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<v Speaker 1>Book nineteen. Now, when dawn in robe of Saffron was

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<v Speaker 1>hasting from the streams of Oceanus to bring light to

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<v Speaker 1>mortals and immortals, Thetis reached the ships with the armor

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<v Speaker 1>that the God had given her. She found her son

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<v Speaker 1>fallen about the body of Patroclus and weeping bitterly. Many

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<v Speaker 1>also of his followers were weeping round him, But when

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<v Speaker 1>the Goddess came among them, she clasped his hand in

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<v Speaker 1>her own, saying, my son, grieve as we may. We

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<v Speaker 1>must let this man lie, for it is by Heaven's

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<v Speaker 1>will that he has fallen. Now therefore, except from Vulcan,

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<v Speaker 1>this rich and goodly armor, which no man has ever

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<v Speaker 1>yet borne upon his shoulders. As she spoke, she set

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<v Speaker 1>the armor before Achilles, and it rang out bravely. As

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<v Speaker 1>she did so, the myrmidons were struck with awe, and

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<v Speaker 1>none dared look full at it, for they were afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>But Achilles was roused to still greater feure, and his

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<v Speaker 1>eyes gleamed with a fierce light, for he was glad

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<v Speaker 1>when he handled the splendid present which the God had

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<v Speaker 1>made him. Then, as soon as he had satisfied himself

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<v Speaker 1>with looking at it, he said to his mother mother,

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<v Speaker 1>the God has given me armor meet handiwork for an immortal,

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<v Speaker 1>and such as no living could have fashioned. I will

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<v Speaker 1>now arm. But I much fear that flies will settle

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<v Speaker 1>upon the son of Menoetius and breed worms about his wounds,

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<v Speaker 1>so that his body, now he is dead, will be disfigured,

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<v Speaker 1>and the flesh will rot silver footed. Thetis answered, my son,

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<v Speaker 1>be not disquieted about this matter. I will find means

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<v Speaker 1>to protect him from the swarms of noisome flies that

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<v Speaker 1>prey on the bodies of men who have been killed

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<v Speaker 1>in battle. He may lie for a whole year, and

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<v Speaker 1>his flesh shall still be as sound as ever, or

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<v Speaker 1>even sounder. Call. Therefore, the Achaean heroes in assembly, unsay

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<v Speaker 1>your anger against Agamemnon. Arm at once and fight with

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<v Speaker 1>might and main. As she spoke, she put strength and

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<v Speaker 1>courage into his heart. And she then dropped ambrosia and

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<v Speaker 1>read nectar into the wounds of Patroclus, that his body

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<v Speaker 1>might suffer no change. Then Achilles went out upon the

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<v Speaker 1>sea shore, and with a loud cry called on the

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<v Speaker 1>Achaean heroes on this even those who as yet had

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<v Speaker 1>stayed always at the ships. The pilots and helmsmen, and

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<v Speaker 1>even the stewards who were about the ships and served

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<v Speaker 1>out rations, all came to the place of assembly. Because

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<v Speaker 1>Achilles had shown himself after having held aloof so long

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<v Speaker 1>from fighting. Two sons of Mars, Ulysses and the son

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<v Speaker 1>of Tydeus came limping, for their wounds still pained them. Nevertheless,

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<v Speaker 1>they came and took their seats in the front row

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<v Speaker 1>of the assembly. Last of all came Agamemnon, king of Men,

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<v Speaker 1>He too wounded for coons, the son of Antonor, had

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<v Speaker 1>struck him with a spear in battle. When the Achaeans

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<v Speaker 1>were got together, Achilles rose and said, son of Atreus,

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<v Speaker 1>surely it would have been better alike for both you

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<v Speaker 1>and me when we two were in such high anger

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<v Speaker 1>about Brysis. Surely it would have been better had Diana's

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<v Speaker 1>arrow slain her at the ships on the day when

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<v Speaker 1>I took her after having sacked Lanesus. For so many

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<v Speaker 1>an Achaean the less would have bitten dust before the

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<v Speaker 1>foe in the days of my anger. It has been

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<v Speaker 1>well for Hector and the Trojans, but the Achaeans will

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<v Speaker 1>long indeed remember our quarrel Now, however, let it be,

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<v Speaker 1>for it is over. If we have been angry, Necessity

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<v Speaker 1>has schooled our anger. I put it from me. I

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<v Speaker 1>dare not nurse it forever. Therefore bid the Achaean's arm

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<v Speaker 1>forthwith that I may go out against the Trojans and

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<v Speaker 1>learn whether they will be in a mind to sleep

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<v Speaker 1>by the ships or no glad I ween, will he

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<v Speaker 1>be to rest his knees? Who may fly my spear

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<v Speaker 1>when I wield it. Thus did he speak, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Achaeans rejoiced in that he had put away his anger.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Agamemnon spoke, rising in his place and not going

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<v Speaker 1>into the middle of the assembly. Dana An heroes said

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<v Speaker 1>he servants of Mars. It is well to listen when

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<v Speaker 1>a man stands up to speak, and it is not

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<v Speaker 1>seemly to interrupt him, or it will go hard. Even

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<v Speaker 1>with a practiced speaker, who can either hear or speak

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<v Speaker 1>in an uproar. Even the finest orator will be disconcerted

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<v Speaker 1>by it. I will expound to the son of Pelias,

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<v Speaker 1>and do you other Achaeans heed me and mark me well?

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<v Speaker 1>Often have the Achaeans spoken to me of this matter

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<v Speaker 1>and upbraided me. But it was not I that did it.

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<v Speaker 1>Jove and Fate and Ernis that walks in darkness struck

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<v Speaker 1>me mad when we were assembled, on the day that

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<v Speaker 1>I took from Achilles the meed that had been awarded

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<v Speaker 1>to him. What could I do? All things are in

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<v Speaker 1>the hand of Heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters,

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<v Speaker 1>shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not

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<v Speaker 1>on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men,

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<v Speaker 1>to make them stumble or to ensnare them. Time was

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<v Speaker 1>when she fooled Jove himself, who they say is greatest,

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<v Speaker 1>whether of gods or men. For Juno woman, though she

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<v Speaker 1>was beguiled him, on the day when Alcmena was to

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<v Speaker 1>bring forth mighty Hercules in the fair city of Thebes,

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<v Speaker 1>he told it out among the gods, saying, hear me,

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<v Speaker 1>all gods and goddesses, that I may speak, even as

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<v Speaker 1>I am minded. This day, shall an Ilithuia help her

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<v Speaker 1>of women who are in labor bring a man child

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<v Speaker 1>into the world, who shall be lord over all that

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<v Speaker 1>dwell about him. Who are of my blood and lineage.

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<v Speaker 1>Then said Juno, all crafty and full of guile, you

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<v Speaker 1>will play false and will not hold to your word.

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<v Speaker 1>Swear me, O Olympian, swear me a great oath that

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<v Speaker 1>he who shall this day fall between the feet of

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<v Speaker 1>a woman shall be lord over all that dwell about him,

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<v Speaker 1>who are of your blood and lineage. Thus she spoke,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jove suspected her not, but swore the great oath

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<v Speaker 1>to his much ruing thereafter, for Juno darted down from

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<v Speaker 1>the high summit of Olympus and went in haste to

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<v Speaker 1>a Chian Argos, where she knew that the noble wife

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<v Speaker 1>of Sthenelus, son of Perseus. Then was she being with child,

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<v Speaker 1>And in her seventh month, Juno brought the child to birth,

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<v Speaker 1>though there was a month still wanting, but she stayed

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<v Speaker 1>the offspring of Alcmena and kept back the Illethuie. Then

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<v Speaker 1>she went to tell Jove, the son of Saturn, and said, Father, Jove,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord of the Lightning, I have a word for your ear.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a fine child born this day, Eurystheus, son

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<v Speaker 1>to Sthenelus, the son of Perseus. He is of your lineage.

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<v Speaker 1>It is well therefore that he should reign over the archives.

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<v Speaker 1>On this Jove was stung to the very quick, and

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<v Speaker 1>in his rage he caught Folly by the hair, and

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<v Speaker 1>swore a great oath that never should she again invade

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<v Speaker 1>starry Heaven and Olympus, for she was the bane of all.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he whirled her round with a twist of his

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<v Speaker 1>hand and flung her down from heaven, so that she

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<v Speaker 1>fell on to the fields of mortal men. And he

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<v Speaker 1>was ever angry with her when he saw his son

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<v Speaker 1>groaning under the cruel labours that Eurystheus laid upon him.

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<v Speaker 1>Even so did I grieve when mighty Hector was killing

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<v Speaker 1>the archives at their ships. And all the time I

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<v Speaker 1>kept thinking of Folly, who had so banned me. I

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<v Speaker 1>was blind, and Jove robbed me of my reason. I

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<v Speaker 1>will now make atonement and will add much treasure by

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<v Speaker 1>way of amends. Go therefore into battle, you and your

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<v Speaker 1>people with you. I will give you all that Ulysses

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<v Speaker 1>offered you yesterday in your tents, or if it so

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<v Speaker 1>please you, wait, though you would fain, fight at once,

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<v Speaker 1>and my squires shall bring the gifts from my ship,

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<v Speaker 1>that you may see whether what I give you is enough.

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<v Speaker 1>And Achilles answered, son of Atreus, king of Men, Agamemnon,

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<v Speaker 1>you can give such gifts as you think proper, or

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<v Speaker 1>you can withhold them. It is in your own hands.

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<v Speaker 1>Let us now set battle in array. It is not

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<v Speaker 1>well to tarry talking about trifles, for there is a

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<v Speaker 1>deed which is as yet to do. Achilles shall again

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<v Speaker 1>be seen fighting among the foremost, and laying low the

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<v Speaker 1>ranks of the Trojans. Bear this in mind, each one

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<v Speaker 1>of you, when he is fighting. Then, Ulysses, said Achilles,

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<v Speaker 1>god like and brave, Send not the Achaeans thus against

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<v Speaker 1>Ilias to fight the Trojans, fasting, for the battle will

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<v Speaker 1>be no brief one. When it is once begun and

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<v Speaker 1>Heaven has filled both sides with fury, Bid them first

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<v Speaker 1>take food, both bread and wine by the ships, for

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<v Speaker 1>in this there is strength and stay. No man can

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<v Speaker 1>do battle the live long day to the going down

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<v Speaker 1>of the sun. If he is without food, however much

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<v Speaker 1>he may want to fight, his strength will fail him

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<v Speaker 1>before he knows it. Hunger and thirst will find him out,

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<v Speaker 1>and his limbs will grow weary under him. But a

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<v Speaker 1>man can fight all day if he is full fed

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<v Speaker 1>with meat and wine. His heart beats high, and his

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<v Speaker 1>strength will stay till he has routed all his foes. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>send the people away and bid them prepare their meal.

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<v Speaker 1>King Agamemnon will bring out the gifts in presence of

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<v Speaker 1>the assembly, that all may see them, and you may

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<v Speaker 1>be satisfied. Moreover, let him swear an oath before the

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<v Speaker 1>argives that he has never gone up into the couch

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<v Speaker 1>of Brisaeus, nor been with her after the manner of

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<v Speaker 1>men and women. And do you too, show yourself of

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<v Speaker 1>a gracious mind. Let Agamemnon entertain you in his tents

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<v Speaker 1>with a feast of reconciliation, that so you may have

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<v Speaker 1>had your dues in full. As for you, son of Atreus,

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<v Speaker 1>treat people more righteously in future. It is no disgrace

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<v Speaker 1>even to a king that he should make amends if

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<v Speaker 1>he was wrong in the first instance. And King Agamemnon answered,

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<v Speaker 1>son of Laertes, your words please me well, for throughout

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<v Speaker 1>you have spoken wisely. I will swear as you would

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<v Speaker 1>have me. Do I do so of my own free will.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither shall I take the name of Heaven in vain.

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<v Speaker 1>Let then Achilles wait, though he would faigin fight at once,

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<v Speaker 1>And do you others wait also till the gifts come

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<v Speaker 1>from my tent, And we ratify the oath with sacrifice. Thus,

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<v Speaker 1>then do I charge you take some noble young Achaeans

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<v Speaker 1>with you, and bring from my tents the gifts that

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<v Speaker 1>I promised yet yesterday to Achilles, and bring the women also. Furthermore,

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<v Speaker 1>let Talphibius find me a bore from those that are

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<v Speaker 1>with the host, and make it ready for sacrifice to

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<v Speaker 1>Jove and to the Sun. Then said Achilles, son of Atreus,

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<v Speaker 1>king of men Agamemnon. See to these matters at some

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<v Speaker 1>other season, when there is breathing time, and when I

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<v Speaker 1>am calmer. Would you have men eat while the bodies

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<v Speaker 1>of those whom Hector, son of Priam slew are still

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<v Speaker 1>lying mangled upon the plain. Let the sons of the Achaeans,

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<v Speaker 1>say I, fight fasting and without food, till we have

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<v Speaker 1>avenged them. Afterwards, at the going down of the sun,

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<v Speaker 1>let them eat their fill. As for me, Patroclus is

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<v Speaker 1>lying dead in my tent, all hacked and hewn, with

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<v Speaker 1>his feet to the door, and his comrades are mourning

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<v Speaker 1>round him. Therefore I can take thought of nothing save

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<v Speaker 1>only slaughter and blood, and the rattle in the throat

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<v Speaker 1>of the dying Ulysses, answered Achilles, son of Pelias, mightiest

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<v Speaker 1>of all the Achaeans. In battle, you are better than I,

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<v Speaker 1>and that more than a little. But in counsel I

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<v Speaker 1>am much before you, for I am older and of

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<v Speaker 1>greater knowledge. Therefore be patient under my words. Fighting is

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<v Speaker 1>a thing of which men soon surfeit. And when Jove,

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<v Speaker 1>prove that the straw which our sickles have reaped is

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<v Speaker 1>far heavier than the grain. It may not be that

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<v Speaker 1>the Achaeans should mourn the dead with their bellies. Day

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<v Speaker 1>by day men fall thick and threefold continually. When should

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<v Speaker 1>we have respite from our sorrow, Let us mourn our

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<v Speaker 1>and mind. But let those of us who are left

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<v Speaker 1>eat and drink, that we may arm and fight our

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<v Speaker 1>foes more fiercely in that hour. Let no man hold

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<v Speaker 1>back waiting for a second summons. Such summons shall bode

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<v Speaker 1>ill for him who is found lagging behind at our ships.

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<v Speaker 1>Let us rather sally as one man, and loose the

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<v Speaker 1>fury of war upon the Trojans. When he had thus spoken,

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<v Speaker 1>he took with him the sons of Nestor with Megis

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<v Speaker 1>son of Phileus, Thoas, Meriones, Lycomedes, son of Creontes, and Melanippus,

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<v Speaker 1>and went to the tent of Agamemnon, son of Atreus.

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<v Speaker 1>The word was not sooner said than the deed was done.

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<v Speaker 1>They brought out the seven tripods which Agamemnon had promised,

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<v Speaker 1>with the twenty metal cauldrons and the twelve horses. They

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<v Speaker 1>also brought the women skilled in useful arts, seven in

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<v Speaker 1>number with Bresaeis, which made eight ulysses. Weighed out the

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<v Speaker 1>ten talents of gold, and then led the way back,

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<v Speaker 1>while the young Achaeans brought the rest of the gifts

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<v Speaker 1>and laid them in the middle of the assembly. Agamemnon

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<v Speaker 1>then rose, and Talthhibius, whose voice was like that of

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<v Speaker 1>a god, came to him with the boar. The son

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<v Speaker 1>of Atreus, drew the knife, which he wore by the

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<v Speaker 1>scabbard of his mighty sword, and began by cutting off

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<v Speaker 1>some bristles from the boar, lifting up his hands in prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>As he did so. The other Achaean sat where they

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<v Speaker 1>were all silent and orderly to hear the king, and

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<v Speaker 1>Agamemnon looked into the vault of heaven and prayed, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>I call Jove, the first and mightiest of all gods,

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<v Speaker 1>to witness. I call also Earth and Sun, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Erinnyes who dwell below, and take vengeance on him who

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<v Speaker 1>shall swear falsely that I have laid no hand upon

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<v Speaker 1>the girl Brisaeus, neither to take her to my bed,

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<v Speaker 1>nor otherwise, but that she has remained in my tents inviolate.

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<v Speaker 1>If I swear falsely, may Heaven visit me with all

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<v Speaker 1>the penalties which it meets out to those who perjure themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>He cut the boar's throat as he spoke, whereon Talthhibius

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<v Speaker 1>whirled it round his head and flung it into the

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<v Speaker 1>wide sea to feed the fishes. Then Achilles also rose,

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<v Speaker 1>said to the Argives, Father Jove, of a truth, you

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<v Speaker 1>blind men's eyes and bane them. The son of Atreus

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<v Speaker 1>had not else stirred me to so fierce an anger,

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<v Speaker 1>nor so stubbornly taken bryss from me against my will.

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<v Speaker 1>Surely Jove must have counseled the destruction of many an argive.

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<v Speaker 1>Go now and take your food, that we may begin fighting.

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<v Speaker 1>On this. He broke up the assembly and every man

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<v Speaker 1>went back to his own ship. The mermadons attended to

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<v Speaker 1>the presence and took them away to the ship of Achilles.

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<v Speaker 1>They placed them in his tents, while the stable men

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<v Speaker 1>drove the horses in among the others. Breseis fair as Venus,

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<v Speaker 1>when she saw the mangled body of Patroclus, flung herself

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<v Speaker 1>upon it and cried aloud, tearing her breast, her neck,

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<v Speaker 1>and her lovely face with both her hands. Beautiful as

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<v Speaker 1>a goddess, she wept and said, Patroclus, dearest friend, when

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<v Speaker 1>I went, hence I left you living, I return o

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<v Speaker 1>prince to you dead. Thus do fresh sorrows multiply upon me,

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<v Speaker 1>one after the other. I saw him to whom my

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<v Speaker 1>father and mother married me, cut down before our city,

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<v Speaker 1>and my three own dear brothers perished with him on

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<v Speaker 1>the self same day. But you, Patroclus, even when Achilles

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<v Speaker 1>slew my husband and sacked the city of noble minds,

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<v Speaker 1>told me that I was not to weep, for you

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<v Speaker 1>said you would make Achilles marry me and take me

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<v Speaker 1>back with him Ti Phthea, we should have a wedding

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<v Speaker 1>feast among the mermidons. You were always kind to me

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<v Speaker 1>and I shall never cease to grieve for you. She

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<v Speaker 1>wept as she spoke, and the women joined in her lament,

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<v Speaker 1>making as though their tears were for Patroclus, but in

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<v Speaker 1>truth each was weeping for her own sorrows. The elders

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<v Speaker 1>of the Achaeans gathered round Achilles and prayed him to

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<v Speaker 1>take food, but he groaned and would not do so.

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<v Speaker 1>I pray you, said he. If any comrade will hear me,

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<v Speaker 1>bid me neither eat nor drink, for I am in

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<v Speaker 1>great heaviness and will stay fasting even to the going

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<v Speaker 1>down of the sun. On this he sent the other

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<v Speaker 1>princes away, save only the two sons of Atreus and Ulysses,

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<v Speaker 1>Nestor Idomenius, and the knight Phoenix, who stayed behind and

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<v Speaker 1>tried to comfort him in the bitterness of his sorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>But he would not be comforted till he should have

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<v Speaker 1>flung himself into the jaws of battle, and he fetched

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<v Speaker 1>sigh on sigh, thinking ever of Patroclus. Then he said, hapless,

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<v Speaker 1>and dearest comrade, you it was who would get a

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<v Speaker 1>good dinner ready for me at once and without delay.

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<v Speaker 1>When the Achaeans were hasting to fight the Trojans now Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>though I have meat and drink in my tents, yet

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<v Speaker 1>will I fast for sorrow? Grief greater than this? I

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<v Speaker 1>could not know, not even though I were to hear

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<v Speaker 1>of the death of my father, who is now in

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<v Speaker 1>thea weeping for the loss of me, his son, who

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<v Speaker 1>am here fighting the Trojans in a strange land, for

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<v Speaker 1>the accursed sake of Helen. Nor yet though I should

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<v Speaker 1>hear that my son is no more he who is

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<v Speaker 1>being brought up in Siros, if indeed Neoptolemus is still living.

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<v Speaker 1>Till now, I made sure that I alone was to

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<v Speaker 1>fall here at Troy, away from Argos, while you were

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<v Speaker 1>to return to theear, bring back my son with you

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<v Speaker 1>in your own ship, and show him all my property,

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<v Speaker 1>my bondsmen, and the greatness of my house. For Pelias

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<v Speaker 1>must surely be either dead, or what little life remains

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<v Speaker 1>to him is oppressed alike with the infirmities of age,

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<v Speaker 1>and ever present, fear lest he should hear the sad

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<v Speaker 1>tidings of my death. He wept as he spoke, and

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<v Speaker 1>the elders sighed in concert, as each thought on what

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<v Speaker 1>he had left at home behind him. The son of

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<v Speaker 1>Saturn looked down with pity upon them, and said, presently

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<v Speaker 1>to Minerva, my child, you have quite deserted your hearero

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<v Speaker 1>is he then gone so clean out of your recollection?

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<v Speaker 1>There he sits by the ships, all desolate for the

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<v Speaker 1>loss of his dear comrade. And though the others are

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<v Speaker 1>gone to their dinner, he will neither eat nor drink.

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<v Speaker 1>Go then, and drop nectar and ambrosia into his breast,

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<v Speaker 1>that he may know no hunger. With these words he

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<v Speaker 1>urged Minerva, who was already of the same mind. She

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<v Speaker 1>darted down from heaven into the air like some falcon,

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<v Speaker 1>sailing on his broad wings and screaming. Meanwhile, the Achaeans

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<v Speaker 1>were arming throughout the host. And when Minerva had dropped

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<v Speaker 1>nectar and ambrosia into Achilles, so that no cruel hunger

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<v Speaker 1>should cause his limbs to fail him, she went back

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<v Speaker 1>to the house of her mighty father. Thick as the

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<v Speaker 1>chill snowflakes shed from the hand of Jove and borne

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<v Speaker 1>on the keen blasts of the north wind. Even so

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<v Speaker 1>thick did the gleaming helmets, the bossed shields, the strong

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<v Speaker 1>The sheen pierced the sky. The whole land was radiant

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<v Speaker 1>with their flashing armor, and the sound of the tramp

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<v Speaker 1>of their treading rose from under their feet. In the

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<v Speaker 1>midst of them all Achilles put on his armor. He

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<v Speaker 1>gnashed his teeth, his eyes gleamed like fire, for his

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<v Speaker 1>grief was greater than he could bear. Thus, then, full

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<v Speaker 1>of fury against the Trojans, did he don the gift

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<v Speaker 1>of the God, the armor that Vulcan had made him.

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<v Speaker 1>First he put on the goodly greaves fitted with ankle clasps,

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<v Speaker 1>and next he did on the breastplate about his chest.

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<v Speaker 1>He slung the silver studded sword of bronze about his shoulders,

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<v Speaker 1>and then took up the shield, so great and strong

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<v Speaker 1>that shone afar with a splendor as of the moon,

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<v Speaker 1>as the light seen by sailors from out at sea,

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<v Speaker 1>when men have lit a fire in their homestead, high

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<v Speaker 1>up among the mountains. But the sailors are carried out

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<v Speaker 1>to sea by wind and storm, far from the haven

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<v Speaker 1>where they would be. Even so did the gleam of

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<v Speaker 1>achilles wondrous shield strike up into the heavens. He lifted

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<v Speaker 1>the redoubtable helmet and set it upon his head from

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<v Speaker 1>whence it shone like a star, and the golden plumes

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<v Speaker 1>which Vulcan had set thick about the ridge of the helmet,

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<v Speaker 1>waved all around it. Then Achilles made trial of himself

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<v Speaker 1>in his armor to see whether it fitted him so

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<v Speaker 1>that his limbs could play freely under it, and it

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to buoy him up as though it had been wings.

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<v Speaker 1>He also drew his father's spear out of the spear stand,

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<v Speaker 1>a spear so great and heavy and strong that none

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<v Speaker 1>of the Achaeans save only Achilles, had strength to wield it.

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<v Speaker 1>This was the spear of Pelian Ash from the topmost

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<v Speaker 1>ridges of Mount Pelion, which Chiron had once given to Pelias.

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<v Speaker 1>Fraught with the death of heroes, Automidon and Alcimus, busied

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<v Speaker 1>themselves with the harnessing of his horses. They made the bands,

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<v Speaker 1>asked about them, and put the bit in their mouths,

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<v Speaker 1>Drawing the reins back towards the chariot, Automodon, whip in hand,

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<v Speaker 1>sprang up behind the horses, and after him Achilles, mounted

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<v Speaker 1>in full armor, resplendent as the sun god Hyperion. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>with a loud voice, he chided with his father's horses,

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<v Speaker 1>saying Xanthus and Bailius, famed offspring of Podage. This time,

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<v Speaker 1>when we have done fighting, be sure and bring your

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<v Speaker 1>driver safely back to the host of the Achaeans, and

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<v Speaker 1>do not leave him dead on the plain as you

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<v Speaker 1>did Patroclus. Then fleet Xanthus answered under the yoke, for

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<v Speaker 1>white armed Juno had endowed him with human speech, and

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<v Speaker 1>he bowed his head till his mane touched the ground

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<v Speaker 1>as it hung down from under the yoke. Band dread.

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<v Speaker 1>Achilles said he we will indeed save you now, but

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<v Speaker 1>the day of your death is near, and the blame

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<v Speaker 1>will not be ours, for it will be heaven and

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<v Speaker 1>stern fate that will destroy you. Neither was it through

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<v Speaker 1>any sloth or slackness on our part that the Trojans

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<v Speaker 1>stripped Patroclus of his armor. It was the mighty God,

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<v Speaker 1>whom lovely leto bore, that slew him as he fought

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<v Speaker 1>among the foremost, and vouchsafed a triumph to hector. We

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<v Speaker 1>too can fly as swiftly as Zephyrus, who they say

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<v Speaker 1>is fleetest of all winds. Nevertheless, it is your doom

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<v Speaker 1>to fall by the hand of a man and of

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<v Speaker 1>a god. When he had thus said the Arynyus stayed

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<v Speaker 1>his speech, and Achilles answered him in great sadness, saying, why,

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<v Speaker 1>O xanthus, do you thus foretell my death? You need

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<v Speaker 1>not do so, for I well know that I am

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<v Speaker 1>to fall here, far from my dear father and mother.

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<v Speaker 1>None the more, however, shall I stay my hand till

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<v Speaker 1>I have given the Trojans their fill of fighting. So,

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<v Speaker 1>saying with a loud cry, he drove his horses to

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<v Speaker 1>the front,