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Jove lifts the golden balances, that show The fates of mortal men, and things below: Here each contending hero's lot he tries, And weighs, with equal hand, their destinies. Low sinks the scale surcharged with Hector's fate; Heavy with death it sinks,...

From its beginning to the death of President Swain, 1789-1868 - Page 227
by Kemp Plummer Battle - 1907
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The Portable Greek Reader

Wystan Hugh Auden - 1948 - 744 pages

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The Iliad: Translated by Alexander Pope. Edited, with an Introd. and Textual ...

Homer - 1965 - 584 pages

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Translations of Homer: The Iliad

Homer, Alexander Pope - 1967 - 662 pages

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With Mortal Voice: The Creation of Paradise Lost

John T. Shawcross - 1982 - 216 pages

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The Plays of Henry Fielding: A Critical Study of His Dramatic Career

Albert J. Rivero - 1989 - 198 pages

...the "lots" of Hector and Achilles to determine the fated outcome of their duel on the Trojan plain: "Jove lifts the golden Balances, that show / The Fates...equal Hand, their Destinies. / Low sinks the Scale surcharg'd with Hector's Fate; / Heavy with Death it sinks, and Hell receives the Weight" (Reuben Brower...

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