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that on the peaks <strong>of</strong> a mounta<strong>in</strong> fight for a sla<strong>in</strong> h<strong>in</strong>d,<br />

both <strong>of</strong> them hunger<strong>in</strong>g, both high <strong>of</strong> heart; so for Cebriones<br />

the two masters <strong>of</strong> the war cry, Patroclus, son <strong>of</strong> Menoetius,<br />

<strong>and</strong> glorious Hector, were eager each to cleave the other’s flesh<br />

with the pitiless bronze. Hector, when once he has seized the<br />

corpse by the head, would not loose his hold, <strong>and</strong> Patroclus on the<br />

other side held fast hold <strong>of</strong> the foot.<br />

127<br />

Homer, Iliad 22.66-22.76 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 />

au)to_n d' a2n pu&mato&n me ku&nej prw&th|si qu&rh|s<strong>in</strong><br />

w)mhstai\ e0ru&ous<strong>in</strong>, e0pei/ ke/ tij o)ce/i" xalkw|~<br />

tu&yaj h)e\ balw_n r(eqe/wn e0k qumo_n e3lhtai,<br />

ou4j tre/fon e0n mega&roisi trapezh~aj qurawrou&j,<br />

70 oi3 k' e0mo_n ai[ma pio&ntej a)lu&ssontej peri\ qumw|~ ( 0)<br />

kei/sont' e0n proqu&roisi. ne/w| de/ te pa&nt' e0pe/oiken<br />

a1rhi" ktame/nw| dedai"gme/nw| o)ce/i" xalkw|~<br />

kei=sqai: pa&nta de\ kala_ qano&nti per o3tti fanh&h|:<br />

a)ll' o3te dh_ polio&n te ka&rh polio&n te ge/neion<br />

75 ai0dw~ t' ai0sxu&nwsi ku&nej ktame/noio ge/rontoj,<br />

tou~to dh_ oi1ktiston pe/letai deiloi=si brotoi=s<strong>in</strong>.<br />

Myself then last <strong>of</strong> all before my doors will dogs that<br />

eat raw flesh tear apart, when some man by thrust or cast<br />

<strong>of</strong> the sharp bronze has taken the spirit from my limbs—<br />

the dogs that <strong>in</strong> my halls I reared at my table to guard my door—<br />

which then hav<strong>in</strong>g drunk my blood <strong>in</strong> the madness <strong>of</strong> their hearts,<br />

will lie there <strong>in</strong> the gateway. For a young man it is wholly fitt<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

when he is sla<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> battle, to lie mangled by the sharp bronze; dead<br />

though he is, all is fair that can be seen. But when dogs work shame<br />

on the gray head <strong>and</strong> gray beard <strong>and</strong> on the nakedness <strong>of</strong> a sla<strong>in</strong> old<br />

man, that is the most piteous th<strong>in</strong>g that falls to wretched mortals.<br />

128<br />

Isocrates, Antidosis 213-214 IV B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: G. Norl<strong>in</strong>, ed., tr., Isocrates II (Cambridge, Mass. <strong>and</strong> London,<br />

1929; repr. 1992) 305.<br />

4O de\ pa&ntwn de<strong>in</strong>o&taton, o3ti kaq' e3kaston to_n e0niauto_n qewrou~ntej e0n toi=j<br />

qau&mas<strong>in</strong> tou_j me\n le/ontaj prao&teron diakeime/nouj pro_j tou_j qerapeu&ontaj h2<br />

tw~n a)nqrw&pwn e1nioi pro_j tou_j eu} poiou~ntaj, ta_j d' a1rktouj<br />

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