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the accursed wrath which brought countless sorrows upon<br />

the Achaeans, <strong>and</strong> sent down to Hades many valiant souls<br />

<strong>of</strong> warriors, <strong>and</strong> made the men themselves to be the spoil for<br />

dogs <strong>and</strong> birds <strong>of</strong> every k<strong>in</strong>d.<br />

125<br />

Homer, Iliad 15.630-15.637<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: G. P. Gould, ed., tr., Homer. Iliad II (Cambridge, Mass. <strong>and</strong><br />

London, 1925; second ed., 1999).<br />

630 au)ta_r o3 g' w3j te le/wn o)loo&frwn bousi\n e0pelqw&n,<br />

ai3 r(a& t' e0n ei9amenh|~ e3leoj mega&loio ne/montai<br />

muri/ai, e0n de/ te th|~si nomeu_j ou1 pw sa&fa ei0dw_j<br />

qhri\ maxe/ssasqai e3likoj boo_j a)mfi\ fonh|~s<strong>in</strong>:<br />

h1toi o4 me\n prw&th|si kai\ u(stati/h|si bo&ess<strong>in</strong><br />

ai0e\n o(mostixa&ei, o4 de/ t' e0n me/ssh|s<strong>in</strong> o)rou&saj<br />

bou~n e1dei, ai4 de/ te pa~sai u(pe/tresan: w4j to&t' 0Axaioi\<br />

qespesi/wj e0fo&bhqen u(f' 3Ektori kai\ Dii\ patri\<br />

pa&ntej.<br />

But he [Hector] fell on them [Achaeans] like a lion <strong>of</strong> destructive m<strong>in</strong>d<br />

com<strong>in</strong>g aga<strong>in</strong>st cattle that are graz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the bottom <strong>of</strong> a great marsh, <strong>and</strong><br />

there is no count<strong>in</strong>g them, <strong>and</strong> among them is a herdsman who is yet<br />

unskilled to fight with a wild beast over the carcase <strong>of</strong> a sleek heifer that<br />

has been sla<strong>in</strong>: he paces ever by their side, now abreast <strong>of</strong> the foremost <strong>of</strong><br />

the cattle, <strong>and</strong> now <strong>of</strong> the h<strong>in</strong>dmost, but the lion leaps on the midmost, <strong>and</strong><br />

devours a heifer, <strong>and</strong> at that they all flee <strong>in</strong> terror; so wondrously were the<br />

Achaeans one <strong>and</strong> all then driven <strong>in</strong> rout by Hector <strong>and</strong> father Zeus.<br />

126<br />

Homer, Iliad 16.756-16.763 VIII B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: G. P. Gould, ed., tr., Homer. Iliad II (Cambridge, Mass. <strong>and</strong><br />

London, 1925; second ed., 1999).<br />

tw_ peri\ Kebrio&nao le/onq' w4j dhr<strong>in</strong>qh&thn,<br />

w3 t' o1reoj korufh|~si peri\ ktame/nhj e0la&foio<br />

a1mfw pe<strong>in</strong>a&onte me/ga frone/onte ma&xesqon:<br />

w4j peri\ Kebrio&nao du&w mh&stwrej a)u+th~j<br />

760 Pa&troklo&j te Menoitia&dhj kai\ fai/dimoj 3Ektwr,<br />

i3ent' a)llh&lwn tame/e<strong>in</strong> xro&a nhle/i" xalkw|~.<br />

3Ektwr me\n kefalh~f<strong>in</strong> e0pei\ la&ben ou)xi\ meqi/ei:<br />

Pa&trokloj d' e9te/rwqen e1xen podo&j:<br />

So the two jo<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> strife for Cebriones like two lions<br />

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