September 16, 2024 • 48 mins
Book 2: The Great Gathering of Armies
Zeus sends a deceptive dream to Agamemnon, convincing him to attack Troy. Agamemnon tests his army’s loyalty, and the Greeks prepare for battle. The poet lists the armies in the famous "Catalogue of Ships."
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Zeus sends a deceptive dream to Agamemnon, convincing him to attack Troy. Agamemnon tests his army’s loyalty, and the Greeks prepare for battle. The poet lists the armies in the famous "Catalogue of Ships."
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Dream. Audio Books presents section two of the Iliad by Homer,
translated by Samuel Butler. Book two, Jove sends a lying
dream to Agamemnon, who thereon calls the chiefs in assembly
and proposes to sound the mind of his army. In
the end they march to fight catalog of the Achaean
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and Trojan forces. Now the other gods and the armed
warriors on the plain slept soundly, but Jove was wakeful,
for he was thinking how to do honor to Achilles,
and destroyed much people at the ships of the Achaeans.
In the end, he deemed it would be best to
send a lying dream to King Agamemnon. So he called
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one to him and said to it, lying dream, go
to the ships of the Achaeans, into the tent of Agamemnon,
and say to him word for word, as I now
bid you. Tell him to get the Achaeans instantly under arms,
for he shall take Troy. There are no longer divided
counsels among the gods. Juno has brought them to her
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own mind, and woe betide the Trojans. The dream went
when it had heard its message, and soon reached the
ships of the Achaeans. It sought Agamemnon, son of Atreus,
and found him in his tent, wrapped in a profound slumber.
It hovered over his head in the likeness of Nestor,
son of Nelius, whom Agamemnon honored above all his counselors,
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and said, you are sleeping, son of Atreus, one who
has the welfare of his host and so much other
care upon his shoulders, should dock his sleep. Hear me
at once, for I come as a messenger from Jove, who,
though he be not near yet, takes thought for you
and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly
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under arms, for you shall take Troy. There are no
longer divided counsels among the gods. Juno has brought them
over to her own mind, And woe betide the Trojans
at the hands of Jove. Remember this, and when you wake,
see that it does not escape you. The dream then
left him, and he thought of things that were surely
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not to be accomplished. He thought that on that same
day he was to take the city of Priam. But
he little knew what was in the mind of Jove,
who had many another hard fought fight in store for
the Danaeans and Trojans. Then presently he woke with a
divine message still ringing in his ears. So he sat
upright and put on his soft shirts, so fair and new,
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and over this his heavy cloak. He bound his sandals
on to his comely feet, and slung his silver studded
sword about his shoulders. Then he took the imperishable staff
of his father and sallied forth to the ships of
the Achaeans. The goddess Dawn now wended her way to
vast Olympus, that she might herald day to Jove and
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to the other immortals. And Agamemnon sent the criers round
to call the people in a seat. So they called them,
and the people gathered thereon. But first he summoned a
meeting of the elders at the ship of Nestor, king
of Pylos, And when they were assembled, he laid a
cunning council before them. My friend said he, I have
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had a dream from heaven in the dead of night,
and its face and figure resembled none but Nestor's. It
hovered over my head and said, you are sleeping, son
of Atreus. One who has the welfare of his host
and so much other care upon his shoulders, should dock
his sleep. Hear me at once, for I am a
messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near yet,
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takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you
get the Achaians instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy.
There are no longer divided counsels among the gods. Juno
has brought them over to her own mind, And woe
betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove. Remember these.
The dream then vanished, and I awoke. Let us now
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therefore arm the sons of the Achaeans. But it will
be well that I should first sound them, and to
this end I will tell them to fly with their ships.
But do you others go about among the host and
prevent their doing so? He then sat down and Nestor,
the Prince of Pylos, with all sincerity and good will,
addressed them. Thus, my friends, said he, Princes and counselors
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of the Archives. If any other man of the Achaeans
had told us of this dream, we should have declared
it false and would have had nothing to do with it.
But he who has seen it is the foremost man
among us. We must therefore set about getting the people
under arms. With this, he led the way from the assembly,
and the other septid kings rose with him in obedience
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to the word of Agamemnon. But the people pressed forward
to hear they swarmed like bees that sully from some
hollow cave, and flit in countless throng among the spring flowers,
bunched in knots and cluster. Even so did the mighty
multitude pour from ships and tents to the Assembly, and
ranged themselves upon the wide watered shore, while among them
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ran wildfire rumor messenger of Jove, urging them ever to
the fore. Thus they gathered in a pell mell of
mad confusion, and the earth groaned under the tramp of men.
As the people sought their places, nine heralds went crying
about among them to stay their tumult, and bid them
listen to their kings, till at last they got into
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their several places and ceased their clamor. Then King Agamemnon
rose holding his scepter. This was the work of Vulcan,
who gave it to Jove, the son of Saturn. Jove
gave it to Mercury, slayer of Argus, guide and guardian.
King Mercury gave it to Pelops the mighty charioteer, and
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Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people. Atrius, when he died,
left it to Thiistes, rich in flocks. Estes, in his turn,
left it to be borne by Agamemnon, that he might
be lord of all Argos and of the Isles. Leaning
then on his scepter, he addressed the Argives. My friends,
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he said, heroes, servants of Mars, the hand of Heaven
has been laid heavily upon me. Cruel Jove gave me
his solemn promise that I should sack the city of
Priam before returning. But he has played me false, and
is now bidding me to go ingloriously back to Argos,
with the loss of much people such as the will
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of Jove, who has laid many a proud city in
the dust, as he will yet lay others, For his
power is above all. It will be a sorry tale
hereafter that an Achaean host, at once so great and valiant,
battled in vain against men fewer in number than themselves.
But as yet the end is not in sight. Think
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that the Achaeans and Trojans have sworn to a solemn covenant,
and that they have each been numbered. The Trojans by
the roll of their householders, and we, by companies of ten.
Think further that each of our companies desired to have
a Trojan householder to pour out their wine. We are
so greatly more in number that full many a company
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would have to go without its cup bearer. But they
have in the town allies from other places, and it
is these that hinder me from being able to sack
the rich city of Ilias nine of Jove's years are gone,
the timbers of our ships have rotted. Their tackling is
sound no longer. Our wives and little ones at home
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look anxiously for our coming. But the work that we
came hither to do has not been done. Now. Therefore,
let us all do as I say. Let us sail
back to our own land, for we shall not take Troy.
With these words, he moved the hearts of the multitude,
so many of them as knew not the cunning council
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of Agamemnon. They surged to and fro, like the waves
of the Acrian sea. When the east and south winds
break from heaven's clouds to lash them. Whereas when the
west winds sweeps over a field of corn, and the
ears bow beneath the blast. Even so were they swayed
as they flew with loud cries towards the ships, and
the dust from under their feet rose heavenward. They cheered
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each other on to draw the ships into the sea.
They cleared the channels in front of them, they began
taking away the stays from underneath them, and the welkin
rang with their glad cries. So eager were they to return,
then surely the Argives would have returned after a fashion
that was not fated. But Juno said to Minerva, alas
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daughter of Ajia's bearing Jove, unweariable, shall the Argives fly
home to their own land over the broad Sea, and
leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Hellen,
for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died
at Troy, far from their homes. Go about at once
among the host, and speak fairly to them man by man,
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that they draw not their ships into the sea. Minerva
was not slack to do her bidding. Down. She darted
from the topmost summits of Olympus, and in a moment
she was at the ships of the Achaeans. There she
found Ulysses, peer of Jove, in council, standing alone. He
had not as yet laid a hand upon his ship,
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for he was grieved and sorry. So she went close
up to him and said, Ulysses, noble son of Laotes,
are you going to fling yourself into your ships and
be off home to your own land? In this way
will you leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of
still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the
Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes. Go
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about at once among the host, and speak fairly to
them man by man, that they draw not their ships
into the sea. Ulysses knew the voice as that of
the Goddess. He flung his cloak from him and set
to run. His servant, Eurybertes, a man of Ithaco, who
waited on him, took charge of the cloak. Whereon Ulysses
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went straight up to Agamemnon and received from him his
ancestral imperishable staff. Where this he went about amongst the
ships of the Achaeans, whenever he met a king or chieftain.
He stood by him and spoke to him fairly. Sir,
said he this flight is cowardly and unworthy. Stand to
your post and bid your people also keep their places.
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You do not yet know the full mind of Agamemnon.
He was sounding us, and ere long will visit the
Achaeans with his displeasure. We were not all of us
at the council to hear what he then said. See
to it lest he be angry and do us a mischief,
For the pride of kings is great, and the hand
of Jove is with them. But when he came across
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any common man who was making a noise, he struck
him with his staff and rebuked him, saying, sirrah, hold
your peace and listen to better men than yourself. You
are a coward and no soldier. You are nobody, either
in fight or counsel. We cannot all be kings. It
is not well that there should be many masters. One
man must be supreme, one king, to whom the son
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of scheming Satin has given the scepter of sovereignty over
you all. Thus masterfully did he go about among the hosts,
and the people hurried back to the council from their
tents and ships, with a sound as the thunder of
surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore, and
all the sea is in an uproar. The rest now
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took their seats and kept to their own several places,
but their sieties still went on wagging his unbridled tongue,
A man of many words, and those unseemly, a monger
of sedition, a railer against all who were in authority,
who cared not what he said, so that he might
send the Achaeans in a laugh. He was the ugliest
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man of all those that came before Troy. Bendy legged,
lame of one foot, and with his two shoulders rounded
and hunched over his chest. His head ran up to
a point, but there was little hair on the top
of it. Achilles and Ulysses hated m worst of all,
for it was with them that he was most want
to wrangle. Now, however, with a shrill, squeaky voice, he
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began heaping his abuse on Agamemnon. The Achaeans were angry
and disgusted, yet none the less he kept on brawling
and bawling at the son of Atreus, Agamemnon he cried,
what ails you now, and what more do you want?
Your tents are filled with bronze and with fair women.
For whenever we take a town, we give you the
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pick of them. Would you have yet more gold which
some trojan is to give you as a ransom for
his son when I or another Achaean has taken him prisoner?
Or is it some young girl to hide and lie with?
It is not well that you, the ruler of the Achaeans,
should bring them into such misery, weakling cowards women rather
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than men. Let us sail home and leave the fellow
here at Troy to stew in his own meeds of honor,
and discover whether we were of any service to him
or no. Achilles is a much better man than he is.
And see how he has treated him, robbing him of
his prize and keeping it himself. Achilles takes it meekly
and shows no fight. If he did, son of Atreus,
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you would never again insult him. Thus railed their Saiites.
But Ulysses at once went up to him and rebuked him. Sternly,
check your glib tongue their sight, he said he and
babble not a word further. Chide not with princes. When
you have none to back you. There is no viler
creature come before Troy with the sons of Atreus, drop
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this chatter about kings, and neither revile them, nor keep
harping about going home. We do not yet know how
things are going to be, nor whether the Achaeans are
to return with good success or evil. How dare you
gy but d Agamemnon, because the Danaeans have awarded him
so many prizes. I tell you therefore, and it surell
surely be that if I again catch you talking such nonsense,
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I will either forfeit my own head and be no
more called father of Telemachus, or I will take you,
strip you stark naked, and whip you out of the
assembly till you go blubbering back to the ships. On this,
he beat him with his staff about the back and
shoulders till he dropped and fell a weeping. The golden
skepter raised a bloody wheel on his back. So he
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sat down, frightened and in pain, looking foolish as he
wiped the tears from his eyes. The people were sorry
for him, yet they laughed heartily, and one would turn
to his neighbor, saying, Ulysses has done many a good
thing ere now in fight and counsel. But he never
did the argives a better turn than when he stopped
this fellow's mouth from prattling further. He will give the
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kings no more of his insolence, thus said the people.
Then Ulysses rose, scepter in hand, and Minerva, in the
likeness of a herald, bade the people be still, that
those who were far off might hear him and consider
his counsel. He therefore, with all sincerity and good will,
addressed them. Thus, King Agamemnon, the Achaeans are for making
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you a by word among all mankind. They forget the
promise they made you when they set out from Argos,
that you should not return till you had sacked the
town of Troy, And like children or widowed women, they
murmur and would set off homeward to It is that
they have had toil enough to be disheartened. A man
chafed at having to stay away from his wife even
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for a single month when he is on shipboard at
the mercy of wind and sea. But it is now
nine long years that we have been kept here. I
cannot therefore blame the Achaeans if they turn restive. Still,
we shall be shamed if we go home empty after
so long a stay. Therefore, my friends, be patient yet
a little longer, that we may learn whether the prophesyings
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of Caalcus were false or true all over not. Since
perished must remember, as though it were yesterday or the
day before, how the ships of the Achaeans were detained
in Alis. When we were on our way hither to
make war on Priam and the Trojans, we were ranged
round about a fountain, offering hecatombs to the gods upon
their holy altars. And there was a fine plane tree,
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from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water.
Then we saw a prodigy, for Jove sent a fearful
serpent out of the ground with blood red stains upon
its back, and had darted from under the altar onto
the plane tree. Now there was a brood of young sparrows,
quite small upon the topmost bough, peeping out from under
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the leaves, ate in all, and their mother that hatched
them made nine the serpent ate the poor cheaping things,
while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones.
But the serpent threw his coils about her and caught
her by the wing as she was screaming. Then, when
he had eaten both the sparrow and her young, the
god who had sent him made him come a sign
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for the son of Scheming sat and turned him into stone.
And we stood there wondering at that which had come
to pass, Seeing then that such a fearful portent had
broken in upon our hecatombs Calcus forthwith declared to us
the oracles of heaven, why a ki, and said he
are you thus speechless? Jove has sent us this sign,
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long in coming, and long ere it be fulfilled, though
its fame shall last forever, as the serpent ate the
eight fledgings and the sparrow that hatched them, which makes nine.
So shall we fight nine years at Troy, but in
the tenth shall take the town. This was what he said,
and now it is all coming true. Stay here, therefore,
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all of you, till we take the city of Priam.
On this the argives raised a shout till the ships
rang again with the uproar. Nestor Knight of Jerrine, then
addressed them, shame on you. He cried, to stay, talking
here like children, when you should fight like men. Where
are our covenants now? And where the oaths that we
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have taken? Shall our counsels be flung into the fire
with our drink offerings in the right hands of fellowship.
When we have put our trust, we waste our time
in words, and for all our talking here shall be
no further forward. Stand. Therefore, son of Atreus, by your
own steadfast purpose, lead the argives on to battle, and
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leave this handful of men to rot, whose scheme and
scheme in vain to get back to Argos ere they
have learned whether Jove be true or a liar. For
the mighty son of Saturn surely promised that we should
succeed when we argive set sail to bring death and
destruction upon the Trojans. He showed his favorable signs by
flashing his lightning on our right hands. Therefore, let none
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make haste till he has first lain with the wife
of some Trojan and avenged the toil and sorrow that
he has suffered for the sake of Helen. Nevertheless, if
any man is in such haste to be home again,
let him lay his hand to his ship, that he
may meet his doom in the sight of all. But
O King, consider and give it to my counsel for
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the word that I say may not be neglected. Lightly,
divide your men, Agamemnon, into their several tribes and clans,
that clans and tribes may stand by and help one another.
If you do this, and if the Achaeans obey you,
you will find out who both chiefs and peoples are
brave and who are cowards, for they will vie against
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the other. Thus you shall also learn whether it is
through the council of heaven or the cowardice of man,
that you shall fail to take the town and Agamemnon
answered destor you have again outdone the service of the
Achaeans in council, would by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo,
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that I had among them ten more such counselors, for
the city of King Priam would then soon fall beneath
our hands when we should sack it. But the son
of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife that killes.
And I are quarreling about this girl, in which matter
I was the first to offend. If we can be
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of one mind again, the Trojans will not stave off
destruction for a day. Now. Therefore, get your morning meal,
that our hosts join in fight. Wet well your spears,
see well to the ordering of your shields, Give good
feeds to your horses, and look your chariots carefully over,
that we may do battle the livelong day, For we
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shall have no rest, not for a moment till night
falls to part us. The bands that bear your shield
shall be wet, with a sweat upon your shoulders. Your
hands shall weary upon your spears. Your horses shall steam
in front of your chariots. And if I see any
man shirking the fight, or trying to keep out of
it at the ships, there should be no help for him.
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But he shall be a prey to dogs and vultures.
Thus he spoke, and the Achaeans roared applause, as when
the waves run high before the blast of the south wind,
and break on some lofty headland, dashing against it and
buffeting it without ceasing, as the storms from every quarter
drive them. Even so did the Achaeans rise and hurry
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in all directions to their ships. There they lighted their
fires at their tents and got dinner, offering sacrifice every
man to one or other of the gods, and praying
each one of them that he might live to come
out of the fight. Agamemnon, king of Men, sacrificed a
fat five year old bull to the mighty son of Saturn,
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and invited the princes and elders of his host. First
he asked Nestor and King Idomenaeus, then the two Ajaxes
and the son of Tydeus, and sixth the Ulysses, peer
of gods in council. But Menelaeus came of his own accord,
for he knew how busy his brother then was. They
stood round the bull with the barley meal in their hands,
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and Agamemnon prayed, saying, Jove, most Glorious Supreme, that dwellest
in heaven and ridest upon the storm cloud, Grant that
the sun may not go down or the night fall
till the palace of Priam is laid low and its
gates are consumed with fire. Grant that my sword may
pierce the shirt of Hector about his heart, and that
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full many of his comrades may bite the dust as
they fall dying round him. Thus he prayed, but the
son of Saturn would not fulfill his prayer. He accepted
the sacrifice, Yet none the less increased their toil continually.
When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley meal
upon the victim, they drew back its head, killed it,
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and then flayed it. They cut out the thigh bones,
wrapped them round in two layers of fat, and set
pieces of raw meat on the top of them. These
they burned upon the split logs of firewood. But they
spitted the inward meats and held them in the flames
to cook. When the thigh bones were burned and they
had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small,
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put the pieces upon spits, roasted them till they were done,
and drew them off. Then, when they had finished their
work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and
every man had his full share, so that they were
all satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to
eat and drink, nest Or, knight of Jerene, began to speak.
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King Agamemnon said, he let us not stay talking here,
norb slacken the work that Heaven has put into our hands.
Let the Herald summon the people to gather at their
several ships. We will then go about among the hosts,
that we may begin fighting at once. Thus did he speak,
and Agamemnon heeded his words. He at once sent the
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criers round to call the people in assembly. So they
called them, and the people gathered thereon The chiefs about
the son of Atreus chose their men and marshaled them,
while Minerva went among them, holding her priceless ages that
knows neither age nor death. From it, there waved a
hundred tassels of pure gold, all deftly woven, and each
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one of them worth a hundred oxen. With this she
darted furiously everywhere among the hosts of the Achaeans, urging
them forward and putting courage into the heart of each,
so that he might fight and do battle without ceasing.
Thus war became sweeter in their eyes, even than returning
home in their ships, as when some great forest fire
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is raging upon a mountain top and its light is
seen afar. Even so as they marched, the gleam of
their armor flashed up into the firmament of heaven. They
were like great flocks of geese or cranes or swans
on the plain about the waters of Geista, that wing
their way hither and thither, gloring in the pride of flight,
and crying as they settle, till the fen is alive
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with their screaming. Even thus did their tribes pour from
ships and tents on to the plain of this commander,
And the ground rang as bras under the feet of
men and horses. They stood as thick upon the flower
bespangled field, as leaves that bloom in summer, those countless
swarms of flies buzz about a herdsman's homestead in the
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time of spring, when the pails are drenched with milk.
Even so did the Achaeans swarm onto the plains to
charge the Trojans and destroy them. The chiefs disposed their
men this way and that before the fight began, drafting
them out as easily as goatherds draft their flocks when
they have got mixed while feeding. And among them went
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King Agamemnon, with a head and face like Jove, the
lord of Thunder, are waist like Mars, and a chest
like that of Neptune, as some great bull that lords
it over the herds upon the plain. Even so did
Jove make the son of Atreus stand peerless among the
multitude of heroes. And now oh muses dwellers in the
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mansions of Olympus, tell me, for you are goddesses and
are in all places, so that you see all things,
while we know nothing but by report? Who were the
chiefs and princes of the Danaeans. As for the common soldiers,
they were so that I could not name every single
one of them, though I had ten tongues, and though
my voice failed, not in my heart were of bronze
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within me, unless you, o Olympian muses, daughter of each
of sparing Jove, were to recount them to me. Nevertheless,
I will tell the captains of the ships, and all
the fleet together. Benalaeus, Leatus, Asilaus, Prothenore, and Clnarius were
captains of the Boetians. These were they that dwelt in
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Hyria and rochy ALUs, and who held Scnus Scolus, and
the highlands of Ettionus and Thespia Grayer and the fair
city of my Selesus. They also held Harma, Elysium and Erethrae.
And they had Elion, hil and Petion Osalaea, and the
strong fortress of Medion cape by Eutresis. And thisbe the
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haunts of doves Coronaea, and the pastures of Haliatus, Pletaea
and Glycus, the fortress of Thebes, the less Olyorcestus with
its famous grove of Neptune, ahn rich in vineyards, Medea,
sacred Nisa, and Anthodon upon the sea. From these there
came fifty ships, and in each there were a hundred
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and twenty young men of the Boetians. Ascalaphus and Ilemenus,
sons of Mars, led the people that dwell in Asplodon
and or Camenus, the realm of Minus asteoce a noble maiden,
bore them in the house of Actor, son of Asius,
for she had gone with Mars secretly into an upper chamber,
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and he had lain with her. With these there came
thirty ships. The Phocians were led by Schedius and Epistrephus,
sons of Mighty Yapetus, the son of Nobelus. These were
they that held Siparsus, rochy Pytho, Holy Crisa, Dallas and Panopeus.
They also that dwelt an Anamaria and Hyampalus, and about
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the waters of the river Sisyphus and Lelaea by the
springs of the Cephisus, with their chieftains came forty ships,
and they marshaled the forces of the Phycians. They were
stationed next to the Boetians on their left. Ajax the Fleet,
son of Aelius, commanded the Locrians. He was not so great,
nor nearly so great as Ajax, the son of Telamon.
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He was a little man, and his breastplate was made
of linen. But in use of the spear he excelled
all the Hellenes and the Achaeans. They dwelt in Synus, Opois, Calliarus, Bessa, Scarfay,
fair Agea, Tarfae, and Thronium about the river Boagrias. With
him there came forty ships of the Locrians, who dwell
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beyond you bare. The fierce Abantes held Youbaa with its
cities Chalcus, Ceratrea Histeria rich in vines, Serrnthus upon the
sea and the rock perch towns of Diam, where there
were also the men of Charistus and Styra. Eliphana of
the race of Mars was in the command of these.
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He was son of Chalcodon and chief over all the Abantes.
With him they came fleet of foot, and wearing their
hair long behind, brave warriors who had ever strived to
tear open the courselets of their foes with their long
ashen spears. Of these there came fifty ships, and they
that held the strong city of Athens, the people of
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great Erechtheus who was born of the soil itself. But
Jove's daughter Minerva fostered him and established him at Athens
in her own rich sanctuary. There, year by year the
Athenian youths were worship him with sacrifice of bulls and rams.
These were commanded by Menestheus, son of Peteos. No man
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living could equal him in the marshaling of chariots and
foot soldiers. Nestor could alone rival him, for he was older.
With him, there came fifty ships. Ajax brought twelve ships
from Salamus and stationed them alongside those of the Athenians.
The men of Argos again and those who held the
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walls of Tyrans with Hermione and Assene upon the gulf Trezene,
Eonae and the vineyard lands of Epidurus. The Achaean youths moreover,
who came from Aegina and Marsis. These were led by
Diomed of the loud battle cry and Sthenalus, son of
famed Capanius. With them. In command was Euryalus, son of
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King Mecisteus, son of Talaus, but diomed was chief over
them all. With these there came eighty ships. Those who
held the strong city of Mycenae, rich Corinth and Cleonae, Ornae, Araethria,
and Lycion, where Adrastus reigned of old Hyparisia High Goonessa
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and pellene Aegium, and all the coast land around Hellies.
These sent a hundred ships under the command of King Agamemnon,
son of Atreus. His force was far both finest and
most numerous, and in their midst was the king himself,
all glorious in his armor of gleaming bronze, foremost among
the heroes, for he was the greatest king and had
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most men under him. And those that dwelt in Lacedaemon
lying low among the hills Phyus Sparta, with Messe the
Haunt of Doves, Brisia, Orgai, Amaclai, and Helos upon the
sea LaaS moreover, and Nitelus. Those were led by Menelaeus
of the loud battlecry, brother to Agamemnon, And of them
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there were sixty ships drawn up apart from the others.
Among them went Menelaeus, himself strong in zeal urging his
men to fight, for he longed to avenge the toil
and sorrow that he had suffered for the sake of Helen.
The men of Pylos and Ireni and Thyrum were as
the ford of the river Alpheus, strong Ipi, Cypersaeus and Amphigenia, Telium,
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Helos and Dourium, where the Muses met Thamaris and stilled
his minstrelsy forever. He was returning home from Ochalia, where
Euretus lived and reigned, and boasted that he would surpass
even the Muses daughters of Ajis bearing job if they
should sing against him, whereon they were angry and maimed him.
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They robbed him of his divine power of song, and
thenceforth he could strike the lyre No more. These were
commanded by Nestor, Knight of Gerene, and with him there
came ninety ships, and those that held Arcadia under the
high mountain of Sli, near the tomb of Eptus, where
the people fight hand to hand. The men of Penus
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also and Orchomenus, rich in flocks of Riphi Stratire and
bleak Enispe of Tegea and fair Mantinea, A Stymphalus and Pharacia.
Of these King Acappano, son of Antius, was commander, and
they had sixty ships. Many Arcadians, good soldiers came in
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each of them. But Agamemnon found them the ships in
which to cross the sea, for they were not a
people that occupied their business upon the waters. The men
moreover of Buprasium and of Elus, so much of it
as is inclosed between Hamene Moscenus upon the sea shore,
the Roccholani and Elysium. These had four leaders, and each
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of them had ten ships, with many Apians on board.
Their captains were Amphimachus and Thalpius, the one son of
Theetus and the other of Eurytus, both of the race
of Actor. The two other were Diaries, son of Amarynsius,
and Polyxenus, son of king Agasthenes, son of Aegeus. And
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those of Dalchium with the sacred Ecinean islands, who dwelt
beyond the sea of Elus. These were led by Meges,
peer of Mars, and the son of valiant Phelius, dear
to Jove who quarreled with his father and went to
settle in Dulichium. With him there came forty ships. Ulysses
led the brave Cephalenians who held Ithaca, Neritum with its forests, Chrosalia,
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rugged Egelyps Semos and Zacynthus, with the mainland also that
was over against the islands. These were led by Ulysses,
peer of jove in council, and with him there came
twelve ships. Thoas, son of Andraemon, commanded the Aetolians, who
dwelt on Pleuron, Olenus, Pillini, Chalcis by the sea, and
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Rocky Calidon. For the great king Aenus had now no
sons living and was himsel of dead. As was also
golden haired meleaguer who had been set over the Iolians
to be their king. And with Thoas there came forty ships.
The famous spearsmen Idomenaeus led the Cretans who held Gnossus
and the well walled city of Goutus, Lyctus, also Miletus
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and Lycastus that lies upon the chalk, the populous towns
of Festus and Rittium, with the other peoples that dwelt
in the hundred cities of crete. All these were led
by Idomeneus and by Mariones, peer of murderous Mars, And
with these there came eighty ships. Clepolamus, son of Hercules,
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a man both brave and large of stature, brought nine
ships of lordly warriors from Rhodes. These dwelt in roads,
which is divided among the three cities of Lyndus, Ielysus,
and Cameras that lies upon the chalk. These were commanded
by Clepolamus, son of Hercules, by Astacia, whom he had
carried off from Phira on the river Sales, after sacking
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many cities of valiant warriors. When Kepalamus grew up, he
killed his father, uncle Lycimnius, who had been a famous
warrior in his time, but was then grown old. And
this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following,
and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by
the other sons and grandsons of Hercules. After a voyage
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during which he suffered great hardship, he came to Rhodes,
where the people divided into three communities according to their tribes,
and were dearly loved by Jove, the Lord of gods
and men, whereupon the son of Saturn showered down great
riches upon them, and Nereus brought three ships from Syme Nereus,
who was the handsomest man that came up under Ilius
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of all the Danaeans, after the son of Pelius, but
he was a man of no substance and had but
a small following. And those that held Nisiris, Crapathus, and Casus,
with Cos the city of Eurypolus and a Chelyidnian islands.
These were commanded by Phidippus and Antipas, two sons of
King Thesaelus, the son of Hercules. And with them there
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came thirty ships. Those again who held Pelaski, Argos, Alos,
Alope and Trachus, and those of Phythea and Hellas, the
land of fair women, who were called Myrmidons, Hellenes and Achaeans.
These had fifty ships, over which Achilles was in command,
but they now took no part in the war, inasmuch
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as there was no one to marshal them, for Achilles
stayed by his ships, furious about the loss of the
girl Brecius, whom he had taken from Lynessus at his
own great peril. When he had sacked Linesses and thebe
and had overthrown Maenes and Epistrophus, sons of King evanor
son of Selepus. For her sake, Achilles was still grieving,
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but ere long he was again to join them, and
those that held Philesi and the flowery meadows of Pyrasus,
sanctuary of ceres Aton, the mother of Sheep, Antram upon
the sea, and Patalium that lies upon the grasslands. Of
these brave Protessilaus had been captain while he was yet alive,
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but he was now lying under the earth. He had
left a wife behind him in Phyleaesi to tear her
cheeks in sorrow, and his house was only half finished,
for he was slain by a Dardanian warrior while leaping
foremost of the Achaeans upon the soil of Troy. Still,
though his people mourned their chieftain, they were not without
a leader, for Podarces of the race of Mars marshaled them.
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He was son of Effyclus rich in Sheep, who was
the son of Philachus, and he was own brother to Protessilaus,
only younger, Buttessilaius, being at once the elder and the
more valiant, so the people were not without a leader.
That they mourned him, and they had lost with him.
There came forty ships, and those that held fair Eye
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by the Boebian Lake with Boebi, Glaffray and the popular
city of Iolcus. These with their eleven ships, were led
by Emilus, son of Admetus, whom Aucustus bore to him
loveliest of the daughters of Pelias. And those that held
Methone and Thomasia with Melibia and Ruggedolson. These were led
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by the skillful archer Phelocttes, and they had seven ships,
each with fifty oarsmen, all of them good archers. But
Phelottes was lying in great pain in the island of Lemnos,
where the sons of the Achaeans left him, for he
had been bitten by a poisonous water snake. There he
lays sick and sorry and full. Soon did the archives
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come to miss him. But his people, though they felt
his loss, were not leaderless, for Medon, the bastard son
of Oelius by Raini, set them in array, those again
of Trica and the stony region of Ethome, and they
that held Ochalia, the city of Ocalia and Euretus. These
were commanded by the two sons of Esculapius, skilled in
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the art of healing, Padlarius and Macheon, and with them
there came thirty ships, the men moreover of Omenius and
by the fountain of Hyperia, and those that held Orestius
and the white crests of Titanus. These were led by Eurypolus,
the son of Euaimon, and with them there came forty ships,
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those that held Argissa and Girtone, orthe Elone, and the
white city of Oleuson of these brave Polypartes was leder.
He was son of Pirethus, who was the son of
Jove himself, for Hipatamaya bore him to Pirethus on the
day when he took his revenge on the shaggy mountain
savages and drove them from Mount Pelion to the Aetheses.
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But Polypertes was not sole in command, for with him
was Leontius, of the race of Mars, who was son
of Coronus, the son of Cyaneus, And with these there
came forty ships. Gnaeus brought two and twenty ships from Cyphus,
and he was followed by the Enaeans and the valiant Perabe,
who dwelt about wintry Dodona and held the lands round
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the lovely river Tartarasius, which sends its waters into the Panaeus.
They do not mingle with the silver eddies of the Panaeus,
but flow on the top of them like oil. For
the Titarasius is a branch of dread Orcus and of
the river Styx of the Magnetes. Protheus, son of Tenhradon,
was commander. They were they that dwelt about the river
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Panaeus and Mount Pelion. Protheus, fleet of foot, was their leader,
and with him there came forty ships. Such were the
chiefs and princes of the Daraeans, who then o Muse
was the foremost whether man or horse, among those that
followed after the sons of Atreus. Of the horses, those
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of the son of Fairies were by far the finest.
They were driven by Eumelus, and were as fleet as birds.
They were of the same age and color, and perfectly
matched in height. Apollo, though of the silver Bow, had
bred them in Perea, both of them mares and terrible
as Mars. In battle of the men Ajax, son of
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Telamon was much the foremost so long as Achilles anger lasted,
for Achilles excelled him greatly, and he had also better horses.
But Achilles was now holding aloof at his ships by
reason of his quarrel with Agamemnon. And his people passed
their time upon the sea shore, throwing discs, were aiming
with spears at a mark, and in archery. Their horses
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stood each by his own chariot, champing lotus and wild celery.
The chariots were housed under cover, but their owners, for
lack of leadership, wandered hither and neither about the hosts,
and went not forth to fight. Thus marched the host
like a consuming fire, and the earth groaned beneath them.
When the lord of thunder is angry and lashes the
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land of Typheus among the army, where they say Typheus lies,
even so did the earth grown beneath them as they
sped over the plain. And now Iris fleeked as the
wind was sent by Jove to tell the bad news
among the Trojans. They were gathered in assembly, old and
young at Priam's gates, and Iris came close up to Priam,
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speaking with the voice of Priam's son Polites, who being
fleet of foot, was stationed as watchmen for the Trojans
on the term of old as cities, to look out
for any sally of the Achaeans. In his likeness, Iris spoke, saying,
old man, you talk idly as in time of peace,
when war is at hand. I have been in many
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a battle, but never yet saw such a host as
is now advancing. They are crossing the plain to attack
the city as thick as leaves, or as the sands
of the sea. Hector, I charge you above all others,
do as I say. There are many allies dispersed about
the city of Priam, from distant places, and speaking divers tongues. Therefore,
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let each chief give orders to his own people, setting
them severally in array, and leading them forth to battle.
Thus she spoke, but Hector knew that it was the Goddess,
and at once broke up the assembly. The men flew
to arms, All the gates were opened, and the people
thronged through. The horse and foot were the trampers of
a great multitude. Now there is a high mound before
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the city, rising by itself upon the plain. Men call
it Bateia, But the gods know it is the tomb
of lithe Marini. Here the Trojans and their allies divided
their forces. Priam's son, Great Hector of the Gleaming Helmet,
commanded the Trojans, and with him were arrayed by far
the greater number and most valiant of those who were
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longing for the fray. The Dardanians were led by brave Neeus,
whom Venus bore to anchises when she goddess. Though she
was had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida,
he was not alone, for with him were the two
sons of antenor Archelochus and Arcamus, both skilled in all
the arts of war. They that dwelt in Telea under
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the lowest spurs of Mount Ida. Men of substance, who
drink the limpid waters of the Acepus, and are of
Trojan blood. These were led by Pandarus, son of Lycian,
whom Apollo had taught to use the bow. They that
held adresst here and the land of Apaesus with Pitiea
and the high mountains of Terea. These were led by
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Adrastus and by Amphius, whose breastplate was of linen. These
were the sons of Merops of Percote, who excelled in
all kinds of divination. He told them not to take
part in the war, but they gave him no heed,
for fate lured them to destruction. They that dwelt about
Percote and Practius, with Cestus, Abydos and Arispae. These were
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led by Asus, son of Hutarchus, a brave commander, Asus,
the son of Hutarchus, whom his powerful dark beasy steeds
of the breed that comes from the river Celeaeus had
brought from arispe Hepatous led the tribes of Pelaschian spearsmen
who dwelt in fertile Lourisa Epatus and Pylaeus of the
race of Mars, two sons of the Pelaschian Lithus son
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of Teutamus. Achamus and the Warriopeyrus commanded the Thracians and
those that came from beyond the mighty stream of the Hellespont. Euphemus,
son of Truzenus, the son of Chaos, was the captain
of the Sisonian spearsmen. Piraecmes led the Pionian arches from
distant Amidon by the broad waters of the river Axius,
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the fairest that flows upon the earth. The Paphlagonians were
commanded by stout hearted Pileomenes from Mytenae, where the mules
run wild in herds. These were they that held Cytaurus
and the country round Sesamus, with the cities by the river. Parthenus, Cromna,
Achialus and lofty eerythne Odius and Epistrophus were captains over
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the Halizone from distant Alibe, where there are mines of silver.
Cromus and Onomas the Orga led the Mycenes, but his
skill in augury availed not to save him from destruction,
for he felt by the hand of the fleet descendant
of Archaeus in the river where he slew others also
of the Trojans forces again and noble. Ascanius led the
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Phrygians from the far country of Ascania, and both were
eager for the fray. Mesthles and Antyphus commanded the Meonians,
sons of Talamenes born to him of the Gigean lake.
These led the Maionians, who dwelt unto Mount Timolus. Nastis
led the Carians, men of a strange speech. These held Miletus,
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and the wooden mountain of Thiries, with the water of
the river Meander, and the lofty crests of Mount Mysali.
These were commanded by Nasties and Amphimachus, the brave sons
of Nomion. He came into the fight with gold about
him like a girl, fool that he was. His gold
was of no avail to save him, for he fell
in the river by the hand of the fleet descendant
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of Asus, and Achilles bore away his gold sarpedon, and
Glaucus laid the Lycians from their distant land by the
edding waters of the Xanthus. End of Section two Dream
Audio Books. Hopes you have enjoyed this program.
Dream. Audio Books presents section two of the Iliad by Homer,
translated by Samuel Butler. Book two, Jove sends a lying
dream to Agamemnon, who thereon calls the chiefs in assembly
and proposes to sound the mind of his army. In
the end they march to fight catalog of the Achaean
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and Trojan forces. Now the other gods and the armed
warriors on the plain slept soundly, but Jove was wakeful,
for he was thinking how to do honor to Achilles,
and destroyed much people at the ships of the Achaeans.
In the end, he deemed it would be best to
send a lying dream to King Agamemnon. So he called
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one to him and said to it, lying dream, go
to the ships of the Achaeans, into the tent of Agamemnon,
and say to him word for word, as I now
bid you. Tell him to get the Achaeans instantly under arms,
for he shall take Troy. There are no longer divided
counsels among the gods. Juno has brought them to her
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own mind, and woe betide the Trojans. The dream went
when it had heard its message, and soon reached the
ships of the Achaeans. It sought Agamemnon, son of Atreus,
and found him in his tent, wrapped in a profound slumber.
It hovered over his head in the likeness of Nestor,
son of Nelius, whom Agamemnon honored above all his counselors,
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and said, you are sleeping, son of Atreus, one who
has the welfare of his host and so much other
care upon his shoulders, should dock his sleep. Hear me
at once, for I come as a messenger from Jove, who,
though he be not near yet, takes thought for you
and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly
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under arms, for you shall take Troy. There are no
longer divided counsels among the gods. Juno has brought them
over to her own mind, And woe betide the Trojans
at the hands of Jove. Remember this, and when you wake,
see that it does not escape you. The dream then
left him, and he thought of things that were surely
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not to be accomplished. He thought that on that same
day he was to take the city of Priam. But
he little knew what was in the mind of Jove,
who had many another hard fought fight in store for
the Danaeans and Trojans. Then presently he woke with a
divine message still ringing in his ears. So he sat
upright and put on his soft shirts, so fair and new,
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and over this his heavy cloak. He bound his sandals
on to his comely feet, and slung his silver studded
sword about his shoulders. Then he took the imperishable staff
of his father and sallied forth to the ships of
the Achaeans. The goddess Dawn now wended her way to
vast Olympus, that she might herald day to Jove and
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to the other immortals. And Agamemnon sent the criers round
to call the people in a seat. So they called them,
and the people gathered thereon. But first he summoned a
meeting of the elders at the ship of Nestor, king
of Pylos, And when they were assembled, he laid a
cunning council before them. My friend said he, I have
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had a dream from heaven in the dead of night,
and its face and figure resembled none but Nestor's. It
hovered over my head and said, you are sleeping, son
of Atreus. One who has the welfare of his host
and so much other care upon his shoulders, should dock
his sleep. Hear me at once, for I am a
messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near yet,
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takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you
get the Achaians instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy.
There are no longer divided counsels among the gods. Juno
has brought them over to her own mind, And woe
betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove. Remember these.
The dream then vanished, and I awoke. Let us now
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therefore arm the sons of the Achaeans. But it will
be well that I should first sound them, and to
this end I will tell them to fly with their ships.
But do you others go about among the host and
prevent their doing so? He then sat down and Nestor,
the Prince of Pylos, with all sincerity and good will,
addressed them. Thus, my friends, said he, Princes and counselors
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of the Archives. If any other man of the Achaeans
had told us of this dream, we should have declared
it false and would have had nothing to do with it.
But he who has seen it is the foremost man
among us. We must therefore set about getting the people
under arms. With this, he led the way from the assembly,
and the other septid kings rose with him in obedience
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to the word of Agamemnon. But the people pressed forward
to hear they swarmed like bees that sully from some
hollow cave, and flit in countless throng among the spring flowers,
bunched in knots and cluster. Even so did the mighty
multitude pour from ships and tents to the Assembly, and
ranged themselves upon the wide watered shore, while among them
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ran wildfire rumor messenger of Jove, urging them ever to
the fore. Thus they gathered in a pell mell of
mad confusion, and the earth groaned under the tramp of men.
As the people sought their places, nine heralds went crying
about among them to stay their tumult, and bid them
listen to their kings, till at last they got into
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their several places and ceased their clamor. Then King Agamemnon
rose holding his scepter. This was the work of Vulcan,
who gave it to Jove, the son of Saturn. Jove
gave it to Mercury, slayer of Argus, guide and guardian.
King Mercury gave it to Pelops the mighty charioteer, and
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Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people. Atrius, when he died,
left it to Thiistes, rich in flocks. Estes, in his turn,
left it to be borne by Agamemnon, that he might
be lord of all Argos and of the Isles. Leaning
then on his scepter, he addressed the Argives. My friends,
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he said, heroes, servants of Mars, the hand of Heaven
has been laid heavily upon me. Cruel Jove gave me
his solemn promise that I should sack the city of
Priam before returning. But he has played me false, and
is now bidding me to go ingloriously back to Argos,
with the loss of much people such as the will
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of Jove, who has laid many a proud city in
the dust, as he will yet lay others, For his
power is above all. It will be a sorry tale
hereafter that an Achaean host, at once so great and valiant,
battled in vain against men fewer in number than themselves.
But as yet the end is not in sight. Think
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that the Achaeans and Trojans have sworn to a solemn covenant,
and that they have each been numbered. The Trojans by
the roll of their householders, and we, by companies of ten.
Think further that each of our companies desired to have
a Trojan householder to pour out their wine. We are
so greatly more in number that full many a company
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would have to go without its cup bearer. But they
have in the town allies from other places, and it
is these that hinder me from being able to sack
the rich city of Ilias nine of Jove's years are gone,
the timbers of our ships have rotted. Their tackling is
sound no longer. Our wives and little ones at home
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look anxiously for our coming. But the work that we
came hither to do has not been done. Now. Therefore,
let us all do as I say. Let us sail
back to our own land, for we shall not take Troy.
With these words, he moved the hearts of the multitude,
so many of them as knew not the cunning council
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of Agamemnon. They surged to and fro, like the waves
of the Acrian sea. When the east and south winds
break from heaven's clouds to lash them. Whereas when the
west winds sweeps over a field of corn, and the
ears bow beneath the blast. Even so were they swayed
as they flew with loud cries towards the ships, and
the dust from under their feet rose heavenward. They cheered
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each other on to draw the ships into the sea.
They cleared the channels in front of them, they began
taking away the stays from underneath them, and the welkin
rang with their glad cries. So eager were they to return,
then surely the Argives would have returned after a fashion
that was not fated. But Juno said to Minerva, alas
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daughter of Ajia's bearing Jove, unweariable, shall the Argives fly
home to their own land over the broad Sea, and
leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Hellen,
for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died
at Troy, far from their homes. Go about at once
among the host, and speak fairly to them man by man,
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that they draw not their ships into the sea. Minerva
was not slack to do her bidding. Down. She darted
from the topmost summits of Olympus, and in a moment
she was at the ships of the Achaeans. There she
found Ulysses, peer of Jove, in council, standing alone. He
had not as yet laid a hand upon his ship,
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for he was grieved and sorry. So she went close
up to him and said, Ulysses, noble son of Laotes,
are you going to fling yourself into your ships and
be off home to your own land? In this way
will you leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of
still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the
Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes. Go
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about at once among the host, and speak fairly to
them man by man, that they draw not their ships
into the sea. Ulysses knew the voice as that of
the Goddess. He flung his cloak from him and set
to run. His servant, Eurybertes, a man of Ithaco, who
waited on him, took charge of the cloak. Whereon Ulysses
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went straight up to Agamemnon and received from him his
ancestral imperishable staff. Where this he went about amongst the
ships of the Achaeans, whenever he met a king or chieftain.
He stood by him and spoke to him fairly. Sir,
said he this flight is cowardly and unworthy. Stand to
your post and bid your people also keep their places.
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You do not yet know the full mind of Agamemnon.
He was sounding us, and ere long will visit the
Achaeans with his displeasure. We were not all of us
at the council to hear what he then said. See
to it lest he be angry and do us a mischief,
For the pride of kings is great, and the hand
of Jove is with them. But when he came across
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any common man who was making a noise, he struck
him with his staff and rebuked him, saying, sirrah, hold
your peace and listen to better men than yourself. You
are a coward and no soldier. You are nobody, either
in fight or counsel. We cannot all be kings. It
is not well that there should be many masters. One
man must be supreme, one king, to whom the son
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of scheming Satin has given the scepter of sovereignty over
you all. Thus masterfully did he go about among the hosts,
and the people hurried back to the council from their
tents and ships, with a sound as the thunder of
surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore, and
all the sea is in an uproar. The rest now
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took their seats and kept to their own several places,
but their sieties still went on wagging his unbridled tongue,
A man of many words, and those unseemly, a monger
of sedition, a railer against all who were in authority,
who cared not what he said, so that he might
send the Achaeans in a laugh. He was the ugliest
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man of all those that came before Troy. Bendy legged,
lame of one foot, and with his two shoulders rounded
and hunched over his chest. His head ran up to
a point, but there was little hair on the top
of it. Achilles and Ulysses hated m worst of all,
for it was with them that he was most want
to wrangle. Now, however, with a shrill, squeaky voice, he
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began heaping his abuse on Agamemnon. The Achaeans were angry
and disgusted, yet none the less he kept on brawling
and bawling at the son of Atreus, Agamemnon he cried,
what ails you now, and what more do you want?
Your tents are filled with bronze and with fair women.
For whenever we take a town, we give you the
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pick of them. Would you have yet more gold which
some trojan is to give you as a ransom for
his son when I or another Achaean has taken him prisoner?
Or is it some young girl to hide and lie with?
It is not well that you, the ruler of the Achaeans,
should bring them into such misery, weakling cowards women rather
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than men. Let us sail home and leave the fellow
here at Troy to stew in his own meeds of honor,
and discover whether we were of any service to him
or no. Achilles is a much better man than he is.
And see how he has treated him, robbing him of
his prize and keeping it himself. Achilles takes it meekly
and shows no fight. If he did, son of Atreus,
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you would never again insult him. Thus railed their Saiites.
But Ulysses at once went up to him and rebuked him. Sternly,
check your glib tongue their sight, he said he and
babble not a word further. Chide not with princes. When
you have none to back you. There is no viler
creature come before Troy with the sons of Atreus, drop
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this chatter about kings, and neither revile them, nor keep
harping about going home. We do not yet know how
things are going to be, nor whether the Achaeans are
to return with good success or evil. How dare you
gy but d Agamemnon, because the Danaeans have awarded him
so many prizes. I tell you therefore, and it surell
surely be that if I again catch you talking such nonsense,
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I will either forfeit my own head and be no
more called father of Telemachus, or I will take you,
strip you stark naked, and whip you out of the
assembly till you go blubbering back to the ships. On this,
he beat him with his staff about the back and
shoulders till he dropped and fell a weeping. The golden
skepter raised a bloody wheel on his back. So he
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sat down, frightened and in pain, looking foolish as he
wiped the tears from his eyes. The people were sorry
for him, yet they laughed heartily, and one would turn
to his neighbor, saying, Ulysses has done many a good
thing ere now in fight and counsel. But he never
did the argives a better turn than when he stopped
this fellow's mouth from prattling further. He will give the
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kings no more of his insolence, thus said the people.
Then Ulysses rose, scepter in hand, and Minerva, in the
likeness of a herald, bade the people be still, that
those who were far off might hear him and consider
his counsel. He therefore, with all sincerity and good will,
addressed them. Thus, King Agamemnon, the Achaeans are for making
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you a by word among all mankind. They forget the
promise they made you when they set out from Argos,
that you should not return till you had sacked the
town of Troy, And like children or widowed women, they
murmur and would set off homeward to It is that
they have had toil enough to be disheartened. A man
chafed at having to stay away from his wife even
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for a single month when he is on shipboard at
the mercy of wind and sea. But it is now
nine long years that we have been kept here. I
cannot therefore blame the Achaeans if they turn restive. Still,
we shall be shamed if we go home empty after
so long a stay. Therefore, my friends, be patient yet
a little longer, that we may learn whether the prophesyings
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of Caalcus were false or true all over not. Since
perished must remember, as though it were yesterday or the
day before, how the ships of the Achaeans were detained
in Alis. When we were on our way hither to
make war on Priam and the Trojans, we were ranged
round about a fountain, offering hecatombs to the gods upon
their holy altars. And there was a fine plane tree,
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from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water.
Then we saw a prodigy, for Jove sent a fearful
serpent out of the ground with blood red stains upon
its back, and had darted from under the altar onto
the plane tree. Now there was a brood of young sparrows,
quite small upon the topmost bough, peeping out from under
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the leaves, ate in all, and their mother that hatched
them made nine the serpent ate the poor cheaping things,
while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones.
But the serpent threw his coils about her and caught
her by the wing as she was screaming. Then, when
he had eaten both the sparrow and her young, the
god who had sent him made him come a sign
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for the son of Scheming sat and turned him into stone.
And we stood there wondering at that which had come
to pass, Seeing then that such a fearful portent had
broken in upon our hecatombs Calcus forthwith declared to us
the oracles of heaven, why a ki, and said he
are you thus speechless? Jove has sent us this sign,
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long in coming, and long ere it be fulfilled, though
its fame shall last forever, as the serpent ate the
eight fledgings and the sparrow that hatched them, which makes nine.
So shall we fight nine years at Troy, but in
the tenth shall take the town. This was what he said,
and now it is all coming true. Stay here, therefore,
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all of you, till we take the city of Priam.
On this the argives raised a shout till the ships
rang again with the uproar. Nestor Knight of Jerrine, then
addressed them, shame on you. He cried, to stay, talking
here like children, when you should fight like men. Where
are our covenants now? And where the oaths that we
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have taken? Shall our counsels be flung into the fire
with our drink offerings in the right hands of fellowship.
When we have put our trust, we waste our time
in words, and for all our talking here shall be
no further forward. Stand. Therefore, son of Atreus, by your
own steadfast purpose, lead the argives on to battle, and
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leave this handful of men to rot, whose scheme and
scheme in vain to get back to Argos ere they
have learned whether Jove be true or a liar. For
the mighty son of Saturn surely promised that we should
succeed when we argive set sail to bring death and
destruction upon the Trojans. He showed his favorable signs by
flashing his lightning on our right hands. Therefore, let none
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make haste till he has first lain with the wife
of some Trojan and avenged the toil and sorrow that
he has suffered for the sake of Helen. Nevertheless, if
any man is in such haste to be home again,
let him lay his hand to his ship, that he
may meet his doom in the sight of all. But
O King, consider and give it to my counsel for
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the word that I say may not be neglected. Lightly,
divide your men, Agamemnon, into their several tribes and clans,
that clans and tribes may stand by and help one another.
If you do this, and if the Achaeans obey you,
you will find out who both chiefs and peoples are
brave and who are cowards, for they will vie against
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the other. Thus you shall also learn whether it is
through the council of heaven or the cowardice of man,
that you shall fail to take the town and Agamemnon
answered destor you have again outdone the service of the
Achaeans in council, would by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo,
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that I had among them ten more such counselors, for
the city of King Priam would then soon fall beneath
our hands when we should sack it. But the son
of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife that killes.
And I are quarreling about this girl, in which matter
I was the first to offend. If we can be
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of one mind again, the Trojans will not stave off
destruction for a day. Now. Therefore, get your morning meal,
that our hosts join in fight. Wet well your spears,
see well to the ordering of your shields, Give good
feeds to your horses, and look your chariots carefully over,
that we may do battle the livelong day, For we
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shall have no rest, not for a moment till night
falls to part us. The bands that bear your shield
shall be wet, with a sweat upon your shoulders. Your
hands shall weary upon your spears. Your horses shall steam
in front of your chariots. And if I see any
man shirking the fight, or trying to keep out of
it at the ships, there should be no help for him.
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But he shall be a prey to dogs and vultures.
Thus he spoke, and the Achaeans roared applause, as when
the waves run high before the blast of the south wind,
and break on some lofty headland, dashing against it and
buffeting it without ceasing, as the storms from every quarter
drive them. Even so did the Achaeans rise and hurry
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in all directions to their ships. There they lighted their
fires at their tents and got dinner, offering sacrifice every
man to one or other of the gods, and praying
each one of them that he might live to come
out of the fight. Agamemnon, king of Men, sacrificed a
fat five year old bull to the mighty son of Saturn,
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and invited the princes and elders of his host. First
he asked Nestor and King Idomenaeus, then the two Ajaxes
and the son of Tydeus, and sixth the Ulysses, peer
of gods in council. But Menelaeus came of his own accord,
for he knew how busy his brother then was. They
stood round the bull with the barley meal in their hands,
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and Agamemnon prayed, saying, Jove, most Glorious Supreme, that dwellest
in heaven and ridest upon the storm cloud, Grant that
the sun may not go down or the night fall
till the palace of Priam is laid low and its
gates are consumed with fire. Grant that my sword may
pierce the shirt of Hector about his heart, and that
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full many of his comrades may bite the dust as
they fall dying round him. Thus he prayed, but the
son of Saturn would not fulfill his prayer. He accepted
the sacrifice, Yet none the less increased their toil continually.
When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley meal
upon the victim, they drew back its head, killed it,
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and then flayed it. They cut out the thigh bones,
wrapped them round in two layers of fat, and set
pieces of raw meat on the top of them. These
they burned upon the split logs of firewood. But they
spitted the inward meats and held them in the flames
to cook. When the thigh bones were burned and they
had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small,
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put the pieces upon spits, roasted them till they were done,
and drew them off. Then, when they had finished their
work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and
every man had his full share, so that they were
all satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to
eat and drink, nest Or, knight of Jerene, began to speak.
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King Agamemnon said, he let us not stay talking here,
norb slacken the work that Heaven has put into our hands.
Let the Herald summon the people to gather at their
several ships. We will then go about among the hosts,
that we may begin fighting at once. Thus did he speak,
and Agamemnon heeded his words. He at once sent the
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criers round to call the people in assembly. So they
called them, and the people gathered thereon The chiefs about
the son of Atreus chose their men and marshaled them,
while Minerva went among them, holding her priceless ages that
knows neither age nor death. From it, there waved a
hundred tassels of pure gold, all deftly woven, and each
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one of them worth a hundred oxen. With this she
darted furiously everywhere among the hosts of the Achaeans, urging
them forward and putting courage into the heart of each,
so that he might fight and do battle without ceasing.
Thus war became sweeter in their eyes, even than returning
home in their ships, as when some great forest fire
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is raging upon a mountain top and its light is
seen afar. Even so as they marched, the gleam of
their armor flashed up into the firmament of heaven. They
were like great flocks of geese or cranes or swans
on the plain about the waters of Geista, that wing
their way hither and thither, gloring in the pride of flight,
and crying as they settle, till the fen is alive
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with their screaming. Even thus did their tribes pour from
ships and tents on to the plain of this commander,
And the ground rang as bras under the feet of
men and horses. They stood as thick upon the flower
bespangled field, as leaves that bloom in summer, those countless
swarms of flies buzz about a herdsman's homestead in the
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time of spring, when the pails are drenched with milk.
Even so did the Achaeans swarm onto the plains to
charge the Trojans and destroy them. The chiefs disposed their
men this way and that before the fight began, drafting
them out as easily as goatherds draft their flocks when
they have got mixed while feeding. And among them went
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King Agamemnon, with a head and face like Jove, the
lord of Thunder, are waist like Mars, and a chest
like that of Neptune, as some great bull that lords
it over the herds upon the plain. Even so did
Jove make the son of Atreus stand peerless among the
multitude of heroes. And now oh muses dwellers in the
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mansions of Olympus, tell me, for you are goddesses and
are in all places, so that you see all things,
while we know nothing but by report? Who were the
chiefs and princes of the Danaeans. As for the common soldiers,
they were so that I could not name every single
one of them, though I had ten tongues, and though
my voice failed, not in my heart were of bronze
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within me, unless you, o Olympian muses, daughter of each
of sparing Jove, were to recount them to me. Nevertheless,
I will tell the captains of the ships, and all
the fleet together. Benalaeus, Leatus, Asilaus, Prothenore, and Clnarius were
captains of the Boetians. These were they that dwelt in
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Hyria and rochy ALUs, and who held Scnus Scolus, and
the highlands of Ettionus and Thespia Grayer and the fair
city of my Selesus. They also held Harma, Elysium and Erethrae.
And they had Elion, hil and Petion Osalaea, and the
strong fortress of Medion cape by Eutresis. And thisbe the
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haunts of doves Coronaea, and the pastures of Haliatus, Pletaea
and Glycus, the fortress of Thebes, the less Olyorcestus with
its famous grove of Neptune, ahn rich in vineyards, Medea,
sacred Nisa, and Anthodon upon the sea. From these there
came fifty ships, and in each there were a hundred
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and twenty young men of the Boetians. Ascalaphus and Ilemenus,
sons of Mars, led the people that dwell in Asplodon
and or Camenus, the realm of Minus asteoce a noble maiden,
bore them in the house of Actor, son of Asius,
for she had gone with Mars secretly into an upper chamber,
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and he had lain with her. With these there came
thirty ships. The Phocians were led by Schedius and Epistrephus,
sons of Mighty Yapetus, the son of Nobelus. These were
they that held Siparsus, rochy Pytho, Holy Crisa, Dallas and Panopeus.
They also that dwelt an Anamaria and Hyampalus, and about
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the waters of the river Sisyphus and Lelaea by the
springs of the Cephisus, with their chieftains came forty ships,
and they marshaled the forces of the Phycians. They were
stationed next to the Boetians on their left. Ajax the Fleet,
son of Aelius, commanded the Locrians. He was not so great,
nor nearly so great as Ajax, the son of Telamon.
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He was a little man, and his breastplate was made
of linen. But in use of the spear he excelled
all the Hellenes and the Achaeans. They dwelt in Synus, Opois, Calliarus, Bessa, Scarfay,
fair Agea, Tarfae, and Thronium about the river Boagrias. With
him there came forty ships of the Locrians, who dwell
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beyond you bare. The fierce Abantes held Youbaa with its
cities Chalcus, Ceratrea Histeria rich in vines, Serrnthus upon the
sea and the rock perch towns of Diam, where there
were also the men of Charistus and Styra. Eliphana of
the race of Mars was in the command of these.
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He was son of Chalcodon and chief over all the Abantes.
With him they came fleet of foot, and wearing their
hair long behind, brave warriors who had ever strived to
tear open the courselets of their foes with their long
ashen spears. Of these there came fifty ships, and they
that held the strong city of Athens, the people of
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great Erechtheus who was born of the soil itself. But
Jove's daughter Minerva fostered him and established him at Athens
in her own rich sanctuary. There, year by year the
Athenian youths were worship him with sacrifice of bulls and rams.
These were commanded by Menestheus, son of Peteos. No man
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living could equal him in the marshaling of chariots and
foot soldiers. Nestor could alone rival him, for he was older.
With him, there came fifty ships. Ajax brought twelve ships
from Salamus and stationed them alongside those of the Athenians.
The men of Argos again and those who held the
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walls of Tyrans with Hermione and Assene upon the gulf Trezene,
Eonae and the vineyard lands of Epidurus. The Achaean youths moreover,
who came from Aegina and Marsis. These were led by
Diomed of the loud battle cry and Sthenalus, son of
famed Capanius. With them. In command was Euryalus, son of
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King Mecisteus, son of Talaus, but diomed was chief over
them all. With these there came eighty ships. Those who
held the strong city of Mycenae, rich Corinth and Cleonae, Ornae, Araethria,
and Lycion, where Adrastus reigned of old Hyparisia High Goonessa
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and pellene Aegium, and all the coast land around Hellies.
These sent a hundred ships under the command of King Agamemnon,
son of Atreus. His force was far both finest and
most numerous, and in their midst was the king himself,
all glorious in his armor of gleaming bronze, foremost among
the heroes, for he was the greatest king and had
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most men under him. And those that dwelt in Lacedaemon
lying low among the hills Phyus Sparta, with Messe the
Haunt of Doves, Brisia, Orgai, Amaclai, and Helos upon the
sea LaaS moreover, and Nitelus. Those were led by Menelaeus
of the loud battlecry, brother to Agamemnon, And of them
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there were sixty ships drawn up apart from the others.
Among them went Menelaeus, himself strong in zeal urging his
men to fight, for he longed to avenge the toil
and sorrow that he had suffered for the sake of Helen.
The men of Pylos and Ireni and Thyrum were as
the ford of the river Alpheus, strong Ipi, Cypersaeus and Amphigenia, Telium,
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Helos and Dourium, where the Muses met Thamaris and stilled
his minstrelsy forever. He was returning home from Ochalia, where
Euretus lived and reigned, and boasted that he would surpass
even the Muses daughters of Ajis bearing job if they
should sing against him, whereon they were angry and maimed him.
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They robbed him of his divine power of song, and
thenceforth he could strike the lyre No more. These were
commanded by Nestor, Knight of Gerene, and with him there
came ninety ships, and those that held Arcadia under the
high mountain of Sli, near the tomb of Eptus, where
the people fight hand to hand. The men of Penus
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also and Orchomenus, rich in flocks of Riphi Stratire and
bleak Enispe of Tegea and fair Mantinea, A Stymphalus and Pharacia.
Of these King Acappano, son of Antius, was commander, and
they had sixty ships. Many Arcadians, good soldiers came in
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each of them. But Agamemnon found them the ships in
which to cross the sea, for they were not a
people that occupied their business upon the waters. The men
moreover of Buprasium and of Elus, so much of it
as is inclosed between Hamene Moscenus upon the sea shore,
the Roccholani and Elysium. These had four leaders, and each
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of them had ten ships, with many Apians on board.
Their captains were Amphimachus and Thalpius, the one son of
Theetus and the other of Eurytus, both of the race
of Actor. The two other were Diaries, son of Amarynsius,
and Polyxenus, son of king Agasthenes, son of Aegeus. And
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those of Dalchium with the sacred Ecinean islands, who dwelt
beyond the sea of Elus. These were led by Meges,
peer of Mars, and the son of valiant Phelius, dear
to Jove who quarreled with his father and went to
settle in Dulichium. With him there came forty ships. Ulysses
led the brave Cephalenians who held Ithaca, Neritum with its forests, Chrosalia,
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rugged Egelyps Semos and Zacynthus, with the mainland also that
was over against the islands. These were led by Ulysses,
peer of jove in council, and with him there came
twelve ships. Thoas, son of Andraemon, commanded the Aetolians, who
dwelt on Pleuron, Olenus, Pillini, Chalcis by the sea, and
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Rocky Calidon. For the great king Aenus had now no
sons living and was himsel of dead. As was also
golden haired meleaguer who had been set over the Iolians
to be their king. And with Thoas there came forty ships.
The famous spearsmen Idomenaeus led the Cretans who held Gnossus
and the well walled city of Goutus, Lyctus, also Miletus
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and Lycastus that lies upon the chalk, the populous towns
of Festus and Rittium, with the other peoples that dwelt
in the hundred cities of crete. All these were led
by Idomeneus and by Mariones, peer of murderous Mars, And
with these there came eighty ships. Clepolamus, son of Hercules,
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a man both brave and large of stature, brought nine
ships of lordly warriors from Rhodes. These dwelt in roads,
which is divided among the three cities of Lyndus, Ielysus,
and Cameras that lies upon the chalk. These were commanded
by Clepolamus, son of Hercules, by Astacia, whom he had
carried off from Phira on the river Sales, after sacking
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many cities of valiant warriors. When Kepalamus grew up, he
killed his father, uncle Lycimnius, who had been a famous
warrior in his time, but was then grown old. And
this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following,
and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by
the other sons and grandsons of Hercules. After a voyage
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during which he suffered great hardship, he came to Rhodes,
where the people divided into three communities according to their tribes,
and were dearly loved by Jove, the Lord of gods
and men, whereupon the son of Saturn showered down great
riches upon them, and Nereus brought three ships from Syme Nereus,
who was the handsomest man that came up under Ilius
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of all the Danaeans, after the son of Pelius, but
he was a man of no substance and had but
a small following. And those that held Nisiris, Crapathus, and Casus,
with Cos the city of Eurypolus and a Chelyidnian islands.
These were commanded by Phidippus and Antipas, two sons of
King Thesaelus, the son of Hercules. And with them there
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came thirty ships. Those again who held Pelaski, Argos, Alos,
Alope and Trachus, and those of Phythea and Hellas, the
land of fair women, who were called Myrmidons, Hellenes and Achaeans.
These had fifty ships, over which Achilles was in command,
but they now took no part in the war, inasmuch
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as there was no one to marshal them, for Achilles
stayed by his ships, furious about the loss of the
girl Brecius, whom he had taken from Lynessus at his
own great peril. When he had sacked Linesses and thebe
and had overthrown Maenes and Epistrophus, sons of King evanor
son of Selepus. For her sake, Achilles was still grieving,
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but ere long he was again to join them, and
those that held Philesi and the flowery meadows of Pyrasus,
sanctuary of ceres Aton, the mother of Sheep, Antram upon
the sea, and Patalium that lies upon the grasslands. Of
these brave Protessilaus had been captain while he was yet alive,
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but he was now lying under the earth. He had
left a wife behind him in Phyleaesi to tear her
cheeks in sorrow, and his house was only half finished,
for he was slain by a Dardanian warrior while leaping
foremost of the Achaeans upon the soil of Troy. Still,
though his people mourned their chieftain, they were not without
a leader, for Podarces of the race of Mars marshaled them.
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He was son of Effyclus rich in Sheep, who was
the son of Philachus, and he was own brother to Protessilaus,
only younger, Buttessilaius, being at once the elder and the
more valiant, so the people were not without a leader.
That they mourned him, and they had lost with him.
There came forty ships, and those that held fair Eye
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by the Boebian Lake with Boebi, Glaffray and the popular
city of Iolcus. These with their eleven ships, were led
by Emilus, son of Admetus, whom Aucustus bore to him
loveliest of the daughters of Pelias. And those that held
Methone and Thomasia with Melibia and Ruggedolson. These were led
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by the skillful archer Phelocttes, and they had seven ships,
each with fifty oarsmen, all of them good archers. But
Phelottes was lying in great pain in the island of Lemnos,
where the sons of the Achaeans left him, for he
had been bitten by a poisonous water snake. There he
lays sick and sorry and full. Soon did the archives
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come to miss him. But his people, though they felt
his loss, were not leaderless, for Medon, the bastard son
of Oelius by Raini, set them in array, those again
of Trica and the stony region of Ethome, and they
that held Ochalia, the city of Ocalia and Euretus. These
were commanded by the two sons of Esculapius, skilled in
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the art of healing, Padlarius and Macheon, and with them
there came thirty ships, the men moreover of Omenius and
by the fountain of Hyperia, and those that held Orestius
and the white crests of Titanus. These were led by Eurypolus,
the son of Euaimon, and with them there came forty ships,
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those that held Argissa and Girtone, orthe Elone, and the
white city of Oleuson of these brave Polypartes was leder.
He was son of Pirethus, who was the son of
Jove himself, for Hipatamaya bore him to Pirethus on the
day when he took his revenge on the shaggy mountain
savages and drove them from Mount Pelion to the Aetheses.
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But Polypertes was not sole in command, for with him
was Leontius, of the race of Mars, who was son
of Coronus, the son of Cyaneus, And with these there
came forty ships. Gnaeus brought two and twenty ships from Cyphus,
and he was followed by the Enaeans and the valiant Perabe,
who dwelt about wintry Dodona and held the lands round
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the lovely river Tartarasius, which sends its waters into the Panaeus.
They do not mingle with the silver eddies of the Panaeus,
but flow on the top of them like oil. For
the Titarasius is a branch of dread Orcus and of
the river Styx of the Magnetes. Protheus, son of Tenhradon,
was commander. They were they that dwelt about the river
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Panaeus and Mount Pelion. Protheus, fleet of foot, was their leader,
and with him there came forty ships. Such were the
chiefs and princes of the Daraeans, who then o Muse
was the foremost whether man or horse, among those that
followed after the sons of Atreus. Of the horses, those
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of the son of Fairies were by far the finest.
They were driven by Eumelus, and were as fleet as birds.
They were of the same age and color, and perfectly
matched in height. Apollo, though of the silver Bow, had
bred them in Perea, both of them mares and terrible
as Mars. In battle of the men Ajax, son of
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Telamon was much the foremost so long as Achilles anger lasted,
for Achilles excelled him greatly, and he had also better horses.
But Achilles was now holding aloof at his ships by
reason of his quarrel with Agamemnon. And his people passed
their time upon the sea shore, throwing discs, were aiming
with spears at a mark, and in archery. Their horses
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stood each by his own chariot, champing lotus and wild celery.
The chariots were housed under cover, but their owners, for
lack of leadership, wandered hither and neither about the hosts,
and went not forth to fight. Thus marched the host
like a consuming fire, and the earth groaned beneath them.
When the lord of thunder is angry and lashes the
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land of Typheus among the army, where they say Typheus lies,
even so did the earth grown beneath them as they
sped over the plain. And now Iris fleeked as the
wind was sent by Jove to tell the bad news
among the Trojans. They were gathered in assembly, old and
young at Priam's gates, and Iris came close up to Priam,
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speaking with the voice of Priam's son Polites, who being
fleet of foot, was stationed as watchmen for the Trojans
on the term of old as cities, to look out
for any sally of the Achaeans. In his likeness, Iris spoke, saying,
old man, you talk idly as in time of peace,
when war is at hand. I have been in many
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a battle, but never yet saw such a host as
is now advancing. They are crossing the plain to attack
the city as thick as leaves, or as the sands
of the sea. Hector, I charge you above all others,
do as I say. There are many allies dispersed about
the city of Priam, from distant places, and speaking divers tongues. Therefore,
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let each chief give orders to his own people, setting
them severally in array, and leading them forth to battle.
Thus she spoke, but Hector knew that it was the Goddess,
and at once broke up the assembly. The men flew
to arms, All the gates were opened, and the people
thronged through. The horse and foot were the trampers of
a great multitude. Now there is a high mound before
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the city, rising by itself upon the plain. Men call
it Bateia, But the gods know it is the tomb
of lithe Marini. Here the Trojans and their allies divided
their forces. Priam's son, Great Hector of the Gleaming Helmet,
commanded the Trojans, and with him were arrayed by far
the greater number and most valiant of those who were
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longing for the fray. The Dardanians were led by brave Neeus,
whom Venus bore to anchises when she goddess. Though she
was had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida,
he was not alone, for with him were the two
sons of antenor Archelochus and Arcamus, both skilled in all
the arts of war. They that dwelt in Telea under
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the lowest spurs of Mount Ida. Men of substance, who
drink the limpid waters of the Acepus, and are of
Trojan blood. These were led by Pandarus, son of Lycian,
whom Apollo had taught to use the bow. They that
held adresst here and the land of Apaesus with Pitiea
and the high mountains of Terea. These were led by
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Adrastus and by Amphius, whose breastplate was of linen. These
were the sons of Merops of Percote, who excelled in
all kinds of divination. He told them not to take
part in the war, but they gave him no heed,
for fate lured them to destruction. They that dwelt about
Percote and Practius, with Cestus, Abydos and Arispae. These were
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led by Asus, son of Hutarchus, a brave commander, Asus,
the son of Hutarchus, whom his powerful dark beasy steeds
of the breed that comes from the river Celeaeus had
brought from arispe Hepatous led the tribes of Pelaschian spearsmen
who dwelt in fertile Lourisa Epatus and Pylaeus of the
race of Mars, two sons of the Pelaschian Lithus son
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of Teutamus. Achamus and the Warriopeyrus commanded the Thracians and
those that came from beyond the mighty stream of the Hellespont. Euphemus,
son of Truzenus, the son of Chaos, was the captain
of the Sisonian spearsmen. Piraecmes led the Pionian arches from
distant Amidon by the broad waters of the river Axius,
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the fairest that flows upon the earth. The Paphlagonians were
commanded by stout hearted Pileomenes from Mytenae, where the mules
run wild in herds. These were they that held Cytaurus
and the country round Sesamus, with the cities by the river. Parthenus, Cromna,
Achialus and lofty eerythne Odius and Epistrophus were captains over
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the Halizone from distant Alibe, where there are mines of silver.
Cromus and Onomas the Orga led the Mycenes, but his
skill in augury availed not to save him from destruction,
for he felt by the hand of the fleet descendant
of Archaeus in the river where he slew others also
of the Trojans forces again and noble. Ascanius led the
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Phrygians from the far country of Ascania, and both were
eager for the fray. Mesthles and Antyphus commanded the Meonians,
sons of Talamenes born to him of the Gigean lake.
These led the Maionians, who dwelt unto Mount Timolus. Nastis
led the Carians, men of a strange speech. These held Miletus,
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and the wooden mountain of Thiries, with the water of
the river Meander, and the lofty crests of Mount Mysali.
These were commanded by Nasties and Amphimachus, the brave sons
of Nomion. He came into the fight with gold about
him like a girl, fool that he was. His gold
was of no avail to save him, for he fell
in the river by the hand of the fleet descendant
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of Asus, and Achilles bore away his gold sarpedon, and
Glaucus laid the Lycians from their distant land by the
edding waters of the Xanthus. End of Section two Dream
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