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    Homer, Iliad

    Editions and translations: Greek | English | English (ed. Samuel Butler)
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    Then spake to him again the lord Apollo, that worketh afar:Be now of good cheer, so mighty a helper hath the son of Cronos [255] sent forth from Ida to stand by thy side and succour thee, even me, Phoebus Apollo of the golden sword, that of old ever protect thee, thyself and the steep citadel withal. But come now, bid thy many charioteers drive against the hollow ships their swift horses, [260] and I will go before and make smooth all the way for the chariots, and will turn in flight the Achaean warriors. So saying, he breathed great might into the shepherd of the host. And even as when a stalled horse that has fed his fill at the manger, breaketh his halter, and runneth stamping over the plain-- [265] being wont to bathe him in the fair-flowing river--and exulteth; on high doth he hold his head and about his shoulders his mane floateth streaming, and as he glorieth in his splendour his knees nimbly bear him to the haunts and pastures of mares; even so swiftly plied Hector his feet and knees, [270] urging on his charioteers, when he had heard the voice of the god. But as when dogs and country-folk pursue a horned stag or a wild goat, but a sheer rock or a shadowy thicket saveth him from them, nor is it their lot to find him; [275] and then at their clamour a bearded lion showeth himself in the way, and forthwith turneth them all back despite their eagerness: even so the Danaans for a time ever followed on in throngs, thrusting with swords and two-edged spears, but when they saw Hector going up and down the ranks of men, [280] then were they seized with fear, and the spirits of all men sank down to their feet.


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    Further comments from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
    book 15, card 253 (general note)
    book 15, card 253: aossêtêra
    book 15, card 253: chrusaoron
    book 15, card 253: per
    book 15, card 253: epotrunon
    book 15, card 253: poleessi
    book 15, card 253: esseuonto
    book 15, card 253: êlibatos
    book 15, card 253: petrê
    book 15, card 253: hulê
    book 15, card 253: êen
    book 15, card 253: epoichomenon
    book 15, card 253: parai posi kappese

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    Homer. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
    OCLC: 38101377
    ISBN: 0674991885, 0674991893

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