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BOOK XIII

OW when Jove had thus brought Hector and the Tro-
Njans to the ships, he left them to their never-ending toil,
and turned his keen eyes away, looking elsewhither towards
the horse-breeders of Thrace, the Mysians, fighters at close
quarters, the noble Hippemolgi, who live on milk, and the
Abians, justest of mankind. He no longer turned so much as
a glance towards Troy, for he did not think that any of the
immortals would go and help either Trojans or Danaans.
But King Neptune had kept no blind look-out; he had
been looking admiringly on the battle from his seat on the
topmost crests of wooded Samothrace, whence he could see
all Ida, with the city of Priam and the ships of the Achaeans.
He had come from under the sea and taken his place here,
for he pitied the Achaeans who were being overcome by the
Trojans; and he was furiously angry with Jove.
Presently he came down from his post on the mountain
top, and as he strode swiftly onwards the high hills and the
forest quaked beneath the tread of his immortal feet. Three
strides he took, and with the fourth he reached his goal—
Aegae, where is his glittering golden palace, imperishable,
in the depths of the sea. When he got there, he yoked his
fleet brazen-footed steeds with their manes of gold all flying
in the wind; he clothed himself in raiment of gold, grasped
his gold whip, and took his stand upon his chariot. As he