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BOOK VIII.<br />

ARGUMENT.<br />

THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE<br />

DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.<br />

Jupiter assembles a council <strong>of</strong> the deities,<br />

and threatens them with the pains <strong>of</strong> Tartarus<br />

if they assist either side: Minerva<br />

only obtains <strong>of</strong> him that she may direct<br />

the Greeks by her counsels. 189 his balances<br />

the fates <strong>of</strong> both, and affrights the<br />

Greeks with his thunders and lightnings.<br />

Nestor alone continues in the field in<br />

great danger: Diomed relieves him;<br />

whose exploits, and those <strong>of</strong> Hector, are<br />

excellently described. Juno endeavours<br />

to animate Neptune to the assistance <strong>of</strong><br />

the Greeks, but in vain. <strong>The</strong> acts <strong>of</strong>

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