...had shown a disposition to deprive him of hi» share in the booty brought from Troy. But even sucli examples are scarcely sufficient to prepare us for...conquerors. But hostility did not end here ; the naked corpse became the object of an obstinate struggle ; if it remained in the power of the enemy, it was...

...quarter seems never to have been given, except with a view to the ransom of the prisoner. Agamemnon reproaches Menelaus with unmanly softness, when he...enemy, and himself puts the suppliant to the sword." — Tbirlwall, vol. i. 181. 5 " The ruthless steel, impatient of delay, Forbade the sire to linger...

...to have been given, except with a view to the ransom of the prisoner. Agamemnon reproaches Menelaiis with unmanly softness, when he is on the point of...enemy, and himself puts the suppliant to the sword."— Thirlwall, vol. ip 181. 5 "The ruthless steel, impatient of delay, Forbade the sire to linger out the...

...quarter seems never to have been given, except with a view to the ransom of the prisoner. Agamemnon reproaches Menelaus with unmanly softness, when he is on the point of sparing a alien enemy, and himself putt the suppliant to the sword."— Thirlwall, vol. ip 181. "The ruthless...

...to have been given, except with a view to the ransom of the prisoner. Agamemnon reproaches Menelaiis with unmanly softness, when he is on the point of...enemy, and himself puts the suppliant to the sword."— Thirlwall, vol. ip 181. "The ruthless steel, impatient of delay, Forbade the sire to linger out the...