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Homer’s Iliad
bronze-floored mansion on Olympus, and sat herself down with
many tears on the knees of her father, while her ambrosial raiment
was quivering all about her. The son of Saturn drew her towards
him, and laughing pleasantly the while began to question her
saying, “Which of the heavenly beings, my dear child, has been
treating you in this cruel manner, as though you had been
misconducting yourself in the face of everybody?” and the faircrowned
goddess of the chase answered, “It was your wife Juno,
father, who has been beating me; it is always her doing when there
is any quarrelling among the immortals.”
Thus did they converse, and meanwhile Phoebus Apollo entered
the strong city of Ilius, for he was uneasy lest the wall should not
hold out and the Danaans should take the city then and there,
before its hour had come; but the rest of the ever-living gods went
back, some angry and some triumphant to Olympus, where they
took their seats beside Jove lord of the storm cloud, while Achilles
still kept on dealing out death alike on the Trojans and on their As
when the smoke from some burning city ascends to heaven when
the anger of the gods has kindled it- there is then toil for all, and
sorrow for not a few- even so did Achilles bring toil and sorrow on
the Trojans.
Old King Priam stood on a high tower of the wall looking down on
huge Achilles as the Trojans fled panic-stricken before him, and
there was none to help them. Presently he came down from off the
tower and with many a groan went along the wall to give orders to
the brave warders of the gate. “Keep the gates,” said he, “wide
open till the people come flying into the city, for Achilles is hard by
and is driving them in rout before him. I see we are in great peril.
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