These bolts were supposed to be sharp and barbed points, driven with a terrible force from the mighty arm of Jupiter, and which carried destruction before them. […] In modern history many distinguished benefactors of mankind have suffered greatly fro the force and strength of powerful tyrants. […] They represented the triumph of the useful arts over brute force. […] Here they meant to attack the forces of Eteocles, but the two brothers agreed to end the quarrel by single combat, and each killed the other. […] At Troy, the Grecian armament was encountered by a force sufficiently prepared to receive them.