text:  The warriors stand in an attentive circle leaning on their arms; he has risen to address them; his action is animated his words are vehement; the polished accents the finished periods of the Greek flow not from his lips but there is eagerness in his eye there is earnestness in his speech his language is figurative in the extreme a thousand picturesque and striking images illustrate his meaning; his metaphors drawn from the battle and the chase thrill to the bosom of all his listeners; and the clash and clang of their arms amidst which he sits down proclaims alike their assent to his proposition and their admiration of his eloquence