heu simplex nimiumque rudis, qui callida dona Graiorumque dolos variumque ignoret Ulixem! hic aliae, qua sexus iners naturaque ducit, aut teretes thyrsos aut respondentia temptant tympana, gemmatis aut nectunt tempora limbis; arma vident magnoque putant donata parenti.
He encourages them to choose, nor does the mild king forbid. Alas, too simple and inexperienced, he knows not of cunning presents and Grecian wiles and shifty Ulysses. The other girls, as their unadventurous sex and nature leads them, try smooth wands or responsive drums or bind their temples with jewelled sashes; they see the weapons and think them presents for their great parent.
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