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Menelaus, who is wounded, but cured<br />

by Machaon. In the meantime some <strong>of</strong><br />

the Trojan troops attack the Greeks.<br />

Agamemnon is distinguished in all the<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> a good general; he reviews the<br />

troops, and exhorts the leaders, some by<br />

praises and others by repro<strong>of</strong>. Nestor is<br />

particularly celebrated for his military<br />

discipline. <strong>The</strong> battle joins, and great<br />

numbers are slain on both sides.<br />

<strong>The</strong> same day continues through this as<br />

through the last book (as it does also<br />

through the two following, and almost to<br />

the end <strong>of</strong> the seventh book). <strong>The</strong> scene<br />

is wholly in the field before Troy.<br />

And now Olympus' shining gates<br />

unfold;<br />

<strong>The</strong> gods, with Jove, assume their<br />

thrones <strong>of</strong> gold:<br />

Immortal Hebe, fresh with bloom<br />

divine,

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