds and lowering with impending storm down comes the wind with sheets of rain blotting out the view so that the helmsmen lose their bearings and drive at random before the tempest three days and three nights they are thus hurled along at the mercy of the gale and when the weather begins to clear Aeneas finds himself under the lee of a rocky island one of the group called Strophides in the Ionian sea one by one his vessels come struggling in sorely battered by the heavy weather and at length they all cast anchor in a sheltered inlet and the weary multitude seeks repose and refreshment in the green meadows which run down to the beach while the more active beat the bushes in search of game soon the welcome sound of lowing and bleeding is heard and a herd of fat oxen and a flock of goats are seen feeding near at hand the choices of the herd are speedily hemmed in and slaughtered providing the materials for a joyful feast but in the midst of the banquet all the air grows loud with the sound of quivering wings and three monstrous creatures with the bodies of birds and the faces of women swoop down from the mountains uttering discordant cries the presence of these hideous beings brings pollution to all around them and the very meat which the Trojans are eating grows tainted in their mouths for these are the foul harpies who once dwelt on the shores of Thrace and tormented the unhappy Phineas but being driven away by the sons of Boreas when the Argonauts passed that way on their voyage they had taken up their abode on this lonely island Phineas and his company gave way before these revolting assailants and resumed their interrupted mail in a spot sheltered by rocks and trees but again the harpies came down upon them and turned their meat into carrion they drew their swords and strove to beat off these importunate guests but their blows fell harmless as if they had struck upon mail of proof and the harpies took wing again and were seen towering like vultures high in air all but one who alighted on a neighbouring rock and shrieked at the discomforted Trojans with a voice as frightful as her face a cursed breed of an ancestor accursed would ye add violence to rubbery and drive the harpies from their home then hear this oracle which I heard from Apollo and he from Jupiter your voyage is to Italy and to Italy shall ye come but wherever ye shall found a city there dire hunger shall compel you to devour your tables in vengeance for the wrong which ye have wrought upon me and my sisters with prayer and sacrifice they sought to avert the evil foretold them and when these were ended they went on board their ships and the south wind bore them from that inhospitable shore then Ithaca looms in view the rugged nurse of cruel Ulysses and many a brow is bent and many a curse is muttered at the mention of that hated name at last a cloud capped peak appears and sweeping through a rocky and perilous channel they cast anchor beneath the shadow of Apollo's temple in the bay of Actium winter is now approaching and for some time their travels are at an end the winter was passed in rest and recreation at the first dawn of spring they broke up their camp and skirting the coast of Epirus put into the harbour off Bathrotom on the mainland opposite the blue mountains of Corfu end of section 33 section 34 of the junior classics volume 3 tells from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this LibriVox recording is in the public domain recording by Gillian Henry pursued by the Cyclops by H. L. Havel laden with rich gifts and pursued by their kind hosts with blessings and tears the children of destiny launch their ships and at the fall of evening anchor under the towering headland which juts out into the aegiatic to make the opposite cliffs of Italy here they intend to pass the night and cross the narrow waters next day but at midnight Palinirus the captain of Anais's vessel wakes suddenly and seeing that the night is calm and the wind fair gives the signal to start with level sails they bound swiftly over the softly heaving starlit waters and every heart beats high as they draw nearer and nearer to the land of their adoption and now the stars grew pale and dawn flushed rosy red on the acrosauronian heights while before them in the west appeared a lowline of misty hills Italy cried Akates the trusty squire of Anais and all the fleet took up the cry till the air rang with the magic name of Italy then Ancaisis filled a golden goblet with wine and standing high on the afterdeck of the vessel poured a drink offering to the powers of land and sea praying for a prosperous voyage and a safe landing the wind blew stronger in answer to his prayer and speedily they saw before them an opening in the rock bound coast leading by a narrow channel into a landlocked basin on a lofty height commanding the haven stood the column temple of Minerva and on a meadow near the shore four snow-white steeds were grazing it is a message of war said Ancaisis for the horse is a warlike beast here they may not linger for all the coast bristles with foes but before they turn their prose southward they veil their faces as is the fashion of the Trojans and with bows knee and suppliant hands breathe the dreaded names of Juno and Minerva the shores of Italy begin to fade and far away on the southern horizon rises the fiery crest of Etna to the right they hear an angry moaning sound which warns them that they are on the threshold of the dreaded Sicilian strait the abode of Silla and Caruptis even at this distance the billows rise to a gigantic height threatening to swamp their vessels Polinorus calls to his men to take to their oars the rest of the fleet follow his example and born forward by oars and sails they are soon out of the reach of danger with sunset the wind dropped and after hours of weary toil they landed in the darkness beneath the black shadow of Etna where the giant Enceladus lies chained on his uneasy couch for after the defeat of the Titans the enormous brood of earth who had risen up in revolt against Jove Enceladus the most violent of these fierce rebels was confined in a subterranean dungeon and the huge mass of Etna was flung upon his bruised limbs to keep him fast and whenever he stirs in that living grave the whole mountain quakes and trembles and fire and smoke and molten rocks are belched up through the throat of the furnace favored was the sleep and troubled the dreams of the Trojans while their fleet lay moored in that fearful neighborhood the night was black and starless and the air was full of strange sounds as if some vast primeval monster were groaning and gasping for breath the day dawned red and threatening and Enneus had given the order to embark when out of the woods which clothed the lower slopes of Etna a man came slowly limping whose appearance showed him to be in the last extremity of want and misery he was covered with mire and clothed in rags scared held together with forms and his face was almost hidden by a matted growth of hair and beard in such guys he came on with feeble steps holding out his hands like one imploring pity and protection when he recognized the Trojan arms and dress he halted suddenly and seemed to hesitate then summoning resolution he came on again with quicken steps and flung himself at the knees of Enneus who had advanced to meet him save me he cried speaking in the greek language with sobs and tears only take me from this horrible place and then use me as you will i am a greek as you hear and i fought with the other greeks against Troy if that is a crime past forgiveness let me suffer for it tear me limb from limb and fling the fragments on the waves it will be something to be slaughtered by human hands touched to the heart by that speaking image of wretchedness and despair Enneus raised the poor outcast from the ground comforted him with gentle words and encouraged him to tell his story reassured by this kind reception he informed them that he was one of the comrades of Ulysses left behind in their hasty flight from the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus for the hardy Ithacan had visited this island in his wanderings and had put out the single eye of Polyphemus which flamed like the sun in the center of his forehead in revenge for the murder of his comrades whom the cannibal monster had slain and devoured for three months the unhappy castaway had sculpt in the woods supporting life on berries and roots and affrighted by the ponderous tread of Polyphemus and his brethren and their mighty voices which rumbled like thunder over his head then catching sight of the Trojan vessels he had crept from his hiding place determined to trust himself to the mercy of the newcomers whoever they might be he had just finished his story when a sound of crashing bows was heard as if some great beast were advancing through the jungle and in a moment the giant shepherd came into view supporting his footsteps on the trunk of a tall pine slowly he felt his way towards the sea that monster horrible misshapen huge and sightless and when he reached the margin of the bay he knelt down and washed the oozing gore from the gaping pit in his brow while groans as of some wounded Leviathan made the very waters tremble in wild panic the people of Ines fled to their ships and the hollow cliffs resounded to the beat of a thousand oars as they made haste to reach the open sea Polyphemus hurried and waded out into deep water in the direction of the sound with arms outstretched to seize one of the flying vessels but finding himself outpaced he lifted up his voice and sent forth a colossal shout which was belled back from the caverns of Etna and reached the far off shores of Italy roused by that tremendous signal his brethren came rushing from the woods and gathered in dread call clave filling all the beach like towering oaks they stood or tall cypress trees glaring with orbs of fire at the trojan fleet and the dashing oars but the wind blew fair and soon that tall cohort dwindled to pygmy size in the distance and the rugged outlines of Etna grew fainter and fainter along the eastern and southern shore of Sicily they fly where the blue waters lapped softly round the feet of gently sloping hills one day to be the site of many a famous city Syracuse and Agrigento and Gela having rounded the western cape of the island they come to anchor in the harbor of Drippinum here a great sorrow fell on Ineus his aged father Anfises who had followed him through all his wanderings and cheerfully endured many perils and privations passed gently away worn out with years and sorrows and his bones were laid in foreign soil far from the land of his birth so far the trojan emigrants have been suffered to proceed slowly and by winding ways but without any direct hindrance towards their destined goal but now a new power appears on the scene and a hostile influence begins to work against them which will henceforth dog their footsteps for many years that power is Juno who had ever been Troy's bitterest and most implacable enemy many causes concurred to keep alive her hatred against that devoted race the judgment of Paris who had given the prize of beauty to her rival Venus the high favour shown to Ganymede a lovely trojan boy whom Jupiter had made immortal and exalted to be his cupbearer and the ten long years of hope deferred and anxious toil when the Greeks were fighting against Troy besides all these bitter memories a new and pressing occasion had lately arisen to fan the smouldering embers of her resentment into a blaze on the northern coast of Africa fronting the shores of Sicily a colony from Tyre had recently founded the city of Carthage and a capricious queen of heaven had centered all her affections on the Tyrian settlement forgetting the ancient ties which bound her to the grecian states and now she had heard a prophecy for telling that a great nation was fated to spring from the blood of the trojan exiles which should one day level the towers of Carthage with the dust and found a new empire upon her ruins seated on her heavenly car the goddess was speeding on her way from Carthage full of ambitious schemes for the rising city when turning her eyes earthward she saw the fleet of Ineos putting out from the shore of Sicily and heading for the Italian coast at this unwelcome sight she checked the flight of her airy states and communed thus with her heart there goes the prince of Troy the child of fortune and thinks to thwart my purpose and bring all my plans to naught powers less august than I can work their will and vindicate their insulted majesty ajax blasphemed against palace and in the midst of his boastings was blasted by jove's fiery bolt and I the high queen of heaven the consort of heaven's king must war in vain for years against this broken remnant of a ruined race end of section 34 section 35 of the junior classics volume three tales from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this Librivox recording is in the public domain recording by Jillian Henry Venus sends Ineos to Queen Dido by Alfred J church not many days after Ineos and his companions set sail but scarce were the out of sight of the land of Sicily when Juno had despised them very wroth was she that they should now be drawing near to the end of their journey and she smoked the ship with the thunderbolts of Jupiter then Ineos and his companions being so wearied with the storm made for the nearest shore even Africa where they found a haven running far into land into which the waves come not till their force be spent now it came to pass on the next day that Ineos having first hidden his ships in a bay that was well covered with trees went forth to spy out the new land whether he was come and Akates only went with him and Ineos had in each hand a broad pointed spear and as he went there met him in the middle of the wood his mother but habited as a Spartan virgin for she had hung a bowl from her shoulders after the fashion of a huntress and her hair was loose and her tunic short to the knees and her garments gathered in a knot upon her breast then first the false hunters speak if perchance you have seen one of my sisters wondering hereabouts make known to me the place she is girded with a quiver and is clothed with the skin of a spotted lynx or maybe she hunts a wild war with horn and hound to whom Ineos I have not seen nor heard sister of nine o virgin for what shall I call thee for of a surety neither is thy look as of a mortal woman nor yet thy voice a goddess certainly thou art sister of Phoebus or happily one of the nymphs but whosoever thou art look favorably upon us and help us tell us in what land we be for the winds have driven us hither and we know not ought of place or people and venus said nay stranger I am not such as you think we virgins of tire are want to carry a quiver and to wear a buskin of purple for indeed it is a Turian city that is hard by though the land Belibia and of this city Daido is queen having come hither from tire flying from the wrongdoing of her brother and indeed the story of the thing is long but I will recount the chief matter thereof to thee the husband of this Daido was one Sicius richest among all the men of Phoenicia and greatly beloved of his wife now the brother of this Sicius was Pygmalion the king of the country and he exceeded all men in wickedness and when there arose a quarrel between them the king being exceedingly mad after gold took him unaware even as he did sacrifice at the altar and slew him and the king hit the matter many days from Daido and cheated her with Paul's hopes but at the last there came to her in her dreams the likeness of the dead man bearing his wounds and showing the wickedness which had been done also he better make haste and fly from that land and that she might do this the more easily told her of great treasure gold and silver that was hidden in the earth and Daido being much moved by these things made ready for flight also she sought for companions and there came together to her all as many as hated the king or feared him then did they seize ships that chance to be ready and lady them with gold even the treasure of King Pygmalion and so fled across the sea and in all this was a woman the leader then came they to this place where thou seest the walls and citadel of Carthage and bought so much land as they could cover with a bull's hide and now do ye answer me this whence come ye and where do ye go then answered Ines should I tell the whole story of our wanderings and thou have leisure to hear evening would come ere I could make an end we are men of Troy who having journeyed over many seas have now been driven by storms to this shore of Libya and as for me men call me Prince Ines the land I seek is Italy and my race is from Jupiter himself with 20 ships that I set sail going in the way whereof the gods sent me and of these scarce seven are left and now seeing that Europe and Asia endure me not I wander over the desert places of Africa but Venus suffered him not to speak more but said whoever thou art stranger that art come to this Tyrian city thou art surely beloved by the gods and now go show thyself to the queen and as for thy ships and thy companions I tell thee that they are safe in the heaven if I have not learned augury in vain see those 20 swans how joyously they fly and now there come with an eagle swooping down from the sky putting them to confusion but now again they move in due order and some are settling on the earth and some are preparing to settle even so doth it fare with thy ships for either are they already in the heaven or enter there into with sales full set and as she spake she turned away and there shone a rosy light from her neck also there came from her hair a sweet savor as of Ambrosia and her garments grew under her feet and Ines perceived that she was his mother and cried aloud oh my mother why dost thou mock me so often with false shows nor sufferest me to join my hand onto thy hand and to speak with thee face to face and he went towards the walls of the city but Venus covered him and his companions with a mist so that no man might see them or hinder them or inquire of their business and then departed to Paphos where was her temple and also many altars of incense then the men hastened on their way and mounting a hill which hung over the city marveled to behold it for indeed it was very great and noble with mighty gates and streets and a multitude that walked therein for some built the walls and the citadel rolling great stones with their hands and others marked out places for houses also they chose those that should give judgment and bear rule in the city some too digged out harbours and others laid the foundations of a theatre and cut out great pillars of stone like to bees they were when the summer being newly come the ants' worms go forth or when they labor filling the cells with honey and some receive the burdens of those that return from the fields and others keep off the drones from the hive even so laboured the men of Tyre and when Ineus beheld them he cried happy ye who even now have a city to dwell in and being yet hidden by the mist he went in at the gate and mingled with the men being seen of none now in the midst of the city was a wood very thick with trees and here the men of Carthage first come to the land from their voyage had digged out of the ground that which Juno had said should be assigned to them even a horse's head for that finding this their city would be mighty in war and full of riches here then Daido was building a temple to Juno very splendid with threshold of bronze and many steps there and to of bronze also where the doorposts and the gates and here there befell a thing which gave much comfort and courage to Ineus for as he stood and regarded the place waiting also for the queen he saw set forth in order upon the walls the battles that had been fought at Troy the sons of Atreus also and King Priam and fierce Achilles then said he not without tears is there any land Oachates that is not filled with our sorrows see as thou Priam yet with all there is a reward for virtue here also and tears and pity for the troubles of men fear not therefore surely the fame of these things shall profit us then he looked satisfying his soul with the paintings on the walls for there was the city of Troy in this part of the field the Greeks fled and the youth of Troy pursued them and in that the men of Troy fled and Achilles followed hard upon them in his chariot also he saw the white tents of Rhesus king of Thrace whom the fierce Daomed slew in his sleep when he was newly come to Troy and draped his horses to the camp before the eight of the grass of the fields of Troy or drank the waters of Xanthus there also Troelus was pictured Ill matched in battle with the great Achilles his horses bear him along but he lay on his back in the chariot yet holding the reins and his neck and head were dragged upon the earth and the spear point made a trail in the dust and in another place the women of Troy went suppliant wise to the temple of Minerva bearing a great and beautiful robe sad and beating their breasts and with hair unbound but the goddess regarded them not also Achilles dragged the body of Hector three times round the walls of Troy and was selling it for gold and Ines groaned when he saw the man whom he loved and the old man Priam reaching out helpless hands also he knew himself fighting in the midst of the grecian chiefs black memnon also he knew and the hosts of the east and Penthesilia leading the army of the amazons with shields shaped as the moon fierce she was to see with one breast bared for battle and a golden girdle beneath it a damsel daring to fight with men end of section 35 section 36 of the junior classics volume three tales from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this Librivox recording is in the public domain recording by Gillian Hendry Queen Daido welcomes Ines by Alfred J Church but while Ines marveled to see these things lo there came with a great throng of youths behind her Daido most beautiful of women fair as Diana when on the banks of Eurotus or on the hills of Synthos she leads the dance with a thousand nymphs of the mountains about her on her shoulder she bears a quiver and over tops them all and her mother even Latona silently rejoices to behold her so fair and seemingly to see was Daido as she bear herself right nobly in the midst being busy in the work of her kingdom then she sat herself down on a lofty throne in the gate of the temple with many armed men about her and she did justice between man and man also she divided the work of the city sharing it equally or parting it by lot then all of a sudden Ines heard a great clamour and saw a company of men come quickly to the place among whom were Antheus and Sargestas and Cloanthus and others of the men of Troy that had been parted from him in the storm right glad was he to behold them yet was not without fear and though he would feign have come forth and cut them by the hand yet did he tarry waiting to hear how the men had fared where they had left their ships and wherefore they were come then Ileoneus leave being now given that he should speak thus began oh queen whom Jupiter permits to build a new city in these lands we men of Troy whom the winds have carried over many seas pray thee that thou save our ships from fire and spare a people that service the gods for indeed we are not come to waste the dwellings of this land or to carry off spoils to our ships for of a truth they who have suffered so much think not of such deeds there is a land which the Greeks call Hesperia but the people themselves Italy after the name of their chief an ancient land mighty in arms and fertile of corn hither we were journeying when a storm arising scattered our ships and only these few that thou seest escaped to the land and can there be nations so savage that it receiveeth not shipwrecked men on its shore but beareth arms against them and forbideth them to land nay but if ye care not for men yet regard the gods who forget neither them that do righteously nor them that transgress we had a king in Eos then whom there lived not a man wore dutiful to gods and men and greater in war if indeed he be yet alive then we fear not at all for of a truth it will not repent thee to have helped us and if not other friends have we as acestes of Sicily grant us therefore to shelter our ships from the wind also to fit them with fresh timber from the woods and to make ready oars for rowing so that finding again our king and our companions we may gain the land of Italy but if he be dead and Ascanius his son lost also then there is a dwelling ready for us in the land of Sicily with acestes who is our friend then Dido her eyes bent on the ground thus spake fear not men of Troy if we have seemed to deal harshly with you pardon us seeing that being newly settled in this land we must keep watch and ward over our coasts but as for the men of Troy and their deeds in arms who knows them not think not that we in Carthage are so dull of heart or dwell so remote from man that we are ignorant of these things whether therefore you will journey to Italy or rather return to Sicily and King Acestes know that I will give you all help and protect you or if you will settle in this land of ours yours is this city which I am building I will make no difference between man of Troy and man of Tyre would that your king also were here surely I will send those that seek him in all parts of Libya less happily he should be gone astray in any forest or strange city of the land and when Ineos and Acestes heard these things they were glad and would have come forth from the cloud and Acestes said what thinkest thou though thy comrades are safe saving him whom we saw with our own eyes drowned in the waves and all other things are according as thy mother said and even as he spoke the cloud partied from about them and Ineos stood forth very bright to behold with face and breast as of a god for his mother had given to him hair beautiful to see and cast about him the purple light of youth even as a workman sets ivory in some fair ornament or compasseth about silver or marble of Paris with gold then spoke he to the queen lo I am he whom ye seek even Ineos of Troy scarcely saved from the waters of the sea and as for thee O Queen saying that thou only has been found to pity the unspeakable sorrows of Troy and biddest us though we be but poor exiles and lacking all things to share thy city and thy home may the gods do so to thee as thou deservedest and of a truth so long as the rivers run to the seas and the shadows fall on the hollows of the hills so long will thy name and thy glory survive whatever be the land to which the gods shall bring me then gave he his right hand to Ileoneos and his left hand to Sargestas and greeted them with great joy and Ido hearing these things was silent for a while but at the last she spoke what ill fortune brings thee into perils so great what power drave thee to these savage shores well do I mind me how in days gone by there came to Sidon one chooser who having been banished from his country sought help from Belis that he might find a kingdom for himself and it chanced that in those days Belis my father had newly conquered the land of Cyprus from that day did I know the tale of Troy and thy name also and the chiefs of Greece also I remember that chooser spoke honorably of the men of Troy saying that he was himself sprung of the old Chukrian stock come ye therefore to my palace I too have wandered far even as you and so have come to this land and having suffered much have learned to sucker them that suffer so saying she led Ileoneos into her palace also she sent to his companions in the ships great store of provisions even 20 oxen and a hundred bristly swine and a hundred you sheep with their lambs but in the palace a great feast was set forth couches covered with broidered purple and silver vessels without end and cups of bold where on were embossed the mighty deeds of the men of old time and in the meantime Ileoneos sent a cat is in haste to the ships that he might fetch a scania to the feast also he bad that the boys should bring with him gifts of such things as they had saved from the ruins of Troy a mantle stiff with broidery of gold and a veil bordered with yellow acanthus which the fair Helen had taken with her flying from her home but Leda her mother had given them to Helen a scepter likewise which Ileone first born of the daughters of prime had carried and a necklace of pearls and a double crown of jewels and gold but Venus was troubled in heart fearing evil to her son should the men of Tyre be treacherous after their want and Juno remember her wrath wherefore taking counsel with herself she called to the winged boy even love that was her son and speak my son who art all my power and strength who laffaced at the thunder of Jupiter now noticed how Juno being exceedingly wrath against thy brother Ileoneos causes him to wander out of the way over all lands this day dido hath him in her palace and speaketh him fair but I fear me much how these things may end wherefore here though that which I propose thy brother hath even now sent for the boy Ascanius that he may come to the palace bringing with him gifts of such things as they saved from the ruins of Troy him will I cause to fall into a deep sleep and hide in Scythira or Idaelium and do thou for one night take upon thee his likeness and when Queen Dido at the feast shall hold thee in her lap and kiss and embrace thee do thou breathe by stealth thy fire into her heart then did love as his mother had him and put off his wings and took upon him the shape of Ascanius but on the boy Venus caused there to fall a deep sleep and carried him to the woods of Idaelium and lapped him in sweet smelling flowers and in his stead love carried the gifts to the Queen and when he was come they sat down to the feast the Queen being in the midst under a canopy Ineos also and the men of Troy lay on coverlets of purple to whom serving men brought water and bread and baskets and napkins and within fifty handmaids were ready to replenish the stores of vitals and to fan the fire and a hundred others with pages as many loaded the tables with dishes and drinking cups many men of Tyre also were bidden to the feast much they marveled at the gifts of Ineos and much at the false Ascanius Dido also could not satisfy herself with looking on him nor knew what trouble he was preparing for her in the time to come and he having first embraced the father who was not his father and clung about his neck addressed himself to Queen Dido and she ever followed him with her eyes and sometimes would hold him on her lap and still he worked upon her that she should forget the dead Sicius and conceive a new love in her heart but when they first paused from the feast low men set great bowls upon the table and filled them to the brim with wine then did the Queen call for a great vessel of gold with many jewels upon it from which Belis and all the kings from Belis had drunk and called for wine and having filled it she cried oh Jupiter whom they call the god of hosts and guests cause that this be a day of joy for the men of Troy and for them of Tyre and that our children remember it forever also Bacchus give her of joy be present and kindly Juno and when she had touched the wine with her lips she handed the great cup to Prince Piteus who drank their out a mighty draft and the other princes after him then the minstrel Iopus whom Atlas himself had taught sang to the harp of the moon how she goes on her way and of the sun how his light is darkened he sang also of men and of the beasts of the field whence they come and of the stars Arcturus and the greater bear and the less and the Hyades and of the winter sun why he hastens to dip himself in the ocean and of the winter nights why they tarry so long the Queen also talked much of the story of Troy of Priam and of Hector asking many things as of the arms of Memnon and of the horses of Diomed and of Achilles how great he was and at last she said to Ines tell us now thy story how Troy was taken and thy wanderings over land and sea and Ines made answer nay oh Queen but thou bidest me renew a sorrow unspeakable yet if thou art minded to hear these things harken and he told her all that had befallen him even to the day when his father and chisis died end of section 36 section 37 of the junior classics volume 3 tells from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this Librivox recording is in the public domain recording by Jillian Hendry the Love and Death of Queen Dido by Alfred J Church much was Queen Dido moved by the story and much did she marvel at him that told it and scarce could sleep for thinking of him and the next day she spoke to Anna her sister oh my sister I have been troubled this night with ill dreams and my heart is disquieted within me what a man is this stranger that has come to our shores how noble of me how bold in war sure I am that he is of the sons of the gods what fortunes have been his of what wars he told us surely were I not steadfastly purposed that I would not yoke me again in marriage this were the man to whom I might yield only he for I will tell thee the truth my sister only he since the day when Sicius died by his brother's hand hath moved my heart but may the earth swallow me up or the almighty father strike me with lightning ere I stoop to such baseness the husband of my youth hath carried with him my love and he shall keep it in the grave so she spake with many tears and her sister made answer why wilt thou waste thy youth in sorrow without child or husband think is thou that there is care or remembrance of such things in the grave no suitors indeed have pleased thee here or entire but wilt thou also contend with a love that is after thine own heart think too of the nations among whom thou dwellest how fierce they are and of thy brother at tire what he threatens against thee surely it was by the will of the gods and of Juno chiefly that the ships of Troy came hither and this city which thou buildest to what greatness will it grow if only thou wilt make for thyself such alliance how great will be the glory of Carthage if the strength of Troy be joined unto her only do thou pray to the gods and offer sacrifices and for the present seeing that the time of sailing is now passed make excuse that these strangers carry with thee a while thus did Anna comfort her sister and encourage her and first the two offered sacrifice to the gods chiefly to Juno who careeth for the bond of marriage also examining the entrails of slain beasts they sought to learn the things that should happen thereafter and ever Dido would company with Ineos leading him about the walls of the city which she builded and often she would begin to speak and stay in the midst of her words and when even was come she would hear again and again at the banquet the tale of Troy and while others slept would watch and while he was far away would seem to see him and to hear him as Ganius too she would embrace for love of his father if so she might cheat her own heart but the work of the city was stayed meanwhile nor did the towers rise in their places nor the youth practice themselves in arms then Juno seeing how it fared with the Queen spoke to Venus are you satisfied with your victory thou and thy son that ye have vanquished the two of you one woman well I knew that thou fear its lest this cartridge should harm thy favorite but why should there be war between us thou hast what thou seekest let us make alliance let Dido obey a Frigian husband and bring the men of Tyre as her dowry but Venus knew that she spake with ill intent to the end that the men of Troy should not reign in the land of Italy nevertheless she dissembled with her tongue and speak who would not rather have peace with thee than war only I doubt whether this thing shall be to the pleasure of Jupiter this thou must learn seeing that thou art his wife and where thou leadest I will follow so the two taking council together ordered things in this wise the next day a great hunting was prepared for as soon as ever the sun was risen upon the earth the youth of the city assembled with nets and hunting spears and dogs that ran by scent and the princes of Carthage waited for the queen at the palace door where her horse stood chomping the bit with trappings of purple and gold and after a while she came forth with many following her and she had upon her a Sidonian mantle with a border wrought with diverse colors of gold was her quiver and of gold the knot of her hair and of gold the clasp to her mantle Ineos likewise came forth beautiful as is Apollo when he leave with Lydia and the stream of Santhus coming to Delos and half about his hair a wreath of bay leaves and a circlet of gold so fair was Ineos to see and when the hunters came to the hills they found great store of goats and stags which they chased and of all the company Ascanius was the foremost thinking scorn of such hunting and wishing that a wild boar or a lion out of the hills should come forth to be his prey and now befell a great storm with much thunder and hail from which the hunters sought shelter but Ineos and the queen being left of all their company came together to the same cave and there they plighted their truth one to another nor did the queen after that make secret of her love but called Ineos her husband straightway went rumor and told these things through the cities of Libya now rumor men say is the youngest daughter of earth a marvelous creature moving very swiftly with feet and wings and having many feathers upon her and under every feather an eye and a tongue and a mouth and an ear in the night she flies between heaven and earth and sleepeth not and in the day she siteth on some house top or lofty tower or spreadeth fear over mighty cities and she loveth that which is false even as she loveth that which is true so now she went telling through Libya how Ineos of Troy was come and Dido was wedded to him and how they lived careless and at ease and thinking not of the work to which they were called and first of all she went to Prince Iarbis who himself had sought Dido in marriage and Iarbis was very wroth when he heard it and coming to the temple of Jupiter spread his grief before the god how that he had given a place on his coasts to this Dido and would have taken her to wife but that she had married a stranger from Frigia another Paris whose dress and adornments were of a woman rather than of a man and Jupiter saw that this was so and he said to Mercury who was his messenger go speak to Ineos these words thus save the king of gods and men is this what thy mother promised of thee twice saving thee from the spear of the Greeks art thou he that shall rule Italy and its mighty men of war and spread thy dominion to the ends of the world if thou thyself forget is these things dost thou grudge to thy son the citadels of Rome what do is thou here why look is thou not to Italy depart and tarry not then Mercury fitted the winged sandals to his feet and took the wand with which he driveeth the spirits of the dead and came right soon to Mount Atlas which standeth bearing the heaven on his head and having always clouds about his top and snow upon his shoulders and a beard that is stiff with ice there Mercury stood a while then as a bird which seeks its prey in the sea shot head long down and came to Ines where he stood with a yellow jasper in his sword hilt and a cloak of purple shot with gold about his shoulders and speak build is thou Carthage forgetting thine own work the almighty father saith to thee what menace thou why tarry is thou here if thou care is not for thyself yet think of thy son and that the fates have given to him Italy and Rome and Ines saw him no more and he stood stricken with fear and doubt fain would he obey the voice and go as the gods commanded but how should he tell this purpose to the queen but at the last it seemed good to him to call certain of the chiefs as Mnestheus and Sargetus and Antheus and with them make ready the ships in silence and gather together the people but disemble the cause and he himself would watch a fitting time to speak and unfold the matter to the queen yet was not Dido deceived for love is keen of sight rumor also told her that they made ready the ships for sailing then flying through the city even as one on whom has come the frenzy of Bacchus flies by night over Mount Kethyron she came upon Ines and spoke thought is thou to hide thy crime and to depart in silence from this land cares thou not for her whom thou leave us to die and has thou no fear of winter storms that vex the sea by all that I have done for thee and given thee if there be yet any place for repentance repent thee of this purpose for thy sake I suffer the wrath of the princes of Libya and of my own people and if thou leave us me for what should I live till my brother overthrow my city or Iarbis carry me away captive if but I had a little Ines to play in my halls I should not seem so altogether desolate but Ines fearing the words of Jupiter stood with eyes that relented not at the last he spoke I deny not oh queen the benefits that thou has done unto me nor ever while I live shall I forget Dido I sought not to fly by stealth yet did I never promise that I would abide in this place could I have chosen according to my will I had built again the city of Troy where it stood but the gods command that I should seek Italy thou hast thy carthage why does thou grudge Italy to us nor may I tarry night after night have I seen my father and crisis warning me in dreams also even now the messenger of Jupiter came to me with these ears I heard him and bad me depart then in great wrath with eyes a scans did Dido break forth upon him surely no goddess was thy mother nor art thou come of the race of Dardanus the rocks of Caucasus brought thee forth and and her Kenny and Tigris fed thee for why should I dissemble was he moved at all my tears did he pity my love nay the very gods are against me this man I took to myself when he was shipwrecked and ready to perish I brought back his ships his companions from destruction and now for sooth comes the messenger of Jupiter with dreadful commands from the gods as for thee I keep thee not go seek thy Italy across the seas only if there is any vengeance in heaven thou wilt pay the penalty for this wrong being wrecked on some rock in their midst then we'll call on dido in vain I and wherever thou shalt go I will haunt thee and rejoice in the dwellings below to hear thy doom then she turned and hastened to go into the house but her spirit left her so that her maidens bear her to her chamber and later on her bed then Ineos though indeed he was much troubled in heart and would feign have comforted the queen was obedient to the heavenly word and departed to his ships and the men of Troy busied themselves in making them ready for the voyage even as the ants spoil a great heap of corn and store it in their dwellings against winter moving in a black line across the field and some carry the great grains and some chide those at linger even so did the Trojans swarm along the ways and labor at the work but when dido saw it she called to Anna her sister and said see as though how they hasten the work along the shore even now the sails are ready for the winds and the sailors have reed the ships with garlands as if for departure go though the deceiver always trusted thee and thou knowest how best to move him go and entreat him I harmed not him nor his people let him then grant me this only let him wait for a fairer time for his journey I ask not that he give up his purpose only that he grant me a short breathing space till I may learn how to bear this sorrow and Anna hearkened to her sister and took the message to Ines yet profited nothing for the gods shut his ears that he should not hear even as an oak stands firm when the north wind would root it up from the earth its leaves are scattered all around yet doth it remain firm for its roots go down to the regions below even as far as its branches reach to heaven so stood Ines firm and though he wept many tears changed not his purpose then dido grow weary of her life for when she did sacrifice the pure water would grow black and the wine be changed into blood also from the shrine of her husband which was in the midst of her palace was heard a voice calling her and the owl cried aloud from the housetop and in her dreams the cruel Ines seemed to drive her before him or she seemed to be going a long way with none to bear her company and be seeking her own people in a land that was desert therefore hiding the thing that was in her heart she spoke to her sister saying I have found away my sister that she'll bring him back to me or set me free from him near the shore of the great sea where the Ethiopians dwell is a priestess who guards the temple of the daughters of Hesperus being want to feed the dragons that kept the apples of gold she is able by her charms to loose the heart from care or to bind it and to stay rivers also and to turn the courses of the stars and to call up the spirits of the dead do thou therefore for this is what the priestess commands build a pile in the open court and put there on the sword which he left hanging in our chamber and the garments he wore and the couch on which he lay even all that was his so that they may perish together and when these things were done for Anna knew not of her purpose and also an image of Ines was laid upon the pile the priestess with her hair unbound called upon all the gods at well below sprinkling there on water that was drawn she said from the lake of Avernus and scattering evil herbs that had been cut at the full moon with a sickle of bronze Dido also with one foot bare and her garments loosened threw a meal upon the fire and called upon the gods if happily there be any that look upon those that love and suffer wrong and now it was morning and Queen Dido from her watch tower saw the ships upon the sea then she smote upon her breast and tore her hair and cried shall this stranger mock us thus hasten to follow him bring down the ships from the docks make ready sword and fire and this was the man who bare upon his shoulders his aged father why did I not tear him to pieces and slay his companions with the sword and serve up the young Ascanius at his meal and if I had perished what then for I die today O son that regardest all the earth and Juno that cares for marriage bonds and Hecatee queen of the dead and ye furies that take vengeance on evildoers hear me if it be ordered that he reach this land yet grant that he suffer many things from his enemies and be driven from his city and beg for help from strangers and see his people cruelly slain with the sword and when he shall have made peace on ill conditions that he enjoy not long his kingdom but die before his day and lie unburied on the plane and ye men of Tyre hate his children and his people forever let there be no love or peace between you and may some Avenger arise from my grave who shall persecute the race of darkness with fire and sword so shall there be war forever between him and me then she spoke to old Barcy who had been nursed to her husband Sychias fit my sister bathe herself in water and bring with her beasts for sacrifice and do thou also put a garland about thy head for I am minded to finish this sacrifice which I have begun and to burn the image of the man of Troy and when the old woman made haste to do her bidding Queen Dido ran to the court where the pile was made for the burning and mounted on the pile and drew the sword of Ines from the scabbard then did she throw herself upon the bed and cry now do I yield up my life I have finished my course I have built a mighty city I have avenged my husband on him that slew him happy had I been yay too happy had the ships of Troy never come to this land then she kissed the bed and cried shall I die unavenged nevertheless let me die the man of Troy shall see this fire from the sea whereon he journeys and carry with him an augury of death and when her maidens looked low she had fallen upon the sword and the blood was upon her hands and a great cry went up through the palace exceeding loud and bitter even as if the enemy had taken carriage or ancient tire and the fire were mounting over the dwellings of men and of gods and Anna her sister heard it and rushing through the midst called her by name well my sister was this thy purpose were the pile and the sword and the fire for this why would thou not suffer that I should die with thee for surely my sister thou hast slain thyself and me and thy people and thy city but give me water ye maidens that I may wash her wounds and if there be any breath left in her we may yet stay it then she climbed onto the pile and caught her sister in her arms and sought to staunch the blood with her garments three times did Dido strive to raise her eyes three times did her spirit leave her three times she would have raised herself upon her elbow three times she fell back upon the bed looking with wandering eyes for the light and groaning that she yet beheld it then Juno looking down from heaven saw that her pain was long and pitied her and sent down Iris her messenger that she might loose the soul that struggled to be free for saying that she died not by nature nor by the hand of man but before her time and of her own madness Queen Prisarpina had not shred the ringlet from her head which she shreds from them that die wherefore Iris flying down with dewy wings from heaven with a thousand colours about her from the light of the sun stood above her head and said I give thee to death even as I am bidden and loose thee from thy body then she shred the lock and Queen Dido gave up the ghost end of section 37 section 38 of the junior classics volume three tales from Greece and Rome edited by William Patton 1868 to 1936 this LibriVox recording is in the public domain recording by Gillian Hendry The Race of the Four Gallies by H. L. Havel on the night when Dido was keeping her last sorrowful vigil Ineos lay sleeping on the deck of his galley having made all things ready for a start next day but in his dreams he saw the youthful form of mercury standing by him perfect in grace and beauty and heard these warning words canst thou sleep Ineos on the very brink of peril away fly from this coast before thy path is beset with sword and brand a woman's heart is a fickle and slippery thing Ineos started from his couch in a fright and cried to his men up comrades take your oars and let us be gone a second time I have heard the voice of a god and again the word is fly and drawing his sword he cut the rope which moored his vessel to the shore swiftly the benches were manned the calm waters eddied and roared under their sturdy strokes and the whole fleet urged by one impulse swept out to sea the wind blew fair and the towers of cartridge were already sinking beneath the horizon when a great column of smoke shut up from the direction of cartridge checkered by tongues of fire it was the funeral pyre on which Dido's body was burning but the Trojans knew not this and thinking that perhaps it was a signal to summon the Tyrion fleet for pursuit they redoubled their efforts until the smoke column dwindled to a speck and vanished and nothing remained in view but sea and sky meanwhile the wind had shifted to the north the sky became overcast and the waves grew black and threatening Polinorus the captain of the royal vessel after anxiously scrutinizing the signs of the weather came to Ines and said my lord if Jupiter himself were my warrant I could not hope to reach Italy in this wind everything forbodes a storm and my counsel is that we run for shelter to the friendly harbor of Erics on the north coast of Sicily where we are sure of her brotherly welcome it is close at hand unless my seamanship is at fault Ines was well disposed on all accounts to take the advice of his pilot for Erics was a Trojan settlement which they had already visited on their voyage from Epirus and here too his father and Caesus had found his last resting place accordingly the order was given and running before the wind they soon reached the shelter of the high cliffs which guarded the harbor of Erics as they approached the shore they saw a stalwart warrior standing ready to receive them grimly attired in a bare skin and bristling with weapons it is my old friend Akestes said Ines with a smile whose heart is as kind as his aspect is threatening true to this description of his character Akestes hails his wandering countrymen with a hearty greeting and entertains them with princely hospitality next day was the anniversary of the death of Ancaesus which was celebrated by Ines and his men with splendid pomp and offerings of blood and wine and milk at the tomb when all rites had been duly paid Ines made proclamation of a great series of games to be held on the ninth day following and invited all the subjects of Akestes to take part with the Trojans in the friendly contest on the day appointed a vast multitude assembled and took their station on the cliffs to witness the first event in which four of the Trojan galleys were to race to a rocky island some distance from the shore and back again to the mainland the crews of the vessels the pristis the chimera the centaur and the silla were mustered in their places and the captains brave in their purple uniforms stood conspicuous on the afterdecks glancing critically at their brawny crews who sat stripped to the waist grasping their oars and waiting for the signal there was a breathless pause then a loud blast from a trumpet rang out for the start and the four galleys darted out with level prose for the open sea while a tremendous roar went up from the host of spectators who thronged the cliffs she leads the chimera has the lead is the cry and in fact the chimera and her captain Gaius is forging ahead she is a galley of the largest size and built for speed next comes the silla with her crew rowing powerfully and splendidly together but she is broad in the beam and a slow traveler the third place is keenly contested between the pristis and the centaur whose figureheads may be seen alternately passing and repassing each other and then again racing neck and neck footnote pristis means shark and a footnote the rocky island draws nearer and nearer and they can see the green bow of ilux placed there by order of ines waving in the wind the chimera is still leading and gaius her captain calls to his helmsman keep closer he orders you're steering too wide let the oars graze the rocks on the port side but the cautious old seaman shakes his head and steers in a wide curve fearing the shoal water near the island close behind looms the tall prow of the silla and they can hear the water hissing and foaming round her cut water they're gaining shouts gaius and even as he speaks the huge galley steered by a bold and skillful hand takes the inside place sweeps round the island and gaining deep water rushes triumphantly forward bound for the shore this was too much for the excitable gaius with tears of rage and grief he sprang upon the helmsman and snatching the tiller from his hand with one vigorous thrust he flung the two cautious veteran into the sea presently a gray head emerged from the water and the old man was seen swimming slowly towards the rocks which he reached not without difficulty and sat down with dripping garments and rueful countenance gasping and spitting out the brine now give way my men cried gaius putting the helm hard down as so to bring the galley round to the very edge of the rocks meanwhile menaceus in the priestess and sargastus in the centaur were still rowing a keen race and as they neared the turning point the centaur was leading by half a length seeing the wild steering of the chimera which was yawing and looting way under the unskillful hand of gaius menaceus strode up and down the gangway calling loudly to his crew now show your metal my braves ye who have fought at hector's side and defied a thousand perils on land and sea save your captain from the dishonour of coming in last his men respond gallantly to the call the huge hull of the priestess trembles under their mighty strokes and the white wake boils and foams behind them and as they strain and tug at their ponderous oars with parched throats and heaving chests suddenly a loud crash announces that fortune has come to their aid for the centaur taking the curve too short has stuck fast on a projecting ridge and hangs with shattered prow and broken oars on the rocks while the crew are busy with long poles trying to get her off the rival priestess sweeps triumphantly past her clears the dangerous shallows and enters deep water again homework bound and first she passes the chimera who has lost her helmsman and cannot keep a straight course then hard after the silla she flies and seems gaining on her with every stroke nearer and nearer creeps the priestess louder and louder grow the shouts of the waiting multitude on the shore whose feelings have been wound up to the wildest excitement by the sudden changes of fortune and the startling incidents of this memorable race already the prow of the priestess is overlapping the stern of the silla when a sudden fury seems to enter into the crew of the leading vessel and as if thrust forward from below by a giant's hand she makes a great bound in advance of her pursuer and gains the harbor the race was over and the victorious captains crowned with laurel were flaunting their honours proudly before their admiring comrades clanthus the captain of the silla received as first prize a rich mantle with a double waving border of tyrian purple on which was embroidered the story of the rape of ganymede a living picture showing the lovely boy seized in the midst of his woodland sports and born skyward in the talons of a gigantic eagle while below him were seen his dogs leaping and being in wild excitement and a group of aged attendants with hands uplifted and lips parted in speechless dismay a hundred eyes were curiously scanning this rare device when a loud laugh from the crowd on the shore announced the return of the unlucky centaur like a wounded snake crushed by the wheel of a passing wagon she came crawling slowly through the harbor mouth and landed her crestfallen crew among whom was menetes the chimeras helmsman still damp from his involuntary bath end of section 38