GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-eng4:529-547 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-eng4:529-547

Are setting; the Pleiades sevenMove low on the margin of heaven,And the Eagle is risen and rangesThe mid-vault of the skies.ANOTHER.No sleeping yet! Up from your couchesAnd watch on, the sluggards ye are!The moon-maiden’s lamp is yet burning.THIRD GUARD.Oh, the morning is near us, the morning!Even now his fore-runner approaches,Yon dim-shining star.DIVERS GUARDS.(talking)Who drew the first night-watch?ANOTHER.’Twas one Koroibos, called the Mygdon’s Son.THE GUARD.And after?THE OTHER.The Mount Taurus menHad second watch: from them againThe Mysians took it. We came then.A GUARD.’Tis surely time. Who will go tellThe fifth watch? ’Tis the Lycians’ spellBy now; ’twas thus the portions fell.numeration out of sync: 546 omitted

ANOTHER.Nay, hearken! Again she is crying