Note 263 — THE SHIELD OF HERCULES.
George Chapman translation
A well-tower’d city.] Homer, Il. book xviii. Shield of Achilles:
Two splendid cities also there he form’d Such as men build: in one were to be seen Rites matrimonial solemnized with pomp Of sumptuous banquets. Forth they led the brides Each from her chamber, and along the streets With torches usher’d them: and with the voice Of hymeneal song heard all around. Here striplings danced in circles to the sound Of pipe and harp; while in the portals stood Women, admiring all the gallant show. Cowper.