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B. mi. c. i. 7. THE TROAD. 343 By Troja he means the continent which he had ravaged. Among other places which had been plundered, was the country opposite Lesbos, that about Thebe, Lyrnessus, and Pedasus belonging to the Leleges, and the territory also of Eurypylus, the son of Telephus ; " as when lie slew with his sword the hero Eurypylus, the son of Te- lephus; " l and Neoptolemus, " the hero Eurypylus." The poet says these places were laid waste, and even Lesbos ; "when he took the well-built Lesbos,"* and, " he sacked Lyrnessus and Pedasus," 3 and, " laid waste Lyrnessus, and the walls of Thebe." * Brisei's was taken captive at Lyrnessus ; " whom he carried away from Lyrnessus." 6 In the capture of this place the poet says, Mynes and Epistro- phus were slain, as Brisei's mentions in her lament over Pa- troclus, " Thou didst not permit me, when the swift-footed Achilles slew my hus- band, and destroyed the city of the divine Mynes, to make any lamenta- tion ; " 6 for by calling Lyrnessus " the city of the divine Mynes," the poet implies that it was governed by him who was killed fighting in its defence. Chrysei's was carried away from Thebe ; " we came to Thebe, the sacred city of Eetion," T and Chrysei's is mentioned among the booty which was car- ried off from that place. Andromache, daughter of the magnanimous Eetion, Eetion king of the Cilicians, who dwelt under the woody Placus at Thebe Hypoplacia. 9 This is the second Trojan dynasty after that of Mynes, and in agreement with what has been observed are these words of Andromache ; 1 Od. xviii. 518. 2 II. ix. 129. 3 II. xx. 92. 4 II. ii. 691. 5 II. ii. 690. II. xix. 295. 7 II. i. 366. 8 II. vi. 395.