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master stood there in his gleaming harness like a flash of light�察�till
from the inmost shrine there came a voice of thrilling horror��
stirring the crowd to make a stand。 Then fell Achilles' son�察�smitten
through the flank by some Delphian's biting blade�察�some fellow that
slew him with a host to help�察�and as he fell�察�there was not one that
did not stab him�察�or cast a rock and batter his corpse。 So his whole
body�察�once so fair�察�was marred with savage wounds。 At last they cast
the lifeless clay�察�Iying near the altar�察�forth from the fragrant fane。
And we gathered up his remains forthwith and are bringing them to
thee�察�old prince�察�to mourn and weep and honour with a deep´dug tomb。
This is how that prince who vouchsafeth oracles to others�察�that
judge of what is right for all the world�察�hath revenged himself on
Achilles' son�察�remembering his ancient quarrel as a wicked man
would。 How then can he be wise��
��The MESSENGER withdraws as the body of Neoptolemus
is carried in on a bier。 The following lines
between PELEUS and the CHORUS are
chanted responsively。��
CHORUS
Lo� �e'en now our prince is being carried on a bier from Delphi's
land unto his home。 Woe for him and his sad fate�察�and woe for thee��
old sire� �for this is not the welcome thou wouldst give Achilles' son��
the lion's whelp�察�thyself too by this sad mischance dost share his
evil lot。
PELEUS
Ah� �woe is me� �here is a sad sight for me to see and take unto
my halls� �Ah me� �ah me� �I am undone�察�thou city of Thessaly� �My line
now ends�察�I have no children left me in my home。 Oh� �the sorrows
seem born to endure� �What friend can I look to for relief�拭�Ah�察�dear
lips�察�and cheeks�察�and hands� �Would thy destiny had slain the 'neath
Ilium's walls beside the banks of Simois��
CHORUS
Had he so died�察�my aged lord�察�he had won him honour thereby�察�and
thine had been the happier lot。
PELEUS
O marriage�察�marriage�察�woe to thee� �thou bane of my home�察�thou
destroyer of my city� �Ah my child�察�my boy�察�would that the honour of
wedding thee�察�fraught with evil as it was to my children and house��
had not thrown o'er thee�察�my son�察�Hermione's deadly net� �that the
thunderbolt had slain her sooner� �and that thou�察�rash mortal�察�hadst
never charged the great god Phoebus with aiming that murderous shaft
that spilt thy hero´father's blood��
CHORUS
Woe� �woe� �alas� �With due observance of funeral rites will I
begin the mourning for my dead master。
PELEUS
Alack and well´a´day� �I take up the tearful dirge�察�ah me� �old
and wretched as I am。
CHORUS
'Tis Heaven's decree�察�God willed this heavy stroke。
PELEUS
O darling child�察�thou hast left me all alone in my halls�察�old
and childless by thy loss。
CHORUS
Thou shouldst have died�察�old sire�察�before thy children。
PELEUS
Shall I not tear my hair�察�and smite upon my head with grievous
blows�拭�O city� �of both my children hath Phoebus robbed me。
CHORUS
What evils thou hast suffered�察�what sorrows thou hast seen�察�thou
poor old man� �what shall be thy life hereafter��
PELEUS
Childless�察�desolate�察�with no limit to my grief�察�I must drain the
cup of woe�察�until I die。
CHORUS
'Twas all in vain the gods wished thee joy on thy wedding day。
PELEUS
All my hopes have flown away�察�fallen short of my high boasts。
CHORUS
A lonely dweller in a lonely home art thou。
PELEUS
I have no city any longer�察�there� �on the ground my sceptre do
cast�察�and thou�察�daughter of Nereus�察�'neath thy dim grotto�察�shalt see
me grovelling in the dust�察�a ruined king。
CHORUS
Look�察�look� 。�A dim form of divine appearance is seen hovering
mid air。�� What is that moving�拭�what influence divine am I conscious
of�拭�Look�察�maidens�察�mark it well�察�see�察�yonder is some deity�察�wafted
through the lustrous air and alighting on the plains of Phthia�察�home
of steeds。
THETIS ��from above��
O Peleus� �because of my wedded days with thee now long agone�察�I
Thetis am come from the halls of Nereus。 And first I counsel thee
not to grieve to excess in thy present distress�察�for I too who need
ne'er have borne children to my sorrow�察�have lost the child of our
love�察�Achilles swift of foot�察�foremost of the sons of Hellas。 Next
will I declare why I am come�察�and do thou give ear。 Carry yonder
corpse�察�Achilles' son�察�to the Pythian altar and there bury it�察�a
reproach to Delphi�察�that his tomb may proclaim the violent death he
met at the hand of Orestes。 And for his captive wife Andromache�察�she
must dwell in the Molossian land�察�united in honourable wedlock with
Helenus�察�and with her this babe�察�the sole survivor as he is of all the
line of Aeacus�察�for from him a succession of prosperous kings of
Molossia is to go on unbroken�察�for the race that springs from thee and
me�察�my aged lord�察�must not thus be brought to naught�察�no� �nor Troy's
line either�察�for her fate too is cared for by the gods�察�albeit her
fall was due to the eager wish of Pallas。 Thee too�察�that thou mayst
know the saving grace of wedding me�察�will I�察�a goddess born and
daughter of a god�察�release from all the ills that flesh is heir to and
make a deity to know not death nor decay。 From henceforth in the halls
of Nereus shalt thou dwell with me�察�god and goddess together�察�thence
shalt thou rise dry´shod from out the main and see Achilles�察�our
dear son�察�settled in his island´home by the strand of Leuce�察�that is
girdled by the Euxine sea。 But get thee to Delphi's god´built town��
carrying this corpse with thee�察�and�察�after thou hast buried him��
return and settle in the cave which time hath hollowed in the Sepian
rock and there abide�察�till from the sea I come with choir of fifty
Nereids to be thy escort thence�察�for fate's decree thou must fulfil��
such is the pleasure of Zeus。 Cease then to mourn the dead�察�this is
the lot which heaven assigns to all�察�and all must pay their debt to
death。
PELEUS
Great queen�察�my honoured wife�察�from Nereus sprung�察�all hail��
thou art acting herein as befits thyself and thy children。 So I will
stay my grief at thy bidding�察�goddess�察�and�察�when I have buried the
dead�察�will seek the glens of Pelion�察�even the place where I took thy
beauteous form to my embrace。 Surely after this every prudent man will
seek to marry a wife of noble stock and give his daughter to a husband
good and true�察�never setting his heart on a worthless woman�察�not
even though she bring a sumptuous dowry to his house。 So would men
ne'er suffer ill at heaven's hand。
��THETIS vanishes。��
CHORUS ��chanting��
Many are the shapes of Heaven's denizens�察�and many a thing they
bring to pass contrary to our expectation�察�that which we thought would
be is not accomplished�察�while for the unexpected God finds out a
way。 E'en such hath been the issue of this matter。
´THE END´
。