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06 - How came for the helping of Try Eurypylus, Hercules' grandson - The Fall of Troy · The Fall of Troy

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Speaker 1: Rose dawned from ocean into Thoni's bed, and climbed the
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Speaker 1: steeps of heaven, scattering round, flush'd flakes of splendor, flath'd
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Speaker 1: all earth and air, then turn'd unto their labors, each
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Speaker 1: to each mortals, frail creatures, daily dying. Then streamed to
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Speaker 1: a forkmote all the Achaean men at Menelaya's summons. When
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Speaker 1: the hosts were gathered all, then in their midst he spake,
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Speaker 1: hearken my word, ye, God descended kings. Mine heart within
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Speaker 1: my breast is burdened sore for men which perish, Men
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Speaker 1: that for my sake came to bitter war, whose home return, parents,
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Speaker 1: and home shall welcome nevermore. For fate hath cut off
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Speaker 1: thousands in their prime. O that the heavy hand of
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Speaker 1: death had fallen on me. Ere hitherward I gather these,
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Speaker 1: But now hath God laid on me cureless pain in
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Speaker 1: seeing all these ills? Who could rejoice beholding strivings struggles
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Speaker 1: of despair? Come? Let us, which yet be alive, in haste,
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Speaker 1: flee in the ships, each to his several land. Since
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Speaker 1: Aas and Achilles both are dead, I look not now
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Speaker 1: they are slain, that we the rest shall scape destruction. Nay,
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Speaker 1: we shall fall before yon terrible Trojans for my sake,
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Speaker 1: and shameless helens. Think not that I care for her,
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Speaker 1: For you, I care when I behold good men in
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Speaker 1: battle slain away with her, her and her paltry paramour.
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Speaker 1: The gods stole all discretion out of her falseheart when
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Speaker 1: she forsook mine, home and marriage bed let Priam and
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Speaker 1: the Trojans cherish her, but at a straight return. Tware
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Speaker 1: better far to flee from dolorous war than perish all.
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Speaker 1: So spake ye, but to try the argive men far.
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Speaker 1: Other thoughts than these made his heart burn with passionate
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Speaker 1: desire to slay his full to break the long laws
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Speaker 1: of their city down from the foundations, and to cut
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Speaker 1: with blood aerys when Paris mid the slain should fall.
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Speaker 1: Fiercer is nought than passionate desire. Thus he pondered, sitting
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Speaker 1: in his place, up rose Tidius, shaker of the shield,
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Speaker 1: and chode in fiery speech with menelaus o, coward atreus son,
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Speaker 1: what craven fear hath give thee that thou speakest so
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Speaker 1: to us as might a weakling child or woman speak
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Speaker 1: not unto thee a chaos, noblest sons will hearken ere
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Speaker 1: Troy's corodal of towers be wholly dashed to the dust.
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Speaker 1: For unto men, valor is high renown, and flight is shame.
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Speaker 1: If any man shall harken to the words of this
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Speaker 1: thy counsel, I will smite from him his head with
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Speaker 1: sharp blue steel, and hurl it town for soaring kites
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Speaker 1: to feast on. Hop All, ye who care to enkindle
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Speaker 1: men to battle, rouse our warriors all throughout the fleet,
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Speaker 1: to wet the spear, to burnish corslet helm and shield,
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Speaker 1: and cause both man and horse, all which began to fight,
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Speaker 1: to break their fast. Then in yon Plain, who is
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Speaker 1: the stronger eye, shall decide. So speaking in his place,
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Speaker 1: he set him down. Then rose up Festor's son, and
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Speaker 1: in the midst where meat it is to speak, stood
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Speaker 1: forth and cried, hear me, Ye sons of battle binding creeks,
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Speaker 1: Ye know I have the spirit of prophecy here. While
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Speaker 1: I said that ye in the tenth year should lay
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Speaker 1: waste towered ilium. This the gods are even now fulfilling.
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Speaker 1: Victory lies at the Arga's very feet. Come let us
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Speaker 1: sent Tidius and Odysseus battle staunch with speed to Scyros
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Speaker 1: overseas by prayers hither to bring Achilles hero son a
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Speaker 1: light of victory? Shall he be to us? So spake
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Speaker 1: wise Thestius Sun, and all the folk shouted for joy,
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Speaker 1: for all thy hearts and hopes yearn'd to see Calcus
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Speaker 1: prophecy fulfilled. Then to the ourgis spake Laity son, friends.
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Speaker 1: It befits not to say many words this day to you,
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Speaker 1: in sorrow's weariness. I know that wearied men can find
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Speaker 1: no joy in speech or song, though the pierides the
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Speaker 1: immortal muses love it. At such time few words do
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Speaker 1: men desire. But now this thing that pleaseth all the
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Speaker 1: Acaian host, I will accomplish so tidy as fair with me,
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Speaker 1: For if we twain go, we shall surely bring one
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Speaker 1: by our words war fain Achilles son yea, though his mother,
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Speaker 1: weeping sore, should strive within her halls to keep him,
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Speaker 1: for mine heart trusts that he is a hero's valorous son.
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Speaker 1: Then spake out Menelaus earnestly, Odysseus the strong argives help
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Speaker 1: it need. If mighty souled Achilles valiant son from Scyros
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Speaker 1: by thy suasion come to aid us who yearned for him,
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Speaker 1: and some heavenly one grant victory to our prayers. And
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Speaker 1: I went home to hellas I will give to him
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Speaker 1: to wife, my noble child, Hermione, with gifts many and
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Speaker 1: goodly for her marriage, dour with a glad heart, ay
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Speaker 1: trow he shall not score neither his bride or high
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Speaker 1: born sire in law. With a great shout for daddians
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Speaker 1: held his words. Then was the throng dispersed, and to
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Speaker 1: the ships they scattered, hungering for the morning meat, which
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Speaker 1: strengtheneth man's heart. So when they ceased from eating and
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Speaker 1: desire was satisfied, then with the wise Odysseus tidiest son,
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Speaker 1: drew down a swift ship to the boundless sea, and
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Speaker 1: victual and all tackling cast therein, then stepped they abroad,
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Speaker 1: and with them twenty men men skilled to row, and
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Speaker 1: winds were contrary. When the unrippled sea slept neath a calm,
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Speaker 1: they smote the brine and flash the boiling foam. On
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Speaker 1: left the ship, a watery way was cleft about the
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Speaker 1: oars that sweating rowers tugged, as when hard toiling oxen
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Speaker 1: neath the yoke, straining drag on a massy timbered wane,
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Speaker 1: while creaks the circling axle neath its load, and from
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Speaker 1: their weary necks and shoulders streams down to the earth.
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Speaker 1: The sweat abundantly so at the stiff o'er toiled those
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Speaker 1: stalwart men, and fast they laid behind them. Leagues of
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Speaker 1: sea gazed after them the Achaeans as they went, then
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Speaker 1: turned to wet their deadly darted spears, the weapons of
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Speaker 1: their warfare. In their town. The all As Trojans armed
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Speaker 1: themselves the while war eager, praying to the gods to
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Speaker 1: grant respite from slaughter, breathing space from toil to these
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Speaker 1: while sorely. Thus they yearned the gods brought present help
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Speaker 1: in trouble. Even the seed of mighty Hercules You plus
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Speaker 1: a great host followed him in battle, skilled, all that
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Speaker 1: bylon Kayaka's outflows dwelt full of triumphant trusted their strong
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Speaker 1: spears round them, rejoicing thronged the sons of troy As
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Speaker 1: when tame geese within a pen gaze up on him,
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Speaker 1: who cast them corn and round his feet throng, hissing
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Speaker 1: uncouth love and his heart warms as he looks down
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Speaker 1: on them. So thronged the sons of Troy as on
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Speaker 1: fierce hearty Rippulus. They gazed and gladdened was his all
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Speaker 1: his soul to see those throngs from Porchway's women looked
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Speaker 1: wide eyed with wonder on the godlike man above all men.
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Speaker 1: He towered as on he strode, as looks a lion.
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Speaker 1: When amid the hills he comes on Jackals. Paris welcomed
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Speaker 1: him as hector, honoring him his cousin, he being of
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Speaker 1: one blood with him, who was born of his style,
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Speaker 1: chi King Priam's sister Fair, whom Telephus embraced in his
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Speaker 1: strong arms. Telephus, whom to all his Hercules aid you,
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Speaker 1: the bright haired bare in secret love, that babe, a
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Speaker 1: suckling craving for the breast, a swift hind fostered, giving
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Speaker 1: him the teeth as to her own fawn, in all
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Speaker 1: love for Zeus so willed it in whose eyes it
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Speaker 1: was not meet that Hercules child should perish wretchedly. His
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Speaker 1: glorious son, with glad heart, Paris led unto his palace
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Speaker 1: through the wide wade burg beside Astaracus tomb and stately
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Speaker 1: halls of Hector and Tritonus, wholly famed hard by his mansion,
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Speaker 1: stood and there, beside a stainless altar to home water,
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Speaker 1: Zeus rose. As they went. He lovingly questioned him of brethren, parents,
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Speaker 1: and of marriage, kin, and all he craved to know.
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Speaker 1: Euripolis told, so communed they on, pacing side by side.
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Speaker 1: Then came they to a palace dreat and rich. There
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Speaker 1: goddess like said Helen, clothed upon with beauty of the graces,
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Speaker 1: maidens four about her plied their tasks. Others apart within
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Speaker 1: that goodly bower wrought the work's beseeming handmaids. Helen marveling
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Speaker 1: gazed upon Eurippolus on Helen. He then these in converse,
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Speaker 1: each with other spake in that all odorous bower. The
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Speaker 1: handmaidens brought and set beside their lady high seats. Twain
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Speaker 1: and Paris set him down, and at his side Eurypolis,
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Speaker 1: that hero's host in camp without the city, where the
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Speaker 1: Trojan gods kept watch, their armor laid they on the earth.
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Speaker 1: Their steeds, yet breathing battle stood thereby, and cribs were
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Speaker 1: heaped with horses. Provender up floated night and darkened earth
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Speaker 1: and air, then feasted They before that clift like war
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Speaker 1: Setaean men and Trojans. Babble of talk rose from the
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Speaker 1: feasters all around, the glow of blazing campfires lighted up
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Speaker 1: the tents peeled out. The pipe's sweet voice, and hawk
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Speaker 1: boys rang their clear, shrilling reeds. The witching strain of
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Speaker 1: liars was rippling round from far away. The Argys gazed
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Speaker 1: and marveled, seeing the plaine a glare with many fires,
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Speaker 1: and hearing notes of flutes and liars, neighing of chariot
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Speaker 1: steeds and pipes, the shepherds and the banquet's joy. Therefore
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Speaker 1: they bade their fellows, each in turn, keep watch and
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Speaker 1: ward about the tents till dawn, lest those proud Trojans
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Speaker 1: feasting by their walls should fall on them and set
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Speaker 1: the ships aflame within the halls of Paris. All this
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Speaker 1: while with kings and princes, Telifa's hero's son feasted, and
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Speaker 1: Priam and the sons of Troy, each after each prayed
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Speaker 1: him to play the man against the Argives, and in
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Speaker 1: bitter doom, to lay them low and blithe he promised,
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Speaker 1: all so when they had supped each hide him to
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Speaker 1: his home. But there Euippolus laid him down to rest
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Speaker 1: full nigh the feast hall, in the stately bower, where
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Speaker 1: Paris theretofore himself had slept with Helen. World renowned a power,
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Speaker 1: it was most wondrous, fair, the goodliest of them all.
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Speaker 1: There lay he down, but otherwhere their rest took they
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Speaker 1: till rose the bright throne, Queen of morn Up, sprang
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Speaker 1: with Dawn, the son of Telefus, and passed to the host.
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Speaker 1: With all those kings in Troy abiding straightway did the
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Speaker 1: folk all battle. Eager donned their warrior gear, burning to
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Speaker 1: strike in forth front of the fight. And now Euryplus
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Speaker 1: clad his mighty limbs and armor. That flight, eleven flashes
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Speaker 1: gleamed upon his shield. By cunning hands were wrought all
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Speaker 1: the great labors of strong Hercules. Thereon were seen two serpents,
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Speaker 1: flickering black tongues from grimly jaws. They seemed it act
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Speaker 1: to dart, but Hercules hands to right left, a bit
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Speaker 1: of Bead's hands were throttling them. For all this was
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Speaker 1: his spirit, as Zeus's strength from the beginning was his strength.
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Speaker 1: The seed of heaven abiders never deedlesses, nor helpless, but
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Speaker 1: have boundless powers, Yea, even when in the womb unborn
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Speaker 1: it lies Namea's mighty lion. There was seen strangled by
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Speaker 1: the strong arms of Hercules, his grim jaws dashed about
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Speaker 1: with bloody foam. He seemed in verity, gasping out his life.
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Speaker 1: Therebye was wat the hydra, many necked, flickering its tread tongues.
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Speaker 1: Of its fearful heads, some severed lay on earth, but
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Speaker 1: many more were budding from its necks. While Hercules and
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Speaker 1: Ilus don't list hearty Twain toiled hard. The one with
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Speaker 1: lightning sickle sweeps lock the fierce heads. His fellow seared
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Speaker 1: each neck with glowing iron. The monster soul was slain.
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Speaker 1: Therebye was Wroth, a mighty, tameless bore with foaming jaws.
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Speaker 1: Real seemed the pictured thing as by our sades giant strength.
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Speaker 1: The brute was to Eurystheus, living borne on high. There
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Speaker 1: fashioned was the fleetfoot's stag, which laid the vineyard's waste
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Speaker 1: of hapless husbandmen. The hero's hands held fast its golden horns,
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Speaker 1: the while it snorted breath of ravening fire. Thereon were
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Speaker 1: seen the fierce and pollian birds, some arrow smitten dying
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Speaker 1: in the dust, some through the gray air, darting its
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Speaker 1: swift flight. At this had that one hot in haste,
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Speaker 1: he seemed Hercules sped the arrows of his wrath a
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Speaker 1: g i s monstrous stable there was wrought with cunning
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Speaker 1: craft on that invincible targ and Hercules was turning through
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Speaker 1: the same the deep flow of halfeus stream divine, while
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Speaker 1: wandering nymphs looked down on every hand upon that mighty work. Elsewhere,
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Speaker 1: for trayed was the fire breathing bull. The hero's grip
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Speaker 1: on his strong horns ranched round the massive neck. The
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Speaker 1: straining muscles on his arm stood out. The huge beast
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Speaker 1: seemed to bellow. Next, thereto wrought on the shield was
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Speaker 1: won in beauty, arrayed as a goddess heaven, Hippolyata. The
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Speaker 1: hero by the hair was dragging her from his swift
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Speaker 1: steed with fierce resolve to rest with his strong hands
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Speaker 1: that girdled marvelous from the Amazon queen, a quelling shrank away.
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Speaker 1: The maids of war Fair in the Thracian land were diomedes,
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Speaker 1: grim man eating steeds. These at their gruesome mangers, he
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Speaker 1: had slain and dead they lay with their fiend hearted
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Speaker 1: lord fair lay the bulk of giant carryon dead mid
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Speaker 1: his kind. His gory heads were cast in dust, cashed
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Speaker 1: down by that resistless club. Before him slain lay that
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Speaker 1: most murderous hound, or th Ros, in furious mite, like Cerebus,
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Speaker 1: his brother hound, a herdsman lay thereby Eurythion all been
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Speaker 1: dabbled with his blood. And there were the golden apples
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Speaker 1: wrought that gleamed in the asperities garden, undefiled all round.
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Speaker 1: The fearful serpent's deadly coil lay and shrank the maids.
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Speaker 1: A gas from Zeu's bold sun, and there a dread
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Speaker 1: sight even for gods to see what Cerabus, whom the
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Speaker 1: loathly worm, had borne to Typho. When a craggy cavern's
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Speaker 1: gloom close on the borders of eternal night, a hideous
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Speaker 1: monster order of the gate of Hades, home of wailing cheller,
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Speaker 1: hound of dead folk, in the shadowy gulf of doom.
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Speaker 1: But lightly Zou's Sun, with his crashing blows, tamed him
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Speaker 1: and held him from the cataract flood of sticks with
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Speaker 1: heavy drooping head, and dragged the dog sore loth to
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Speaker 1: the strange upper air, all thoughtlessly, and there at the
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Speaker 1: world's end were Caucasus long glens were Hercules, rending Frommethea's
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Speaker 1: chains and hurling them this way and that with fragments
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Speaker 1: of the rock, whereinto they were riveted set free the
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Speaker 1: mighty titan arrow smitten lay the eagle of torment. There Beside,
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Speaker 1: There stormed the wild rut of centaurs round the hall
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Speaker 1: of Pholus, goaded on by strife and wine. With Hercules,
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Speaker 1: the monsters fought amidst the pine trunks. Stricken to death,
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Speaker 1: they lay still grasping those strange weapons in dead hands,
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Speaker 1: while some with stems long shafted, still fought on in
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Speaker 1: fury and refrained not from the strife. And all their
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Speaker 1: heads gashed in the pitiless fight, were traced with gore.
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Speaker 1: The whole scene seemed to live with blood. The wine
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Speaker 1: was mingled meats and balls and tables in one ruined,
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Speaker 1: shattered lay even this torrent in fierce wrath for his
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Speaker 1: sweet bride. He laid with the arrow low Nessus in
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Speaker 1: mid flight. Therewithal was what Antaeus brawny strength, who challenged
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Speaker 1: him to wrestling strife. He in those sinewy arms raised
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Speaker 1: high above the earth, was crushed to death. There where
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Speaker 1: the Hellespont meets the outer sea, lay the sea monster,
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Speaker 1: slain by his ruthless shafts. Far from Hissnoi he rent
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Speaker 1: her chains of bold alsaides many a deed beside shone
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Speaker 1: on the broad shield of Euripulus. He seemed the war god,
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Speaker 1: as from rank to rank he sped, rejoiced the Trojans
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Speaker 1: following him, seeing his arms and him clothed with the
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Speaker 1: might of gods, and Paris held him to the fray.
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Speaker 1: Clad am I for thy coming? For my heart trust
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Speaker 1: that the argive shall all wretchedly be with their ships destroyed.
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Speaker 1: For such a man, Middreeks or Trojans, never have I
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Speaker 1: seen now by the strength and fury of Hercules, to
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Speaker 1: whom in stature might and goodly head most like thou art,
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Speaker 1: I pray thee have in mind him and resolve to
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Speaker 1: match his deeds with pine. Be the strong shield of Trojans,
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Speaker 1: hard bestead. Where not a breathing space, how only I
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Speaker 1: trow from perishing Troy canst thrust the dark doom back
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Speaker 1: With kindling words He speak that Hero cried great hearted
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Speaker 1: Paris like the blessed ones in goodly head. This lieth
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Speaker 1: for ordain on the God's knees. Who in the fight
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Speaker 1: shall fall and who outlive it, I, as honor bids
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Speaker 1: and as my strength sufficeth, will not flinch from Troy's defense.
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Speaker 1: I swear to turn from fight, never except in victory
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Speaker 1: or death. Gallantly, he spake, with exceeding joy, Rejoice the
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Speaker 1: Trojans champions. There he chose Alexander Anenaeus, fiery souled, Polydamus Peneon,
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Speaker 1: and the Iphabus and Ithacus of the Paphlagonian men, the
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Speaker 1: staunchest man, to stem the tide of war. These chose he,
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Speaker 1: cunning in all battle, toil to meet the foe in
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Speaker 1: forefront of the fight. Swiftly they strode before that warrior throng.
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Speaker 1: Then from the city, cheering charged The host followed them
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Speaker 1: at their thousands. As when bees follow with bands their
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Speaker 1: leaders from the hives, with loud hum on a spring day,
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Speaker 1: pouring forth, so to the fight. The warriors follow these,
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Speaker 1: as when a rushing mighty wind stirs up the barren
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Speaker 1: sea plane from its nethermost floor and tarkling to the
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Speaker 1: strand roll roaring waves, belching sea tangle from the bursting surf,
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Speaker 1: and wild sounds rise from beaches harvestless. So as they charged,
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Speaker 1: the wide earth rang again. How from the part forth
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Speaker 1: the ar dives poured round, cut like Agamemnon, rang their shouts,
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Speaker 1: cheering each other on to face the fight and not
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Speaker 1: to cower beside the ships and tread of onset shouts
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Speaker 1: of battle. Eager foes. They met those charging hosts with
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Speaker 1: hearts as light as calves bear where they leap to
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Speaker 1: meet the kind down faring from hill pastures in the
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Speaker 1: spring onto the steading, when the fields are green with
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Speaker 1: corn blades, where the earth is glad with flowers and
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Speaker 1: bowles are brimmed with the milk of kine and ewes,
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Speaker 1: and multitudinous lowing far and near uprises as the mothers
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Speaker 1: meet their young and in their midst their herdsmen joys.
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Speaker 1: So great was the uproar that rose when met the
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Speaker 1: fronts of battle traded rang on either hand. Hard strained
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Speaker 1: was then the fight incarnate strafe stalk through the midst
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Speaker 1: with slaughter, ghastly faced, crash, pull hide, shields and spears,
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Speaker 1: and helmet crest, meeting the brass flashed out fight leaping
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Speaker 1: flames bristle the battle with lances, earth van with blood,
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Speaker 1: as slaughtered heroes fell, and horses made a tangle of
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Speaker 1: shattered cars, Yet some with spear wounds, gasping while on
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Speaker 1: them others were falling through the air. Up shrieked an awful,
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Speaker 1: indistinguishable roar, for on both hosts fell higher and hearted strife.
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Speaker 1: Here were men hurling cruel jacket stones, there speeding arrows
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Speaker 1: and new wetted darts. There with an axe or tribill,
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Speaker 1: chewing hard, slashing with swords, and thrusting out with spears.
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Speaker 1: Their mad hands clutched all manner of tools of death.
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Speaker 1: At first the arguys bore the ranks of Troy backward
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Speaker 1: a little, but they rallied charges, cupped on the foe,
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Speaker 1: and tranced the field with blood. Like a black hurricane.
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Speaker 1: Rushed you, rivolous, churning his men on, ewing our guys down,
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Speaker 1: all leslie measureless might was led to him by Zeus,
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Speaker 1: for a grace to glorious Hercules. Carius, a man in
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Speaker 1: beauty like the gods. His spear long shafted, stamped beneath
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Speaker 1: the ribs down on the plane. He fell forth streamed,
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Speaker 1: the blood drenching his splendid arms, drenching the form glorious
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Speaker 1: of mold, and his thick, clustered hair. There mid the slain,
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Speaker 1: in dust and blood. He lay like a young, lusty
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Speaker 1: olive sapling, which a river rushing down in roaring flood,
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Speaker 1: carrying its banks away and cleaving wide a chasm channel.
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Speaker 1: Hath disrooted lo with lithe heavy blossomed, So lay then
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Speaker 1: the goodly form, the grace of loveliness of Nereus on
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Speaker 1: Earth's breast. But all the slain loud rang the taunting
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Speaker 1: of your ripplus thy in the dust thy beauty, marvelous
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Speaker 1: nought hath avail thee. I have plucked thee away from life,
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Speaker 1: to which thou wast so fain to cling rash fool,
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Speaker 1: who didst defy a mightier man, Unknowing beauty is no
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Speaker 1: match for strength, He spake and left upon the slain
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Speaker 1: to strip his goodly arm. But now against him came
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Speaker 1: McKay on, wroth, Venereus by his side, doom overtaken with
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Speaker 1: his spear, he drave at his right shoulder. Strong albeit
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Speaker 1: he was, he touched him, and blood spurted from the cash.
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Speaker 1: Yet hare he might leap back from travel of death,
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Speaker 1: even as a lion or fierce mountain. Poor maddens mid
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Speaker 1: thronging huntsmen, furious fain to rend the man whose hand
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Speaker 1: first wounded him, so fierce erypolus on mackay unrushed the
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Speaker 1: long lance, shot out swiftly and pierced him through on
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Speaker 1: the right haunch. Yet would he not give pack nor
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Speaker 1: flat from the onset fast though flowed the blood in haste,
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Speaker 1: he snatched the huge strong from the ground and dashed
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Speaker 1: it on the head of tell of his son, But
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Speaker 1: his helm hoarded him from death or harm. Then watched
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Speaker 1: the ripples more hotly, wroth with that strong warrior, and
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Speaker 1: did furious soul clear through McKay and his breast. He
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Speaker 1: drave his spear, and through the midjer past the gory point.
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Speaker 1: He fell as falls beneath a lion's joy, and round
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Speaker 1: him clasped his glancing arms. Swiftly, your rippless plucked the
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Speaker 1: lance of death out of the wound, and vaunting cried aloud, wretch,
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Speaker 1: wisdom was not pound in thine heart, that thou hey weakling,
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Speaker 1: didst come forth to fight a mightier. Therefore art thou
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Speaker 1: in the toils of tomb. Much profit shall be thine.
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Speaker 1: When kites devou and the flesh of thee in battle slain,
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Speaker 1: tah dost thou hopes still to return to scape Mine
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Speaker 1: hands a leech art thou, and soothing salves thou knowest,
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Speaker 1: And by these it's happily hoped to flee the evil day.
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Speaker 1: Not if I don't sire on the wind's wings descending
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Speaker 1: from Olympus should save thy life, not throw between thy lips.
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Speaker 1: He should pour nectar and ambrosia. Faint breathing, answered him,
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Speaker 1: the dying man, you, hippolus, thine own weird is to
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Speaker 1: live not long feet is a point to meet thee
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Speaker 1: here on Troy's plain, and to still thy impious tongue.
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Speaker 1: So passed his spirit into hades Hall. Then to the
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Speaker 1: dead man, spake his conqueror. Now on earth, lie thow
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Speaker 1: what shall betide hereafter? I care not yea, though this
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Speaker 1: day death doom stand by my feet, No man may
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Speaker 1: live forever. Each man's faith is fore ordained. Stabbing the corpse,
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Speaker 1: he spake, then shouted loud terser at, seeing mackay On
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Speaker 1: in the dust far. Thence he stood hard, toiling in
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Speaker 1: the fight, for on the center sore the battle lay
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Speaker 1: foe after foe pressed on. Yet not for this was Terser,
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Speaker 1: heedless of the fallen grave, neither of Marius lying hard
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Speaker 1: thereby behind mackay On in the dust he saw and
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Speaker 1: with a great voice raised the rescue cry. Charge, argives flitch,
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Speaker 1: not from the charging foe, for shame unspeakable shall cover us.
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Speaker 1: If trojan men hell back to ilium, Noble Machayon and
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Speaker 1: Marius cat like fair come with a good heart. Let
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Speaker 1: us face the foe to rescue the slain friends, or
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Speaker 1: fall ourselves beside them. Dooty bids that men defend friends
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Speaker 1: and to aliens leave them not a prey, not without
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Speaker 1: sweat of toil is glory. One. Then were the Danian's
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Speaker 1: anguish stung, the earth round them tied, they vede with
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Speaker 1: blood of slain, as foe for foe in even balanced fight.
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Speaker 1: By this to Palladarius, tidings came how that in dust
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Speaker 1: his brother lay, struck down by woeful death. Beside the ships,
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Speaker 1: he sat ministering to the hurts of men with spears.
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Speaker 1: Stricken in wrath. For his brother's sake, he rose. He
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Speaker 1: clad him in his armor in his breast tread battle
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Speaker 1: powers swelled for conflict. Grim he panted poil the maddened
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Speaker 1: blood round his heart. He leaped amidst the foemen. His
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Speaker 1: swift hands swung the snake headed gavelin up and hurled,
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Speaker 1: and so with its winged speed. Agamesta son Clytheus, a
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Speaker 1: bright haired nymph, had given him birth beside Parthenius, whose
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Speaker 1: quiet stream fleet smooth as oil through green lands till
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Speaker 1: it pours its shining ripples to the oxide sea. Then
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Speaker 1: by his warrior brother Lady Lolasis whom pronoi fair as
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Speaker 1: a goddess pair beside Nymphaea stream hard by a cave,
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Speaker 1: a wide and wondrous cave. Sacred it is, men say
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Speaker 1: unto the nymphs, even all that haunt the long reach
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Speaker 1: Paphlagonian hills, and all that by full clustered Heraclai I dwell.
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Speaker 1: That cave is like the work of gods of stone
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Speaker 1: and manner, marvelous. Molded through it flows cold water crystal clear.
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Speaker 1: In niches. Round stand bowls of stone upon the rugged rock,
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Speaker 1: seeming as though they were wrought by Carver's hands. Statues
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Speaker 1: of wood gods stand around Fair nymphs, looms, distaffs, all
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Speaker 1: such things as mortal craft fashioneth hundreth seemed they unto
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Speaker 1: men which pass into that hollowed cave. It hath up
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Speaker 1: leading and down leading doorways train facing the one the
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Speaker 1: wild north wind's shrilling blast, and one the tank rain
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Speaker 1: Burdened south by this, the mortals pass beneath the nymphs
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Speaker 1: wide cave. But that is the immortal's path. No man
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Speaker 1: may tread it, For in a chasm deep and wide down,
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Speaker 1: reaching unto hades yawns between this tract, the blessed gods
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Speaker 1: alone may behold. So died a host on either side
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Speaker 1: that ward over Machayon and Goliath Sun. But at the last,
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Speaker 1: through desperate wrestle of fight, the Danians rescued them. Yet
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Speaker 1: fewer they which pare them to the ships by bitter
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Speaker 1: stress of conflict, with a morpart compass round and needs
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Speaker 1: must still by the battle's prompt. But when full many
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Speaker 1: had filled up the measure of fate mid tumult, blood
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Speaker 1: and agony. Then to their ships did many argueys flee,
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Speaker 1: pressed by your rippless hard and avalanche of havoc. Yet
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Speaker 1: few albole the strife around the ass and the artready
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Speaker 1: rallying happily these had perished, all beset by throngs on
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Speaker 1: throngs of foes on every hand, had not only a
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Speaker 1: son stabbed with his spirits with shoulder and breast, or
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Speaker 1: wise polydamus forth dust the blood, and he recoiled a space.
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Speaker 1: Then men lay us pierced to Epergus by the right breast,
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Speaker 1: that with swift feet he fed, and many of that
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Speaker 1: slaughter breathing throng were slain by Agamemnon. Furiously he rushed
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Speaker 1: on god like Athecus with a spear, but he shrank
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Speaker 1: from the forefront back mid friends, Now, when you ripple us,
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Speaker 1: the battle stayed marked. How the ranks of Troy gave
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Speaker 1: back from fight. He turned him from the host that
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Speaker 1: he had chased even to the ships, and rushed with
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Speaker 1: eagle soap on Atria's strong sons. And only a seed stouthearted,
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Speaker 1: who was fleet of foot and in fight peerless. Swiftly
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Speaker 1: he charged on these, grasping his spear along shafted. Had
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Speaker 1: I reside charged Paris charged then as stout of heart,
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Speaker 1: who hurled a stone exceeding huge that crash on a
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Speaker 1: ass helm dashed to the dust he was. He had
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Speaker 1: gave not up the ghost, whose day of doom was
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Speaker 1: fate ordained amidst like afarious rocks on the voyage home.
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Speaker 1: Now his valiant men, out of the foe's hands snatched him,
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Speaker 1: bare him thence scarce, drawing breath to the Achaean ships.
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Speaker 1: And now the atriat kings war renowned were left alone,
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Speaker 1: and murder breathing foes encompassed them, and hurled from every side,
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Speaker 1: whate'er their hands might find the deadly shaft. Some showered,
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Speaker 1: some the stone the javelin. Some they in the midst
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Speaker 1: eye turned this way and that as bores. Our lions
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Speaker 1: compassed round with peils on that day when kings gathered
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Speaker 1: through the sports the people and deppenned the mighty beast
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Speaker 1: within the toils of death. But these, although the walls
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Speaker 1: ringed round, yet tear with tuscan fang what luckless thrallsoever
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Speaker 1: draweth near. So these death compassed heroes slew their foes.
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Speaker 1: Ever they pressed on. Yet had there might have vailed
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Speaker 1: not for defense, for all their will, had Terser and Idominius,
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Speaker 1: strong of heart not come to help with thoas mariones
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Speaker 1: and god like Thasamides, they which shrank erewhile before Euribulus
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Speaker 1: Yea had fled unto the ships to skip the crushing doom.
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Speaker 1: But that in fear for atreus sons they rallied against you.
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Speaker 1: Ribulus deadly waxed the fight. Then terser with a mighty
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Speaker 1: spirit Thrus Smophania shield yet wounded not his flesh for
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Speaker 1: the great fourfold butler warded him, yet feared he and
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Speaker 1: recoiled a little space. Flt. Marianes on the Ophowan, the
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Speaker 1: son of Peon borne on axis flood of bright hair.
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Speaker 1: Cleomide unto Troy with noble Asteropaeus, had he come to
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Speaker 1: aid her folk. Him Mariones keen spears beneath the navel,
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Speaker 1: and a lance had tore his bowels. Forth swift sped
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Speaker 1: his soul away into the shadow land. Alcymides, the warrior
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Speaker 1: friend of a ass oly A son, shot mid the
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Speaker 1: press of Trojans, for he sped, with taunting shout a
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Speaker 1: sharp stone from a sling into their battle's heart. They
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Speaker 1: quelled in fear before the hum and on rush of
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Speaker 1: the bolt, fate waned its flight to the bold charioteer
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Speaker 1: of Pamean Heppostas son his prow it smote, while yet
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Speaker 1: he grasped the reins and flung him stunned down from
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Speaker 1: the chariot seat before the wheels. The rushing warwane whirled
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Speaker 1: his wretched form TwixT tires and heels of onward weaping
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Speaker 1: steeds and awful death in that hour swallowed him. When
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Speaker 1: whips and rains had flown from his nerveless hands. Then
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Speaker 1: grief thrilled, pameon hard necessity made him both chariot lord
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Speaker 1: and charioteer, now to his doom and death. They had
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Speaker 1: he bowed, had that e Trojan, through that gory strife,
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Speaker 1: leapt crest the reins and save the prince, When now
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Speaker 1: his strength fell neath the murderous hands of foes, as
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Speaker 1: god like achemist charged the stalwart son of Nesta, thrust
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Speaker 1: the spear above his knee, and with that wound saw
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Speaker 1: anguish came on him. Back from the fight, he drew
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Speaker 1: the deadly stripe he left unto his comrades quenched. Now
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Speaker 1: was his battle lust. Your rippless henchman smote a chemion
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Speaker 1: Thoas's friend, amidst the fray, beneath the shoulder, nigh his heart.
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Speaker 1: The spear passed bitter biting, or his limbs break out,
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Speaker 1: mingled with blood, cold sweat of agony. He turned to flee,
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Speaker 1: Your rippless giant might chaste caught him, shearing his heel
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Speaker 1: tended through there where the blow fell. His reluctant feet stayed,
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Speaker 1: and the spirit left his mortal frame. Thoas pricked Paris
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Speaker 1: with a quick thrusting spear on the right thigh backward
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Speaker 1: a space he ran for his death, speeding bow which
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Speaker 1: had been left to rear. Wet of the fight, You ominius,
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Speaker 1: uphea the stone you just his hands could swing and
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Speaker 1: test the around your rippless arm to earth fell his death,
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Speaker 1: dealing spear backward, he stepped to grasp another, since from
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Speaker 1: out his hand the first was smitten. So had atreus
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Speaker 1: sons and moment breathing space from stress of war. But
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Speaker 1: certainly drew your rippless henchmen near, carrying a stubborn shafted lance,
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Speaker 1: wherewith he break the strength of many in stormy night.
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Speaker 1: Then Charles he on the foe whomso he met, he
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Speaker 1: slew and spread wide have it through their ranks. Now
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Speaker 1: neither atrious sons might steadfast stand, nor any valiant Danian beside,
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Speaker 1: for ruinous panic suddenly dripped the hearts of all. For
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Speaker 1: on them all you rippless rushed, flashing death in their faces,
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Speaker 1: chased them, slew cried to the Trojans and to his
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Speaker 1: chariot lords. Friends, be of good heart to these Tannians.
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Speaker 1: Let us steal slaughter and doom's tartness. Now, how let's
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Speaker 1: scance sheep back to the ships they flee. Forget not
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Speaker 1: your death dealing battle lore, O ye, that from your
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Speaker 1: youth are men of war and charting on the ar
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Speaker 1: as is one man, and these and on her Panic
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Speaker 1: turned and fled the bitter battle. Those hard after them
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Speaker 1: followed as white fanged hounds hold deer in chase up
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Speaker 1: the long forest glens full many and dust durst they
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Speaker 1: down hosso're they long to escape the slaughter grim and
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Speaker 1: drake of that wild fray. Juribulus had slain roucolion Nessus
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Speaker 1: and Chromeon Pnatyphus twain. In my seen I dwelt a
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Speaker 1: goodly land in Lacitaemon Twain, men of renown all be
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Speaker 1: if they were he slew them, then he smote a
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Speaker 1: host unnumbered by the common throng. My strength should not
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Speaker 1: suffice to sing their fate, how fain so air though
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Speaker 1: within my breast were iron lungs. Aeneas slew with all
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Speaker 1: Atimachus and fears. Train was left creek with Idominius Genus smoke,
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Speaker 1: Mullius the princely with king's tenderless he came from Argos,
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Speaker 1: hurled from far behind a tart nuetted as he fled
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Speaker 1: from fight, piercing his right leg, and the eager shaft
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Speaker 1: cut sheer through the broad sinew, shattering the bones with
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Speaker 1: anguish pain. And so his doom met him to die
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Speaker 1: a death of agony. Then Paris arrows laid focus low
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Speaker 1: and Moscinnas prether in, both from Salamus, who came in
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Speaker 1: as ships and nevermore saw the home land. Cleolas smote.
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Speaker 1: He next megas stout henchmen for the arrow struck his
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Speaker 1: left breast, deadly knight, and wrapped him round, and his
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Speaker 1: soul fleeted forth. His fainting heart still in his breast,
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Speaker 1: fluttering convulsively, made the winged arrow shiver. Yet again did
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Speaker 1: Paris chute had bolt eheon through his jaw let the
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Speaker 1: sudden flashing brass. He groaned, and with his blood were
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Speaker 1: mingled tears. So ever man slew man till all the
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Speaker 1: space was heaped with arguys, each on other cast. Now
36:51
Speaker 1: had the Trojans burket with fire, the ships had not
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Speaker 1: night trailing heavy folded mists of risen. So you rippless
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Speaker 1: drew back, and Troy's sons with him, from the ships
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Speaker 1: aloof a little space by Samoa's outfall. There can't they exultant,
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Speaker 1: But amid the ships flung down upon the sands, the
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Speaker 1: argives well heart anguish for the slain, so many of
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Speaker 1: whom duc Fate had overtaken and laid in dust. End
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Speaker 1: of chapter six