GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-eng3:45-50 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-eng3:45-50

set forth from this land with an army of a thousand ships manned by Argives, a warrior force to champion their cause. Loud rang the battle-cry they uttered in their rage, just as eagles scream which,in lonely grief for their brood, rowing with the oars of their wings, wheel high over their bed, because they have lost the toil of guarding their nurslings’ nest.