Note 261 — THE SHIELD OF HERCULES.
George Chapman translation
Some from their city.] Homer, Il. book xvii. Shield of Achilles:
The other city by two glittering hosts Invested stood: and a dispute arose Between the hosts, whether to burn the town And lay all waste, or to divide the spoil. Meantime the citizens, still undismay’d, Surrender’d not the town, but taking arms Prepared an ambush; and the wives and boys, With all the hoary elders, kept the walls. Cowper.