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[pg<br />

165]<br />

<strong>The</strong> monarch thus. <strong>The</strong> reverend<br />

Nestor then:<br />

"Great Agamemnon! glorious king<br />

<strong>of</strong> men!<br />

Such are thy <strong>of</strong>fers as a prince may<br />

take,<br />

And such as fits a generous king to<br />

make.<br />

Let chosen delegates this hour be<br />

sent<br />

(Myself will name them) to Pelides'<br />

tent.<br />

Let Phoenix lead, revered for hoary<br />

age,<br />

Great Ajax next, and Ithacus the<br />

sage.<br />

Yet more to sanctify the word you<br />

send,<br />

Let Hodius and Eurybates attend.<br />

Now pray to Jove to grant what<br />

Greece demands;

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