From Phthia sent to Agamemnon’s aid, On that same day he gave thee thus in charge. “Juno, my son, and Pallas, if they please, Can make thee valiant; but thy own big heart Thyself restrain. Sweet manners win respect.315 Cease from pernicious strife, and young and old Throughout the host shall honor thee the more.” Such was thy father’s charge, which thou, it seems, Remember’st not. Yet even now thy wrath Renounce; be reconciled; for princely gifts320 Atrides gives thee if thy wrath subside. Hear, if thou wilt, and I will tell thee all, How vast the gifts which Agamemnon made By promise thine, this night within his tent. Seven tripods never sullied yet with fire;325 Of gold ten talents; twenty cauldrons bright; Twelve steeds strong-limb’d, victorious in the race; No man possessing prizes such as those Which they have won for him, shall feel the want Of acquisitions splendid, or of gold.330 Seven virtuous female captives he will give, Expert in arts domestic, Lesbians all, Whom when thou conquer’dst Lesbos, he received His chosen portion, passing woman-kind In perfect loveliness of face and form.335 These will he give, and will with these resign Her whom he took, Briseïs, with an oath Most solemn, that unconscious as she was Of his embraces, such he yields her back. All these he gives thee now! and if at length340 The Gods vouchsafe to us to overturn Priam’s great city, thou shalt heap thy ships With gold and brass, entering and choosing first, When we shall share the spoil; and shalt beside Choose twenty from among the maids of Troy,345 Helen except, loveliest of all their sex. And if once more the rich milk-flowing land We reach of Argos, thou shalt there become His son-in-law, and shalt enjoy like state With him, whom he in all abundance rears,350 His only son Orestes. In his house He hath three daughters; thou may’st home conduct To Phthia, her whom thou shalt most approve. Chrysothemis shall be thy bride; or else Laodice; or if she please thee more355 Iphianassa; and from thee he asks No dower; himself will such a dower bestow As never father on his child before. Seven fair well-peopled cities will he give; Cardamyle and Enope; and rich360 In herbage, Hira; Pheræ stately-built, And for her depth of pasturage renown’d, Antheia; proud Æpeia’s lofty towers, And Pedasus impurpled dark with vines. All these are maritime, and on the shore365 They stand of Pylus, by a race possess’d Most rich in flocks and herds, who tribute large And gifts presenting to thy sceptred hand, Shall hold thee high in honor as a God. These will he give thee, if thy wrath subside.370 But should’st thou rather in thine heart the more Both Agamemnon and his gifts detest, Yet oh compassionate the afflicted host Prepared to adore thee. Thou shalt win renown Among the Grecians that shall never die.375 Now strike at Hector. He is here;—himself Provokes thee forth; madness is in his heart, And in his rage he glories that our ships Have hither brought no Grecian brave as he.