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I want to remember

of the auspicious sign

Two stormy eagles appeared

to the double crowned rulers

one black feathered

the other with white tail

the kings of the skies

the kings of the fleet.

Sign as a guide

sign as a policy

signs as warrants

not my own choice

They swooped down,

struck a pregnant doe in full flight,

devoured the mother,

devoured the unborn fruit. ripping it from her womb

In these hare devourers

Kalchas recognized

the two battle-hungry army leaders.

As fate wills The hour will come

when this army

will overpower the towers

and walls of the city of Priam,

and violently crushes all the collected wealth.

Woe, if divine displeasure casts its shadow

on the mighty victor

on the advancing army,

Artemis angry with the winged hounds

who tore the doe

She detests their meal,

she hates this sacrifice.

Therefore she insists

on the fulfilment of the signs,

the auspicious as well as the inauspicious,

Sign as a guide

sign as a policy

signs as warrants

not my own choice!

Sign as a guide

sign as a policy

signs as warrants

not my own choice!

Kalchas cried out

to the healing God

"Help that your sister does not send long-lasting adverse winds,

that hinder the fleet

and prevent its departure.

Help, that she does not demand

another sacrifice

a lawless, nefarious one

that generate hatred forever"

Anger that never forgets

bird sign

revealed

the fate of the ruling house.

Woe!

And again

Woe!

but good triumphs!