Book III - Ajax the great, the beauteous queen replied

"Ajax the great," the beauteous queen replied,

"Himself a host: the Grecian strength and pride.

See! bold Idomeneus superior towers

Amidst yon circle of his Cretan powers,

Great as a god! I saw him once before,

With Menelaüs on the Spartan shore.

The rest I know, and could in order name;

All valiant chiefs, and men of mighty fame.

Yet two are wanting of the numerous train,

Whom long my eyes have sought, but sought in vain;

Castor and Pollux, first in martial force,

One bold on foot, and one renowned for horse.

My brothers these; the same our native shore,

One house contained us, as one mother bore.

Perhaps the chiefs, from warlike toils at ease,

For distant Troy refused to sail the seas:

Perhaps their sword some nobler quarrel draws,

Ashamed to combat in their sister's cause."