Irische Texte : mit ersetzungen und Wterbuch

Literal Translation. 131
1895. Now until the white of the morning, there was no
pause to the devastation and the ruin of the city. The city
was burnt, so that it was in (?) a fringe of fire and under
vapour of smoke. Badb bellowed and roared above it. Demons
of the air shouted above . . .; for pleasant it was to them that
slaughter should befall Adam's seed, because that was an in-
crease to their (the demons') household. Great then were the
turmoil and the ./^. that were in Troy on that night. There
was trembling on the teeth of the weak. The blood of the
soldiers was poured forth. The old men wailed, the infants
cried, the grown-up girls lamented. Multitudes of noble, well-
born women were misused there, and the widows' tresses were
loosened, and the hosts were slain. The city was devastated
and ruined and swept away. 1
1907. Now when daylight came on the morrow the kings
of the Greeks came together into one council, and gave thanks
to their gods and to their idols. Agamemnon praised the hosts,
and then it was proclaimed by him that all the prey of the
city should be brought to one place; and he made a right
division unto the hosts, according to their ranks and according
to their just grades. Then the kings held a council to see
what they should do to the betrayers, whether freedom should
be given to them or should not be given. All the hosts shout-
ed, and this is what they said, that freedom and peace be
given to the folk that had forsaken their fatherland and their
city. Whatever, then, the hosts had taken of their men and
cattle, of their jewels and treasures, all was given (back) to
them, and protection was granted to them together with their
friends and comrades and foster-brothers and with all that
they possessed.
1919. Then did Antenor beseech Agamemnon that he
might be allowed to say a few words to him. Agamemnon gave
permission to him (Antenor). Antenor fell on his knees and
bent them thrice in presence of Agamemnon, and said to him:
Lit. I think, 'was nnsited', de-lathriged?