to set it in a blaze, his body cased in a suit of golden mail forged by Hephaestus, a gift from his goddess-mother, from Thetis who bore him.Then the gods shed a blessing on the marriage of the high-born bride, who was first of Nereus’ daughters, and on the wedding of Peleus.

ChorusBut the Argives will crown you,i.e,, Iphigenia. wreathing the lovely tresses of your hair, like a pure, dappledReading βαλιὰν for γ᾽ ἁλιᾶν with Scaliger, with Monk’s addition of ἔλαφον, and his further correction ὀρείαν ἠ. heifer brought from some rocky cave, and staining with blood your human throat;though you were never reared among the piping and whistling of herdsmen, but at your mother’s side, to be decked as the bride of a son of Inachus. From here to the end of the chorus is regarded by Paley as spurious.Where now does the face of modestyor virtue have any strength?Omitting the words δύνασιν ἔχει as a probable gloss on σθένει (MSS. σθένειν); so Paley and Weil. seeing that godlessness holds sway, and virtue is neglected by men and thrust behind them,