[555] Sorte tulit, ἔλαχε. ‘Tulit’ of fate E. 5. 34. ‘Videntem:’ the pres. part. has a force, as the destruction was still going on before Priam's eyes at the time of his death. The language is from Il. 22. 61, αἴσῃ ἐν ἀργαλέῃ φθίσει κακὰ πόλλ᾽ ἐπιδόντα κ.τ.λ.
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