Note 85 — Chapter II

Ἀγχοῦ δ’ ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις· Εἴσατο δὲ φθογγὴν υἷϊ Πριάμοιο Πολίτῃ, Ὃς Τρώων σκοπὸς ἵζε, ποδωκείῃσι πεποιθὼς, Τύμβῳ ἐπ’ ἀκροτάτῳ Αἰσυήταο γέροντος, Δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Ἀχαιοί— “Swift Iris stood amidst them, and the voice Assuming of Polites, Priam’s son, The Trojan scout, who, trusting to his speed, Was posted on the summit of the mound Of ancient Æsyetes, there to watch Till from their ships the Grecian troops should march—”