iliad10-第101章

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one　else　in　Troy　who　is　kind　to　me；　but　all　shrink　and　shudder　as
they　go　by　me。〃

She　wept　as　she　spoke　and　the　vast　crowd　that　was　gathered　round
her　joined　in　her　lament。　Then　King　Priam　spoke　to　them　saying；
〃Bring　wood；　O　Trojans；　to　the　city；　and　fear　no　cunning　ambush
of　the　Argives；　for　Achilles　when　he　dismissed　me　from　the　ships
gave　me　his　word　that　they　should　not　attack　us　until　the　morning
of　the　twelfth　day。〃

Forthwith　they　yoked　their　oxen　and　mules　and　gathered　together
before　the　city。　Nine　days　long　did　they　bring　in　great　heaps　of
wood；　and　on　the　morning　of　the　tenth　day　with　many　tears　they
took　brave　Hector　forth；　laid　his　dead　body　upon　the　summit　of
the　pile；　and　set　the　fire　thereto。　Then　when　the　child　of
morning；　rosy…fingered　dawn；　appeared　on　the　eleventh　day；　the
people　again　assembled；　round　the　pyre　of　mighty　Hector。　When
they　were　got　together；　they　first　quenched　the　fire　with　wine
wherever　it　was　burning；　and　then　his　brothers　and　rades　with
many　a　bitter　tear　gathered　his　white　bones；　wrapped　them　in　soft
robes　of　purple；　and　laid　them　in　a　golden　urn；　which　they　placed
in　a　grave　and　covered　over　with　large　stones　set　close　together。
Then　they　built　a　barrow　hurriedly　over　it　keeping　guard　on　every
side　lest　the　Achaeans　should　attack　them　before　they　had
finished。　When　they　had　heaped　up　the　barrow　they　went　back　again
into　the　city；　and　being　well　assembled　they　held　high　feast　in
the　house　of　Priam　their　king。

Thus；　then；　did　they　celebrate　the　funeral　of　Hector　tamer　of
horses。





End　of　The　Project　Gutenberg　Etext　of　The　Iliad　of　Homer；
translated　by　Samuel　Butler