Part 10

THE END OF THE FOURTH BOOK.

[1] Virgil useth these verses.

THE FIFTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ILIADS

THE ARGUMENT

King Diomed (by Pallas’ spirit inspir’d With will and pow’r) is for his acts admir’d, Mere men, and men deriv’d from Deities, And Deities themselves, he terrifies. Adds wounds to terrors. His inflamed lance Draws blood from Mars, and Venus. In a trance He casts Æneas, with a weighty stone; Apollo quickens him, and gets him gone. Mars is recur’d by Pæon, but by Jove Rebuk’d for authoring breach of human love.

ANOTHER ARGUMENT

In Epsilon, Heav’n’s blood is shed By sacred rage of Diomed.