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12 THE ILIAD. [book i.<br />

But sent him off with contumely, and words of stem monition.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the old man with swelling heart departed; and Apollo 380<br />

To his entreaty lent an ear ; also greatly did he love him.<br />

Against the Argives bolts of woe he shot: thereat the people<br />

Were dying, heaps on heaps : and o'er Achaia's- ample army<br />

Eov'd everywhere the darts divine. To us a seer haranguing<br />

Did skilfully the oracles of Hecatus interpret. 385<br />

I instantly was first to urge atonement to the godhead<br />

On Atreus' son then choler came, and suddenly uprising,<br />

He spake a speech of threatening, which, lo ! is fact accomplish'd.<br />

For, lier in sooth on galley sharp the curling-eyed Achaians<br />

Escort to Chryse,— goodly gifts unto the prince conducting: 390<br />

But her, whom late Achaia's sons to me as prize awarded.<br />

Her now the heralds from my tent have torn,—the maid Briseis.<br />

:<br />

— —<br />

But thou around thy bonny child enfold thy arms, if able :<br />

Unto Olympus haste to Jove, and supplicate,—^if ever<br />

To him by word or deed thou didst a pleasant service render. 395<br />

For often I thy boasts have heard within my father's palace,<br />

How gloomy-clouded Saturn's son(saidst thou) among the immortals<br />

Only from thee assistance found to avert unseemly ruin ;<br />

When all the Olympians beside to shackle him were minded,<br />

Maiden Athene, Juno queen, and oceanic Neptune. 400<br />

But goddess ! thou arriving swiftly didst from bondage save him.<br />

When thou to long Olympus hadst the Hundred-handed summon'd.<br />

By gods entitled Briareus, by all mankind ^gseon<br />

(For than his father he again is mightier in prowess :)<br />

Who then beside Saturnius sat glorying in grandeur. 405<br />

Before him quail'd the blessed gods, and thought of bonds no longer.;<br />

Sit by his side, and clasp his knees, and of all this remind him,<br />

If he may haply willing be to show the Troians favour.<br />

And hem against the galley's poop and water's edge, the Achaians,<br />

In carnage perishing ; that all may well enjoy their monarch, 410<br />

385. Secatus ( Far-averter ? ) a title perhaps equivalent to Apotropus<br />

Apollo—remover of disease :<br />

of the medicinal properties of plants, &o.<br />

404. Sis father, Uranus ; he again, not Jove only.<br />

so Secate, of his sister Artemis, for her knowledge<br />

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