apostrophises the array of ships that went to the Trojan war, the great
chiefs who commanded, especially Achilles, whose shield they have seen,
with its Gorgons, and Sphinxes, and Hermes in flight, and other
wondrous figures--suddenly at the end connects itself with the subject
of the play by the thought: it was the Prince who commanded heroes like
these that a wicked wife dared to slay! {530}