Part 39

THE END OF THE NINETEENTH BOOK.

[1] Scyros was an isle in the sea Ægeum, where Achilles himself was brought up, as well as his son.

THE TWENTIETH BOOK OF HOMER’S ILIADS

THE ARGUMENT

By Jove’s permission, all the Gods descend To aid on both parts. For the Greeks contend Juno, Minerva, Neptune, Mulciber, And Mercury. The Deities that prefer The Trojan part are Phœbus, Cyprides, Phœbe, Latona, and the Foe to peace, With bright Scamander. Neptune in a mist Preserves Æneas daring to resist Achilles; by whose hand much scathe is done; Besides the slaughter of old Priam’s son Young Polydor, whose rescue Hector makes; Him flying, Phœbus to his rescue takes. The rest, all shunning their importun’d fates, Achilles beats even to the Ilian gates.

ANOTHER ARGUMENT

In Upsilon, Strife stirs in heav’n; The day’s grace to the Greeks is giv’n.