Troia

The first three lines might have been expressed by an ablative absolute in two words—Troia euersa.

Many interesting occurrences are related of Troia during the first and second Peloponnesian wars.

Several melancholy circumstances are there related, as arising out of the possession of the Troia by Darius.

The war sang to him of arms and men—ay, as war has sung since Troia's day, of women, too.

The Troia had been left in ruins; and was a desert, in the time of Strabo.