Beauty's Daughter: The Story Of Hermione And Helen Of Troy (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
Up and down the beach in every part of the Greek encampment animals were slain and butchered, the meat stripped from the bones, wrapped in fat and pierced with spits, and roasted over blazing fires. A feast was laid out. “Take food and wine now,” their commanders ordered, “then take your rest. When Dawn first spreads her golden cloak over the fields, ready your chariots and your battalions. Agamemnon will lead the fight.” I watched them pour a few drops of wine on the ground as an offering to Zeus before they drank, and I saw them eat and drink and then go off to sleep. I hoped that Orestes would come to me, that we could share a few moments, have a few words together before the first great battle of the new season. We had not seen much of each other since the preparations began. But he didn’t come, and though I longed to see him, I understood why. He would be with the other men. The next day the earth thundered beneath the pounding feet of thousands of men armored in bronze, ready to fight and die on the great open plain outside the walls of Troy.
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