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Homer’s Iliad
Glaucus was overcome with grief when he heard what Sarpedon
said, for he could not help him. He had to support his arm with his
other hand, being in great pain through the wound which Teucer’s
arrow had given him when Teucer was defending the wall as he,
Glaucus, was assailing it. Therefore he prayed to far-darting Apollo
saying, “Hear me O king from your seat, may be in the rich land of
Lycia, or may be in Troy, for in all places you can hear the prayer of
one who is in distress, as I now am. I have a grievous wound; my
hand is aching with pain, there is no staunching the blood, and my
whole arm drags by reason of my hurt, so that I cannot grasp my
sword nor go among my foes and fight them, thou our prince,
Jove’s son Sarpedon, is slain. Jove defended not his son, do you,
therefore, O king, heal me of my wound, ease my pain and grant
me strength both to cheer on the Lycians and to fight along with
them round the body of him who has fallen.”
Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. He eased his pain,
staunched the black blood from the wound, and gave him new
strength. Glaucus perceived this, and was thankful that the mighty
god had answered his prayer; forthwith, therefore, he went among
the Lycian captains, and bade them come to fight about the body of
Sarpedon. From these he strode on among the Trojans to
Polydamas son of Panthous and Agenor; he then went in search of
Aeneas and Hector, and when he had found them he said, “Hector,
you have utterly forgotten your allies, who languish here for your
sake far from friends and home while you do nothing to support
them. Sarpedon leader of the Lycian warriors has fallen- he who
was at once the right and might of Lycia; Mars has laid him low by
the spear of Patroclus. Stand by him, my friends, and suffer not the
Myrmidons to strip him of his armour, nor to treat his body with
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