GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-eng4:819-830 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-eng4:819-830

Writ down a babbler and a man of nought.

LEADER(grovelling before HECTOR)P. 46, 1. 819. The Guard seems to think that the spies got past him when he came to Hector’s tent at the beginning of the play. It was really later, when he made his men leave their post to wake the Lycians. Perhaps he is lying.Woe, woe! It was for thee, only for thee,I must have gone, O Help and Majesty,numeration out of sync: 822 omitted That time with message that the fires were burning.numeration out of sync: 824 omitted Mine eye was keen; I swear by Simois river,It never drooped nor slumbered, never, never,From eve till morning!My master, verily, I am innocent utterly,Build not such wrath against me, Lord, nor hardenThy heart; let Time be judge; and if in deed