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- Page 3 and 4: day long the pyres of the dead were
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- Page 9 and 10: With all sincerity and goodwill, th
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- Page 15 and 16: Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard
- Page 17 and 18: her taunting speeches; even now she
- Page 19 and 20: As he spoke, he took a double cup o
- Page 21 and 22: Jove. Remember this, and when you w
- Page 23: Then King Agamemnon rose, holding h
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- Page 29 and 30: a prodigy; for Jove sent a fearful
- Page 31 and 32: will not stave off destruction for
- Page 33 and 34: holding her priceless aegis that kn
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- Page 49 and 50: for Helen and all her wealth. Let h
- Page 51 and 52: Thus spoke the goddess, and Helen's
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- Page 61 and 62: Minerva and Juno muttered their dis
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to the Trojans, for he was displeas
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the nipple, and he fell from his ch
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as he was flying before him, smote
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go furiously about among the Trojan
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made them still more furious. I did
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out and said, "You are hit clean th
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lest some Danaan should drive a spe
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lord, Diomed the bravest of the Ach
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from afar, even from Lycia and the
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and was descended from the river Al
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of great wealth who lived in Paesus
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since I may not return home to glad
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sitting all alone on the topmost ri
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"Diomed, son of Tydeus," replied Mi
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He then bade Paeeon heal him, where
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alive and at the ships of the Achae
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to the gods and vow hecatombs in th
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forth flames of fire; but Belleroph
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there were twelve upper rooms also
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point gleamed in front of him, and
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Hector hurried from the house when
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He stretched his arms towards his c
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BOOK VII With these words Hector pa
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"Hear me, Trojans and Achaeans, tha
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with bow nor spear, but broke the b
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even so did huge Ajax, bulwark of t
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Ajax son of Telamon answered, "Idae
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as I am minded. Let us give up Argi
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their ships, some to gather the cor
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BOOK VIII Now when Morning, clad in
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Now so long as the day waxed and it
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All had then been lost and no help
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Thus did he vaunt, but Queen Juno m
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After him came Agamemnon and Menela
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two trusty squires, Mecisteus son o
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fighting there will be mischief. Th
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And Jove answered, "To-‐morrow
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sweating steeds from under the yoke
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go-‐ the way is open to you; th
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a truer mind than that which has be
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Thus did he speak, and his saying p
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Jove is with him he fears neither g
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I hate even as the gates of hell wh
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have; he may promise me the wealth
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e branded as the murderer of my fat
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was angry and did them hurt because
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And Achilles answered, "Phoenix, ol
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Ulysses answered, "Most noble son o
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He covered his broad back with the
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us go the round of the watch, and s
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heart is of iron; you rest not one
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the Trojans, for he was ever full o
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had done praying to the daughter of
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a doe or hare that runs screaming i
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"I will tell you truly all," replie
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for they were not yet used to them.
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about which you ask me, are freshly
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On his head Agamemnon set a helmet,
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withes as they were shepherding, bu
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with hands all bedrabbled in gore;
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point of the spear struck against t
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What, then is the full tale of thos
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with his brawny hand leaning on the
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gnashing of his jaws, but for all h
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Ajax then came up with his shield b
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As peasants with their hounds chase
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When Nestor and Machaon had reached
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field. At daybreak the heralds went
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Pylians a great victory, for we cha
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now before his spear?" Wounded Eury
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and then when he had swept the wall
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was captain over the allies, and to
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stand firm either to slay or be sla
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obbed you of your reason. You would
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him, and brandishing his two spears
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I will come back here at once as so
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the blood alike of Trojans and of A
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Presently he came down from his pos
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within me, while my hands and my fe
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of the dull thing have been loosene
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and sent it whirling over the crowd
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valorous, and wherever there has be
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and main did they hack at each othe
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his cuirass of bronze did not prote
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you were a child in his house, and
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Meriones sprang upon him like a vul
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who in his turn wounded the hand wi
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Paris was deeply grieved by the dea
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The Trojans would now have been dri
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ave Polydamas, Phalces, Orthaeus, g
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his father's shield; he grasped his
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draw down the rest of the fleet. Th
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upon the plain, and you shall see t
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they will be grateful to me and lov
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Sleep was pleased when he heard thi
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and tell the others? It would be su
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the blast of Boreas, nor do the fla
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The Argives were maddened by this b
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and among them my own noble son Sar
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to Olympus, after having caused inf
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Iris fleet as the wind then answere
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over the plain to the place where h
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The fight then became more scattere
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Now Patroclus, so long as the Achae
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King Polydamas saw what had happene
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Laodamas captain of foot soldiers a
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has hit as it was breaking away fro
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an up to him; he then thrust a spea
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close combat with their mighty swor
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Then, O knight Patroclus, with a de
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mine. And do not for lust of battle
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whom Achilles had brought away with
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on shield, helm on helm, and man on
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With these words he put heart and s
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Peneleos and Lycon now met in close
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mountains to the dark sea, and it f
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in due honour to the dead." The sir
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not his son, do you, therefore, O k
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the front rank of his men gave grou
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fled, bidding the other Trojans fly
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likeness Jove's son Apollo now spok
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men; but as he was coming on like a
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among mortal men Euphorbus; you are
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not go through, for the shield turn
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on fighting, for Phoebus Apollo had
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fight might and main, while I put o
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him power and glory, the fight is s
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then gave ground, while the Argives
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Trojans; they were keeping themselv
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ageless and immortal? Was it that y
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on the lap of heaven, I will theref
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his own people. Apollo then went up
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among the Achaeans to send, for the
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and our own escape from death amid
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inging fire against them, and not j
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my dear comrade Patroclus has falle
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Thus, then, did her feet bear the g
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the going down of the sun the line
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protect the city. At dawn we can ar
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set a tripod full of bath water on
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washed his face and hands, his shag
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He wrought the earth, the heavens,
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and they would go back to their fur
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of the river Oceanus. Then when he
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limping, for their wounds still pai
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child and in her seventh month, Jun
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have me do; I do so of my own free
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and take vengeance on him who shall
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of Helen, nor yet though I should h
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with the harnessing of his horses;
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I have called you hither. I take th
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with which you vaunted over your wi
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other gods seated themselves on the
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he had three thousand mares that fe
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will now go down to the house of Ha
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anks, and woe to the Trojan who sha
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When Hector saw his brother Polydor
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him in the face. Achilles cut his h
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lood. There he found Lycaon, son of
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ansom. Until Patroclus fell I prefe
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with the other spear he grazed the
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Meanwhile Achilles sprang from the
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strove onward over the plain, encou
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laze under it-‐ even so were th
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length. Then Minerva vaunted over h
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to escape. Even so did she fly weep
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care. "Alas," said he to himself in
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from off them and drank to quench t
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some one has beaten the life out of
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like flashing fire or the rays of t
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gates and under the walls, that his
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Achilles glared at him and answered
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divide the neck from the shoulders,
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their city now that Hector has fall
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he came out of battle; poor woman,
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The wriggling writhing worms will n