He sees the wars of Troy set out in order: the battles famous now through all the world, the sons of Atreus and of Priam, and Achilles, savage enemy to both. 650 He halted. As he wept, he cried: “Achates, where on this earth is there a land, a place that does not know our sorrows? Look! There is Priam! Here, too, the honorable finds its due and there are tears for passing things; here, too, 655 things mortal touch the mind. Forget your fears; this fame will bring you some deliverance.” He speaks. With many tears and sighs he feeds his soul on what is nothing but a picture.
