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88 The Destruction of Troy.
Now, the number of overkings of the Greeks, that are here
enumerated is forty-nine kings in all.
684. ^Thereafter, then, all came to the harbour of the
Athenians, and' all his captains were summoned to Agamemnon
to counsel him as to what they should do. So when the
captains had all come into one place, Agamemnon declared to
them that some of them should go to Apollo, to inquire of
him how the hosting would turn out, whether it would be
prosperous, or whether it would be passable at all. Every one
praised that counsel, and Achilles and Patroclus fared forth to
that end. So when they had come as far as Delphi, Apollo's
temple, they asked tidings of the image. Apollo replied to
them that the expedition would turn out well, 1 for they would
return to their home battle-victoriously at the end of ten years
after marching on Troy. Achilles offered great offerings to
Apollo in that stronghold. Now, when Achilles was making
the offerings in the temple, then came Calchas, son of Thestor,
with gifts and offerings from the Trojans to Apollo. He entered
the temple and asked tidings about the Trojans urgently, what
kind of end they would have of their warfare and contention
against the Greeks. Apollo answered that Troy would be
overturned at the end of ten years. When Calchas heard that,
he came to Achilles and made his union and friendship with
him, and they (both) went to the camp of the Greeks. They
related their tidings and their adventures. Now when all these
things had ended, Calchas told his people to put their ships
on sea and on ocean. The hosts did that for him. Ascalaphus
and Menelaus were put before them that they might be guides
to them straightway towards Troy, for they had been previously
in Jason's vessel.
708. First they fared to a certain island, which was under
Priam's yoke. They wreck that island. Thereafter, then, they
came to the island Tenedos, a place wherein were the treasures
and jewels, gold and silver of Priam and of the Trojans. All
1 Lit. that meet would be the going of the expedition.