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94 The Destruction of Troy.
vapour dark and dim, that is spread to the clouds of heaven,
so that heaven over their heads was not near, and that sea
under the ships was not near, for darkness filled the void from
heaven to earth.
851. „Then there appeared to me the sound of a keen
tempestuous wind. Mcseomed that it would cast down the
forests of the world, even as the blast of Doom.
853. „I heard the noise of a mighty thunder: meseemed
it was the heaven that fell, or the sea that ebbed away, or
the earth that split into many parts, or as if showers of stars
were falling on the face of the earth."
856. „Alii what is that?" saith Priam.
857. „Not hard to say," saith the messenger. „The thickish
gray cloud, which I beheld over the sea, is the breaths of the
heroes and the champions of valour that filled the face of the
sea and the hollow (?) which is between heaven and earth,
because the steam and boiling of the keen-edged wrath arose
in the forebreasts of the valiant heroes, wherefore they turned
their wrath upon the rivalry of the rowing, so that it filled
(with their breath) the air above them.
863. „The noise of the rough wind which I heard is the
sighing and panting of those champions, with the fatigue of
the rowing and with mutual envy of a leader's contest. 1
866. „Now this is the thunder which I heard, the gnashing
and grinding of the soldiers' teeth, and the ... of the oars,
and the crashing of the sculls, and the falling of the benches,
and the breaking of the masts, the sound of the spears and
the swords, and the clashing of the shields, the bundling (?)
of the arrows, the clang of the helmets and the hauberks, at
the greatness of the rowing and of the . . . which the soldiers
... on the oars in the rowing. Such is the strength of the hands
that ply the oars that the barques and the galleys tremble
with their crews and their companies, with their barrels (?),
with their boards, with their arms." 2
1 The meaning seems to be 'of a contest for leadership.'
2 Here a scribe's note: 'Bad is that. ink!'