...d that his descendants in unbroken succession will rule over Molossia and live their lives in prosperity. For, old sir, it was not to be that your race and mine should be so laid waste, nor that of Troy , for Troy too is in the gods' care although it fell by the will of Pallas Athena. As for yourself, in order that you may feel gratitude for your marriage to me, I shall set you free from mortal woe...