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08 - How Hercules Grandson perished in fight with the Son of Schilles - The Fall of Troy · The Fall of Troy

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  Speaker 1: When from the far sea line where is the cave
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  Speaker 1: of Dawn, rose off the sun and scattered light over
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  Speaker 1: the earth. Then did the eager sons of Troy and
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  Speaker 1: of Archaea arm themselves, athirst for battle. These Achilles sudden
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  Speaker 1: cheered on to face the Trojans. All this lee and
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  Speaker 1: those the giant strength of teleface seed kindled. He trusted
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  Speaker 1: to dash down the wall to earth and utterly destroy
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  Speaker 1: the ships with ravening fire and slay the argy host Hah.
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  Speaker 1: But his hope was as the morning breeze delusive hard.
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  Speaker 1: Beside him stood the FETs, laughing to scorn his vain imaginings.
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  Speaker 1: Then to the Murmandar, spake Achilles son the Olus, to
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  Speaker 1: fight in kindling them. Hear me, mine, henchmen, take ye
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  Speaker 1: to your heart the spirit of war, that we may
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  Speaker 1: heal the wounds of Argos and be ruined to her foes.
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  Speaker 1: Let no man fear, for mighty powers is the child
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  Speaker 1: of courage, But fearce slayeth strength and spirit. Third yourselves
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  Speaker 1: with strength for war. Give foes no breathing space, that
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  Speaker 1: they may say that mid our ranks Achilles liveth. Yet
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  Speaker 1: then clad he and his father's flashing arms his shoulders,
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  Speaker 1: then exulted Fetty's heart from the sea, which he saw
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  Speaker 1: the mighty strength of her son's son. Then forthwith eagle
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  Speaker 1: spread upfront that high wall, he rushed his car, drawn
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  Speaker 1: by the immortal horses of his sire as, from the ocean.
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  Speaker 1: Verge upsprings the sun in glory, flashing fire far over earth.
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  Speaker 1: Fire when beside his radiant chariot team races the red
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  Speaker 1: star Sirius, scatterer of woefulest diseases over men, so flashed
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  Speaker 1: upon the eyes of Helium's host that battle eager hero
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  Speaker 1: Achilles son onward they whirled him those immortal steeds, the witch,
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  Speaker 1: when now he longed to chase the foe back from
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  Speaker 1: the ships, or Thomandan, who wont to rein them, for
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  Speaker 1: his father brought to him with joy. That pair bore
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  Speaker 1: battle worth their lord so like to Aeac his son.
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  Speaker 1: Their deathless heart held him no worser than Achilles self.
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  Speaker 1: Laughing for glee, the argives gathered round the might resistless
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  Speaker 1: of Neoptolemus, eager for fight has wasped, whose woodland power
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  Speaker 1: the axe hath shaken, who dart swarming forth, furious to
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  Speaker 1: sting the woodmen round their nest, long eddying, they torment
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  Speaker 1: all passers by, so streamed they forth from galleon from wall,
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  Speaker 1: burning for fight, And that wide space was thronged, and
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  Speaker 1: all the plain far blazed with armchine has shone from
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  Speaker 1: Heaven's wolf the sun thereon as flees the cloud racked
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  Speaker 1: through the welkin wide, scourged onward by the north wind's
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  Speaker 1: titan blast. When winter tide and snow are heart at hand,
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  Speaker 1: and darkness overpalls the firmament soul with the thronging squadrons,
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  Speaker 1: was the earth covered before the ships to Heaven uprolled,
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  Speaker 1: dust hung on hovering wings. Men's armor clashed, rattled, a
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  Speaker 1: thousand chariots, Horses neighed on, rushing to the fray. Each
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  Speaker 1: warriors prowers kindled him with its trumpet call to war,
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  Speaker 1: as leaped the long sea rollers onward, hurled by two
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  Speaker 1: winds terribly on the broad sea, flood roaring from viewless
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  Speaker 1: bournes with whirlwind blasts crashing together. When a ruining storm
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  Speaker 1: maddens along the wide gulfs of the Deep and moans
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  Speaker 1: the sea queen with their anguished waves which sweep from
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  Speaker 1: every hand up towering like precipice mountains of a bitter squall,
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  Speaker 1: ceaselessly fearing shrieks across the sea, so clasped in strife,
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  Speaker 1: those hosts from either hand, with mad rage, strife incarnate
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  Speaker 1: spur them on, and their own powers crashed together, these
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  Speaker 1: like thunderclouds, out lightning, thrilling the air with shattering trumpet challenge.
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  Speaker 1: When the blast are locked in frenzied wrestle with mad
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  Speaker 1: breathing the clouds. When Zeus is wroth with men who
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  Speaker 1: trapel with iniquity and flout his law, so grappled they
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  Speaker 1: as spear with spear clasped, shielded with shield, and man
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  Speaker 1: on man was hurled, and first Achilles war impetuous son
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  Speaker 1: struck out stout Menelius and Alcedamus, sons of the war
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  Speaker 1: on A Lexinomus, who twelt in Carna's mountain cradle nigh
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  Speaker 1: the clear lake shining at Tarbellus feet meet snow capped
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  Speaker 1: imbras Nus fleet foot, son of King cassandras Luhi, borne
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  Speaker 1: to him by fair Creusa, where the lovely streams of
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  Speaker 1: lingers meet the sea beside the marches of battle, binding
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  Speaker 1: Carians and the heights of Lechia, the renowned He slew
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  Speaker 1: with all Maurice, the spearmen who from Phrygia came Polybus,
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  Speaker 1: and Hippomadeon by his side. He laid this stabbed to
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  Speaker 1: the heart that pierced between shoulder and neck. Man after man,
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  Speaker 1: he slew. Earth groaned neath Trojan corpses. Thank God, rank
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  Speaker 1: crumbled before him, even as parts break sink down before
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  Speaker 1: the blast of ravening fire, when the north wind of
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  Speaker 1: latter summer blows so ruining squadrons fell before his charge. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Aneas slew Aristoclus, crashing a great stone down on his head.
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  Speaker 1: It break helmet and skull together and fled his life
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  Speaker 1: fait for Yumahio diam it slew. He dwelt in craggy
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  Speaker 1: darkness with the bride beddies, whereon anchises clasped the queen
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  Speaker 1: of love. Hagamemnon smote down Stratus onto Thrace returned. He
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  Speaker 1: not from war, but died far off from his dear fatherland,
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  Speaker 1: and Moronus struck Clemnus down, piercin Or's son, the friend
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  Speaker 1: of God, like Calaucus and his comrade Lelle, who by
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  Speaker 1: Luramus outfall dwelt. The folk honored him as their king
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  Speaker 1: when reigned no more. Glaucus in battle slain all who
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  Speaker 1: abode around fail Nicey's towers, and by the crest of
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  Speaker 1: Messatitis and Kamara's glen so man slew man in fight.
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  Speaker 1: But more than all Eurypus hurled doom on many a foe.
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  Speaker 1: First he slew battle py Deeurytus Menotaeus of the glancing Taslet.
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  Speaker 1: Next Elaphino's god like comrades fell these with Harpalus wise
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  Speaker 1: Odysseus warrior friend. But in the fight afar that hero
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  Speaker 1: toiled and might not aid his fallen henchmen. Yet fierce Antiphus,
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  Speaker 1: while that slain man was wroth and hurled his spear
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  Speaker 1: against you. Rippolus yet touched him. Not the strong chaff
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  Speaker 1: glanced aside and pierced me Alanion battle staunch, the son
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  Speaker 1: of Cleaty, lovely faced Euryalus. Pride will bear him where
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  Speaker 1: Kayakus meets the sea. Wroth were his comrades slain Gurripplus
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  Speaker 1: thrushed upon Antiphus, but terror winged, he plunged amid his comrades,
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  Speaker 1: so the spear of the avengers slew him not whose
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  Speaker 1: doom was one day wretchedly to be devoured by the
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  Speaker 1: man slaying Cyclops. So it pleased stern fate. I know
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  Speaker 1: not why elsewhither sped you Rippulus, and I as he
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  Speaker 1: rushed on fell me the spear a multitude untold, as
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  Speaker 1: tall trees smitten by the strength of steel, and mountain
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  Speaker 1: forest fill the dark ravines heaped on the earth. Confusedly,
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  Speaker 1: so fell the Archayans meet you, rippleus, flying spears, till
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  Speaker 1: hard uplifted ed him face to face Achilles son, the
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  Speaker 1: long spears in their hands they trained swallop, each hot
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  Speaker 1: to smite his foe. But first, you, ripulous, cry the challenge, Cry,
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  Speaker 1: who art thou? Whence hast come to brave me? Here
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  Speaker 1: to hades, merciless fate is bearing thee For in grim fight,
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  Speaker 1: half none escaped mine hands. But whoso eager for the
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  Speaker 1: fray have come hither on? All have I hurled anguished
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  Speaker 1: death by Santa's streams and dogs devoured their flesh and
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  Speaker 1: pawed their pones. Answer me, who art thou? Whose be
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  Speaker 1: the steeds that pare thee exultant hall, answered Achilles, battle
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  Speaker 1: leaguer son. Wherefore when I am hurrying through the fravest
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  Speaker 1: thou a foe put question thus to me, has m
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  Speaker 1: a friend touching my lineage which many know? Achilles son,
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  Speaker 1: am I son of the man whose long spear smote
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  Speaker 1: thy sire and made him flee. Kay have the ruthless
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  Speaker 1: fates of death had seized him? But my father's self
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  Speaker 1: healed him upon the brink of woeful death. The stiege
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  Speaker 1: which bear me were my god like sires. These the
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  Speaker 1: west wind begat the harpybear over the barons see their
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  Speaker 1: feet can race skimming its crest. In speed they match
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  Speaker 1: the winds. Since then thou knowest the lineage of my
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  Speaker 1: steeds and mine. Now put thou to the test the
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  Speaker 1: might of my strong spear, born on stepe Pillion's crest,
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  Speaker 1: who hath left his father's stock and forest. There speak,
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  Speaker 1: and from the chariot sprang to earth that glorious man.
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  Speaker 1: He swung the long spear up, but in his brawny
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  Speaker 1: hand his foe had seized a monstrous stone full at
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  Speaker 1: the golden shield of near Ptolemus. He sped its flight,
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  Speaker 1: but no witch staggered by its whirl and rush. He,
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  Speaker 1: like a giant mountain foreland, stood which all the banded
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  Speaker 1: fury of river floods cannot stir rooted in the eternal hills,
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  Speaker 1: so stood unshaken still Achilles Sun keetna for this urripulous
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  Speaker 1: dauntness might shrank from Achilles Sun in principle, spurred on
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  Speaker 1: by his own hardihood and by feet, their hearts, like cauldrons,
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  Speaker 1: seethed all the fires of wrath. The glancing armor flashed
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  Speaker 1: about their limbs like terrible lions, each another rushed, which
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  Speaker 1: fight amid the mountain's famine, stung, writhing and leaping in
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  Speaker 1: the strain of strife for the slain ox or stag,
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  Speaker 1: while all the glens ring with their conflict. So they grappled,
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  Speaker 1: so class they had pitiless strife on either hand. Long
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  Speaker 1: lines of warriors creaked and trojan toiled in combat round them,
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  Speaker 1: roared up the flames of war like mighty rushing winds.
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  Speaker 1: They hurled together with eager spears for blood of life.
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  Speaker 1: Athirst hard by them stood eno spurred them on ceaselessly,
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  Speaker 1: never paused. They from the strife now hewed they each
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  Speaker 1: other's shield, and now thrust at the greaves, now at
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  Speaker 1: the crested helms, reckless of wounds in that grim toil
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  Speaker 1: pressed on those all as heroes strife incarnate watched and
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  Speaker 1: cloated o'er them, panned the sweat and streams from either
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  Speaker 1: Straining hard, they stood their ground, for both were the
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  Speaker 1: seed of blessed ones from heaven, with hearts and variance.
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  Speaker 1: God looked down, for some gave glory to achille sun,
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  Speaker 1: some to your ripples. The godlike still on they fought,
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  Speaker 1: giving crowned no more than rock of granite. Mountains rang
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  Speaker 1: from side to side, spear smitten shields. At last the
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  Speaker 1: Pelian lands sped onward by a mighty thrust. Hath passed
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  Speaker 1: clear through your ripperless throat. Forth pour the blood torrent
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  Speaker 1: like through the portal of the wound. The soul from
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  Speaker 1: the body flew. Darkness of death dropped over his eyes
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  Speaker 1: to earth and clanging arms. He fell like stately pine
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  Speaker 1: or silver fir, uprooted by the fury of boreas such
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  Speaker 1: space of earth, you rippless giant frame covered in falling
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  Speaker 1: harang again the floor in plains of Troyland, clay death
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  Speaker 1: pallor swept over the corpse, and all the flush of
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  Speaker 1: life faded away with a triumphant laugh, shouted the mighty
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  Speaker 1: hero over him. Tu Ripperlous, how saidst thou wouldst destroy
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  Speaker 1: the tandy and ships, and men would slay us all wretchedly,
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  Speaker 1: But the gods would not fulfill thy wish. For all
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  Speaker 1: thy might invincible, My father's massy spear hath now subdued
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  Speaker 1: thee under me fat spear, no man shall escape, though
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  Speaker 1: he be brad all through who faceth me. He speak
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  Speaker 1: and tore the long lance from the course. I'll strike
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  Speaker 1: the Trosans back in tread at sight of that strong
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  Speaker 1: hearted man straightway, he stripped the armor from the dead
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  Speaker 1: for friends to bear fast to the ships of Kayan,
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  Speaker 1: put himself to the swift chariot, and tireless steeds sprang
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  Speaker 1: and sped onward like a thunderbolt. That lightning girded leap
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  Speaker 1: through the wide air from Zeus's hand, uncomfortable the bolt
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  Speaker 1: before whose pound rush All the immortals quell, save only
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  Speaker 1: Zeus and rusheth down to earth. It rendeth trees and
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  Speaker 1: rugged mountaintops so rusty on the Trojans, flashing doom before
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  Speaker 1: their eyes, dashed through the earth. They fell before the
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  Speaker 1: charge of those immortal steeds. The earth was heaped with slain,
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  Speaker 1: was tied with gore, as when in mountain cleans the
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  Speaker 1: undumbered leaves down streaming thick and fast high all the ground.
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  Speaker 1: So host of Troy, untold on earth, were strewn by
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  Speaker 1: the aptolemus and fierce hearted creeks, shed by whose hands
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  Speaker 1: the blood in torrents ran neath the feet of men
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  Speaker 1: and horses. Chariot rails were dashed with blood spray whirling
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  Speaker 1: up from the tires. Now had the Trojans fled within
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  Speaker 1: their gates as calves that flee a lion, or as
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  Speaker 1: swine flee a storm, But murderous ares came unmarked of
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  Speaker 1: other gods town from the heavens, eager to help the
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  Speaker 1: warrior sons of Troy, fad fire and flame. Tumult had
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  Speaker 1: panic fear, his car steeds pare him down into the fight.
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  Speaker 1: The coursers which to roaring boreas grimid are in his pair,
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  Speaker 1: Coursers that breathed light, blasting flame, croned all the shivering
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  Speaker 1: air as battle where they sped swiftly. He came to Troy,
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  Speaker 1: hal rang the earth beneath the feet of that wild
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  Speaker 1: teen into the battle's heart, tossing his massy spear. He
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  Speaker 1: came with a shout. He cleared the Trojans on to
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  Speaker 1: face the foe. They heard and marveled at wondrous cry,
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  Speaker 1: not seeing the God's immortal form. No steed failed in
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  Speaker 1: dense mist. But the wise prophet soul of Helenus knew
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  Speaker 1: the voice divined that leapt into the Trojan's ears. They
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  Speaker 1: knew not whence, And with glad heart to the fleeing host,
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  Speaker 1: he cried, O, Cravens, wherefore fear Achilles son, though ne'er
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  Speaker 1: so brave, he is mortal even as we. His strength
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  Speaker 1: is not as Air's strength. Who has come a very
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  Speaker 1: present help in our sore need. That was his shout,
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  Speaker 1: far pealing, bidding us to fight on against the argives.
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  Speaker 1: Let your hearts be strong, o friends, Let courage fill
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  Speaker 1: your breast. No mightier battle helper can draw nigh to
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  Speaker 1: Troy than he who is of more avail for war
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  Speaker 1: than Ari's. When he ateeth men heart fighting, lo to
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  Speaker 1: our help. He cometh now on to the fight. Cast
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  Speaker 1: to the wings your fears. They fled no more. They
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  Speaker 1: faced the argive men as holms that the copses fled
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  Speaker 1: at first, pen turned them about to face and fight
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  Speaker 1: the wolf. Spurred on by the chiding of the shepherd Lord,
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  Speaker 1: so turned the sons of Troy again to war. Casting
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  Speaker 1: away their fear, pen leapt on Man, valiantly, fighting pow
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  Speaker 1: their armor classed, smitten with swords, with lances, and with
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  Speaker 1: parts spears plunged into men's flesh. Tread Aris drank his
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  Speaker 1: full of blood, struck down, fell Man on Man. As
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  Speaker 1: Greek and Trojan fought in level poise, the battle balance
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  Speaker 1: hung as when men in hot haste pren a vingyed
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  Speaker 1: with the steel, and each keeps pace with each in rivalry.
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  Speaker 1: Since all in strength and age be equal matched, so
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  Speaker 1: did the awful scales of battle hang level. All Trojan
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  Speaker 1: hearts be high and firms stood. They in trust on
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  Speaker 1: all this arises might. While the Greeks trusted an Achilles son. Ever,
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  Speaker 1: they slew and slew stalk through the midst deadly Eno
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  Speaker 1: her shoulders in her hand's blood splashed a fearful sweat
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  Speaker 1: stream from her limbs, Reveling in equal fight. She aided
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  Speaker 1: none Lashtis or the war god's wrath be stirred. Then
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  Speaker 1: near Palamus slew one far renowned Perimedes, who had dwelt
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  Speaker 1: by Symnphia's grove, next cestrous tide Laris battle staunch, Perilasus
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  Speaker 1: the strong and Helcus, lord of spears, whom ever Anassia
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  Speaker 1: bare by the haunted foot of Scyllah to the cunning
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  Speaker 1: craftsmen meadon in the homeland afar his sire abode, and
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  Speaker 1: never kissed his son's returning head, for that fair home,
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  Speaker 1: and all his cunning works did far off kinsmen wrangle
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  Speaker 1: o'er his grave. Tayfrigus slew Mikhan battle stanch. The lance
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  Speaker 1: had pierced him close above the groin and round the
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  Speaker 1: long spear. All his pells gushed out, and Neus smote
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  Speaker 1: down Thymas, who erewhile in Allus dwelt and followed into Troyassilas,
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  Speaker 1: and saw never more the dear home land. Jeriolus hurled
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  Speaker 1: a tart and throw as the ray as breast the
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  Speaker 1: death ring point flew sheering through the breathways of man's life,
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  Speaker 1: and all that lay within was trenched with blood and
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  Speaker 1: hard thereby great soul the Genus slew Hippomenes hero Terser's
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  Speaker 1: comrade staunch with one swift throst, to which shoulder and neck,
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  Speaker 1: his soul rushed forth in blood. Death's knight swept over him,
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  Speaker 1: grief for his comrades, slein on tersa fell. He strained
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  Speaker 1: his bow, his swift wing shafty sped, but smoke him.
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  Speaker 1: Not for lightly a genus swerved, yet nigh him. Diaphontess
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  Speaker 1: stood the shaft to his left eye, plunged, passed through
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  Speaker 1: the pall, and out through his right ear. Because the
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  Speaker 1: fates whither they will thrust all the bitter palms. Even
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  Speaker 1: as an agony he lacked full height. Yet once again
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  Speaker 1: the archer's arrow hissed, It pierced his throat through the
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  Speaker 1: net sinews cleft, unswerving, and his hard doom came on him.
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  Speaker 1: So man to man tell Death enjoyed the fates and doom,
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  Speaker 1: and fell strife, and her maddened glee shouted aloud, and
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  Speaker 1: Aries terribly shouted in answer, and with courage thrilled the Trojans,
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  Speaker 1: and with panic fear the Greeks, and shook their reeling squadrons.
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  Speaker 1: But one man he scared, not he even achilles Son.
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  Speaker 1: He abode and fought undaunted, slaying foes on foes, as
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  Speaker 1: when a young lad sweeps his hand around flies swarming
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  Speaker 1: over milk and nigh the pole. Here and there they lie,
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  Speaker 1: struck dead by that light touch, and gleefully the child
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  Speaker 1: still plies the work. So stern Achilles, glorious sky on
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  Speaker 1: joyed over the slain and wrecked. Not of the god
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  Speaker 1: who spurred the Trojans on man after man tasted his
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  Speaker 1: vegeance of their charging host. Even as a giant mountain
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  Speaker 1: peakless stands on rushing hurricane blast. So he abode, unquelling
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  Speaker 1: Aries at his eager mood, grew wroth, and would have
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  Speaker 1: cast his hell of cloud away and met him face
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  Speaker 1: to face in fight. But now Athena from Olympus swooped
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  Speaker 1: to forest mantle. Ida quaked the earth in Santo's murmuring streams,
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  Speaker 1: so mightily she shook them. Terror stricken were the souls
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  Speaker 1: of all the nymphs had tried for Priam's town. From
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  Speaker 1: her immortal armor flashed round, hovering lightnings, fearful serpents breathed
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  Speaker 1: fire from her shield invincible. The crest of her great
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  Speaker 1: helmets sucked the clouds. And now she was at point
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  Speaker 1: to close in sudden fight with Aries. But the mighty
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  Speaker 1: will of Zeus taunted them both from high heaven, thundering
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  Speaker 1: his terrors, Aris drew back from the war, for manifest
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  Speaker 1: to him was Zeus's wrath to wintery Thrace. He passed,
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  Speaker 1: his haughty heart wreaked no more of the Trojans in
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  Speaker 1: the plain of Troy, no more state palace. She was
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  Speaker 1: gone to hallow Athens. But the army still strove in
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  Speaker 1: the deadly fray, and fainted. Now the Trojan's powers but
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  Speaker 1: all battle fane. The Argives pressed on these as they
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  Speaker 1: gave ground. As winds chase ships that fly with straining
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  Speaker 1: sails on to the outsea, as on the forest breaks
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  Speaker 1: leapeth the fury of flame, as swift hounds drive deer
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  Speaker 1: through the mountains, eager for the prey. So did the
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  Speaker 1: Arguys chase them. Achilles Son still cheered them on, still
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  Speaker 1: slew with that great spear, whomso he overtook. On on
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  Speaker 1: they fled till into stately gated Troy they poured. Then
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  Speaker 1: had the Argys a short breathing space from war, where
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  Speaker 1: they had penned the host of Troy and Priamsburg, as
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  Speaker 1: shepherd's pent up lambs upon a lonely staying, as when
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  Speaker 1: after hard strain a breathing spaces given to Oxen, that,
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  Speaker 1: quick panting neath the yoke up a steep hill, have
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  Speaker 1: dragged a load so breathed awhile the archaanes after toil
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  Speaker 1: in arms. Then once more hot for the fray, did
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  Speaker 1: they beset the city towers. But now with gates f
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  Speaker 1: par the Trojans from the walls withstood the assault, as
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  Speaker 1: when within their steading shepherd folk appied the lowering tempest
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  Speaker 1: when a day of storm hath dawned with fury of lightnings,
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  Speaker 1: rain and heavy drifting snow, and dare not haste forth
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  Speaker 1: to the pasture, howsoever fain till the great storm appeat
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  Speaker 1: and rivers wide with rushing floods again be passable. So
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  Speaker 1: trembling on their walls they abode the rage of foes
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  Speaker 1: against their rab hearts surging fast, and as when DAWs
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  Speaker 1: are starlings drop in clouds down upon an orchard close full,
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  Speaker 1: fain to feast upon its pleasant fruits, and take no
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  Speaker 1: heed of men that shout to scare them. Thence away
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  Speaker 1: until the reckless hunger be appeased that makes them bold.
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  Speaker 1: So poured round prions Burg the furious Dandians against the gates,
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  Speaker 1: they hurled themselves. They strove to batter down the mighty
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  Speaker 1: souled earth shakers work behind. Yet did the troyfolk not,
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  Speaker 1: despite their fear flatch from the fight. They manned their towers.
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  Speaker 1: They toiled unresting ever from the fair built let arrows,
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  Speaker 1: stones and fleet wing javelins down amidst the thronging foes.
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  Speaker 1: For Phoebus thrilled their souls with steadfast, hardihood. Fain was
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  Speaker 1: he to save them, still, though Hector was no more
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  Speaker 1: then Niona shot with a deadly shaft and smoke for
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  Speaker 1: Loodamus polot has friend beneath the jaw, the arrow pierced
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  Speaker 1: his throat. Town fell he like a vulture from rock
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  Speaker 1: by Fowler's barbed arrow, shot and slain. So from the
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  Speaker 1: high tower, swiftly down he fell his life. Fled clanged
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  Speaker 1: his armor o'er the corpse with laughter of triumph. Stalwart
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  Speaker 1: Molusson a second arrow sped with strong desire to smite
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  Speaker 1: Pullet has Ill starred Priam's son. But with the deadly
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  Speaker 1: sideswerre did he escape the death, Nor did the arrow
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  Speaker 1: touch his flesh as when a shipman as his bark
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  Speaker 1: flies on our sea, gulfs spies amid the rushing tidy rock,
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  Speaker 1: and to escape it, swiftly puts the help about and
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  Speaker 1: turns aside the ship. Even as he listed the little
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  Speaker 1: strength of her a great disaster sold he for sea
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  Speaker 1: and shunned the deadly shaft of doom. Ever, they forlorn halls, towers,
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  Speaker 1: battlements were blood besprent. Wherever Trojans fell slain by the
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  Speaker 1: hours of the stalwart Greeks. Yet these escaped, not scapeless.
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  Speaker 1: Many of them tied the earth bed. I waxed the
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  Speaker 1: havoc of death as friends and foes were stricken, or
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  Speaker 1: the strife shouted for glee. Eno sister of war. Now
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  Speaker 1: had the argives burst, the gates had preached the walls
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  Speaker 1: of Troy, for palmless was their might. But Canymides saw
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  Speaker 1: from heaven and cried, anguished with fear for his own fatherland.
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  Speaker 1: O Father Zeus, If of thy seat, I am if
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  Speaker 1: at thine hast I left far famous Troy for immortality
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  Speaker 1: with deathless gods. Hear me now, whose soul is anguish thrilled.
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  Speaker 1: I cannot bear to see my father's town inflame. My
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  Speaker 1: kindred and disastrous strife, perishing, bitter, a sorrow is there none, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: if thy heart is fixed to do this thing, let
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  Speaker 1: me befall. Hence flesh shall be mine grief if I
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  Speaker 1: behold it not with these mine eyes. That is the
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  Speaker 1: depth of horror and of shame, to see one's country
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  Speaker 1: wrecked by hands of foes, with groans and tears, so
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  Speaker 1: pleaded Ganymede. Then Zeus himself, with one vast pall of
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  Speaker 1: cloud veiled all the city of Priam, world renowned, and
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  Speaker 1: all the murderous fight was drowned in mist, And like
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  Speaker 1: a vanished phantom, was the wall in vapors, heavy hung
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  Speaker 1: no eye could pierce, and all around crashing thunders, flightnings
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  Speaker 1: flattened from heaven. The Danaans heard Zeus clarion peal awestruck,
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  Speaker 1: and nearly a sun cried unto them, far famous lords
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  Speaker 1: of harg Eves, all our strength palsy shall be while
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  Speaker 1: Zeus prett jecteth. Thus our foes, a great tide of
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  Speaker 1: calamity on us is rolling Hastery. Then to the ships
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  Speaker 1: cease three a while from bitter toil of strife, lest
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  Speaker 1: the fire of his wrath consume us. All submit we
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  Speaker 1: to his portments needs must all obey him, ever, who
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  Speaker 1: was mightier far than all strong gods, all weakling sons
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  Speaker 1: of men, of the presumptuous Titans. Once in wrath, he
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  Speaker 1: poured down fire from heaven, then burned all earth beneath,
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  Speaker 1: and Ocean's whirled engulfing flood boiled from its depths yea
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  Speaker 1: to its utmost bounds. Far flowing mighty rivers were tried up, perised,
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  Speaker 1: All broods of life sustaining Earth, all fosterlings of the
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  Speaker 1: boundless sea, and all dwellers in the rivers smoke and
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  Speaker 1: ashes well the air. Earth fainted in the fervent heat.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore this day I dread the might of Zeus now
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  Speaker 1: passway to the ships, since for to day he with
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  Speaker 1: Troy to us too, shall he grant glory hereafter for
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  Speaker 1: the dawn on men the whiles it frown. Anon shall
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  Speaker 1: smile not yet, but soon shall fate lead us to
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  Speaker 1: smite Yon Town. If true, indeed, was Calcus prophecy spoken
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  Speaker 1: aforetime to the assembled Greeks that in the tenth year
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  Speaker 1: Priam's bird should fall. Then left they that far famous town,
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  Speaker 1: and turned from war in awe of Zeus's threatenings, hearkening
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  Speaker 1: to one with ancient wisdom. Wise, Yet they forgat not
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  Speaker 1: friends in battle slain, but bare them from the field
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  Speaker 1: and buried them. These the mist hid not but the
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  Speaker 1: town alone and its unscalable wall, around which fell Trojans
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  Speaker 1: and Argives many in battle slain. So came they to
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  Speaker 1: the ships, and put from them their battle gear, and
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  Speaker 1: strode into the waves of Hellespont, fear flowing and washed
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  Speaker 1: away also stain of dust and sweat and clotted gore.
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  Speaker 1: The sun drave down his never wearying steeds into the
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  Speaker 1: dark west. Night streamed o'er the earth, bidding men to
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  Speaker 1: cease from toil. The Argives then acclaimed Achilles valiant son,
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  Speaker 1: with praise high as his father's mid triumphant mirth. He
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  Speaker 1: feasted in king's tents. No battle toil had wearied him,
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  Speaker 1: for thetis from his limbs had charmed all ache of travel,
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  Speaker 1: making him as one whom labor had no power to tire.
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  Speaker 1: When his strong heart was satisfied with meat, he passed
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  Speaker 1: to his father's tent, and over him sleep's dews were poured.
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  Speaker 1: The Greeks slept in the plain before the ships by
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  Speaker 1: ever changing guards watched, for they dreaded lest the host
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  Speaker 1: of Troy, or of her staunch allies, should kindle flame
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  Speaker 1: upon the ships, and from them all cut off their
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: home return in Priumsburg. The while by gate and wall
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  Speaker 1: men watched and slept. In turn, I dread to hear
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  Speaker 1: the Arga's onset shout end of chapter eight