— How the fierce bird against the Teukris landDespatched, with spear and executing hand,The Achaian’s two-throned empery—o’er Hellas’ youthTwo rulers with one mind:The birds’ king to these kings of ships, on high,— The black sort, and the sort that’s white behind, —Appearing by the palace, on the spear-throw side,In right sky-regions, visible far and wide, —