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929-931. Euripides, Andromaque^ 400-403 : " I saw Hector slain and dragged by the chariot of Achilles. I saw déplorable Ilion bum and ascended, a slave, the ships of the Greeks." For détails of Hector*s death, see Iliady xxii.

932. That is : To save my son I not only consent to live but to be a slave. For to what will not a mother submit ?