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cession <strong>of</strong> the queen and the Trojan matrons<br />

to the temple <strong>of</strong> Minerva, to entreat<br />

her to remove Diomed from the fight.<br />

<strong>The</strong> battle relaxing during the absence <strong>of</strong><br />

Hector, Glaucus and Diomed have an interview<br />

between the two armies; where,<br />

coming to the knowledge, <strong>of</strong> the friendship<br />

and hospitality passed between their<br />

ancestors, they make exchange <strong>of</strong> their<br />

arms. Hector, having performed the orders<br />

<strong>of</strong> Helenus, prevails upon Paris to<br />

return to the battle, and, taking a tender<br />

leave <strong>of</strong> his wife Andromache, hastens<br />

again to the field.<br />

<strong>The</strong> scene is first in the field <strong>of</strong> battle,<br />

between the rivers Simois and Scamander,<br />

and then changes to Troy.<br />

Now heaven forsakes the fight: the<br />

immortals yield<br />

To human force and human skill the<br />

field:

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