The Iliad (Audiobook) by Homer - Book 10

Book 10: The Night Raid
Odysseus and Diomedes sneak into the Trojan camp, kill spies, and cause havoc. Summary by Dream Audiobooks

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Dream Audio Books presents section ten of the Iliad by Homer,
translated by Samuel Butler. Book ten, Ulysses and Diremed go
out as spies and meet Dolon, who gives them information.
They then kill him, and, profiting by what he had
told them, kill Rhesus, king of the Thracians, and take

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his horses. Now, the other princes of the Achaean slept
soundly the whole night through, but Agamemnon, son of Atreus,
was troubled so that he could get no rest, as
when fair Juno's lord flashes his lightning in token of
great rain or hail or snow, and the snow flakes
whiten the ground, or again as a sign that he

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will open the wide doors of hungry war. Even so
did Agamemnon heave many a heavy sigh, for his soul
trembled within him. When he looked upon the plain of Troy,
he marveled at the many watch fires burning in front
of Ilius, and at the sound of pipes and flutes,
and of the hum of men. But when presently he
turned towards the ships and hosts of the Achaeans, he

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tore his hair by handfuls before jove on high and
groaned aloud for the very disquietness of his soul. In
the end, he deemed it best to go at once
to Nestor, son of Nelius, and to see if between
them they could find any way of saving of the
Achaeans from destruction. He therefore rose, put on his shirt,
bound his sandals about his comely feet, flung the skin

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of a huge tawny lion over his shoulders, a skin
that reached his feet, and took his spear in his hand.
Neither could Menelaeus sleep, for he too boded ill for
the Argives, who for his sake had sailed from far
over the seas to fight the Trojans. He covered his
broad back with the skin of a spotted panther, put

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a cask of bronze upon his head, and took his
spear in his brawny hand. Then he went to rouse
his brother, who was by far the most powerful of
the Achaeans, and was honored by the people as though
he were a god. He found him by the ste
turn of his ship, already putting his goodly array about
his shoulders, and right glad he was that his brother
had come. Menelaeus spoke first, Why said he, my dear brother,

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are you thus arming? Are you going to send any
of our comrades to exploit the Trojans. I greatly fear
that no one will do you this service, and spy
upon the enemy alone in the dead of night. It
will be a deed of great daring. And King Agamemnon
answered Menelaeus, we both of us need shrewd counsel to
save the archives and our ships. For Jovis changed his

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mind and inclines towards Hector's sacrifices rather than ours. I
never saw nor heard tell of any man as having
wrought such ruin in one day as Hector has now
wrought against the sons of the Achaeans, and that too
of his own unaided self, for he is son neither
to God nor Goddess. The Archives will ru it long
and deeply. Run therefore with all speed by the line

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of the ships, and called Ajax and Ittomenaeus. Meanwhile, I
will go to Nestor and bid him rise and go
about among the companies of our sentinels to give them
their instructions. They will listen to him sooner than to
any man. For his own son and Marione's brother in
arms to Idomeneus a captains over them. It was to
them more particularly that we gave this charge. Menelaeus replied,

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how do I take your meaning? Am I to stay
with them and wait your coming? Or shall I return
here as soon as I have given your orders? Wait?
Answered King Agamemnon, For there are so many paths about
the camp, that we might miss one another. Call every
man on your way, and bid him be stirring. Name
him by his lineage and by his father's name, give

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each all titular observance, and stand not too much upon
your own dignity. We must take our full share of toil,
for at our birth Jove laid this heavy burden upon us.
With these instructions, he sent his brother on his way
and went on to Nestor, shepherd of his people. He
found him sleeping in his tent, hard by his own ship.

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His goodly armor lay beside him, his shield, his two spears,
and his helmet. Beside him also lay the gleaming girdle
with which the old man girded himself when he armed
to lead his people into battle. For his aide state
him not. He raised himself on his elbow and looked
up at Agamemnon. A wizard said, he that goes thus

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about the host and the ships alone, and in the
dead of night, when men are sleeping, are you looking
for one of your mules or for some comrade. Do
not stand there and say nothing, but speak what is
your business? And Agamemnon answered, Nestor, son of Nelius, honor
to the Achaean name. It is i Agamemnon, son of Atreus,
on whom Jove has laid labor and sorrow. So long

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as there is breath in my body and my limbs
carry me, I am thus abroad, because slip sits not
upon my eyelids. But my heart is big with war
and with the jeopardy of the Achaeans. I am in
great fear of the Danaeans. I am at sea, and
without your counsel, my heart beats as though it would
leap out of my body, and my limbs fail me.

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If then you can do anything, for you too cannot sleep.
Let us go the rounds of the watch and see
whether they are drowsy with toil and sleeping to the
neglect of their duty. The enemy is encamped hard, and
we know not, but he may attack us by night,
Nestor replied, most noble son of Atreus, King of men Agamemnon,

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Jove will not do all for Hector that Hector thinks
he will. He will have troubles yet in plenty. If
Achilles will lay aside his anger, I will go with you,
and we will rouse others, either the son of Titius
or Ulysses, or fleet Ajax and the valiant son of Phylius.
Some one had also better go and call Ajax and
King Idomeneus, for their ships are not near at hand,

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but the farthest of all. I cannot, however, refrain from
blaming Menelaeus, much as I love him and respect him,
and I will say so plainly, even at the risk
of affe you for sleeping and leaving all this trouble
to yourself. He ought to be going about imploring and
from all the princes of the Achaeans, for we are
in extreme danger. And Agamemnon answered, sir, you may sometimes

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blame him justly, for he is often remiss and unwilling
to exert himself, not indeed from sloth, nor yet heedlessness,
but because he looks to me and expects me to
take the lead on this occasion. However, he was awake
before I was, and came to me of his own accord.
I have already sent him to call the very men
whom you have named, And now let us be going.

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We shall find them with the watch outside the gates,
for it is there I said that we should meet them.
In that case, answered Nestor, the argives will not blame
him nor disobey his orders when he urges them to
fight or gives them instructions. With this, he put on
his shirt and bound his sandals about his comely feet.
He buckled on his purple coat of two thicknesses, large

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and of a rough sh shaggy texture, grasped his redoubtable
bronshod spear, and wended his way along the line of
the Achaean ships. First, he called loudly to Ulysses, peer
of gods in council, and woke him, for he was
soon roused by the sound of the battle cry. He
came outside his tent and said, why do you go
thus alone about the host and along the line of

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the ships in the stillness of the night. What is
it that you find so urgent? A Nestor, knight of Jeren,
answered Ulysses, noble, son of Laertes, take it not amiss,
for the Achaeans are in great straits. Come with me,
and let us wake some others who may advise well
with us, whether we shall fight or fly on this

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Ulysses went at once into his tent, put his shield
about his shoulders, and came out with them. First they
went to Diomed son of Tideus, and found him outside
his tent, clad in his armor, with his comrades slipping
round him, and using their shields as pillows as for
their spears. They stood upright on the spikes of their
butts that were driven into the ground, and the burnished
bronze flashed afar like the lightning of Father Jove. The

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hero was sleeping upon the skin of an ox, with
a piece of fine carpet under his head. Nestor went
up to him and stirred him with his heel to
rouse him upbraiding him and urging him to bestir himself.
Wake up, he exclaimed, son of Tidius, how can you
sleep on in this way? Can you not see that
the Trojans are encamped on the brow of the plain
hard by our ships, with but a little space between

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us and them. On these words, Diomed leaped up instantly
and said, old man, your heart is of iron. You
rest not one moment from your labors. Are there no
younger men among the Achaeans who could go about to
rouse the princes? There is no tiring you. And Nestor,
knight of Sjeren, made answer, my son, all that you

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have said is true. I have good sons and also
much people who might call the chieftains. But the Achaeans
are in the gravest danger. Life and death are balanced,
as it were, on the edge of a razor. Go then,
for you are younger than I, and with your courtesy
raise Ajax and the fleet, son of Phylias, tamed through
the skin of a great tawny lion about his shoulders,

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a skin that reached his feet and grasped his spear.
When he had roused the heroes, he brought them back
with him. They then went the round of those who
were on guard, and found the captains not sleeping at
their posts, but wakeful and sitting with their arms about them,
as sheep dogs that watch their flocks when they are yarded,
and hear a wild beast coming through the mountain forest

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towards them. Forthwith there is a hue and cry of
dogs and men, and slumber is broken. Even so was
the sleep chased from the eyes of the Achaeans as
they kept the watchers of the wicked night, for they
turned constantly towards the plain whenever they heard any stir
among the Trojans. The old man was glad and bade
them be of good cheer. Watch on my children, said he,

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and let not sleep get hold upon you, lest our
enemies triumph over us. Were this hip asked the trench,
and with him the other chiefs of the Achaeans who
had been called to the council. Marions and the brave
son of Nestor went also, for the princes bade them.
When they were beyond the trench that was dug round
the wall, they held their meeting on the open ground,

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where there was a space clear of corpses. For it
was here that, when night fell, Hector had turned back
from his onslaught on the argives. They sat down therefore,
and held debate with one another. Nestor spoke first. My
friend said, he is there any man bold enough to
venture among the Trojans and cut off some straggler or

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bring us news of what the enemy mean to do,
whether they will stay here by the ships away from
the city, or whether now that they have worsted the Achaeans,
they will retire within their walls. If he could learn
all this and come back safely here, his fame would
be high as heaven in the mouths of all men,
and he would be rewarded richly. For the chiefs from

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all our ships. Would each of them give him a
black eye with her lamb, which is a present of
surpassing value, and he would be asked as a guest
to all feasts and clan gatherings. They all held their peace,
but Diomed, of the loud war cries spoke, saying, nestor
gladly will I visit the host of the Trojans over
against us, But if another will go with me, I

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shall do so in greater confidence and comfort. When two
men are together, one of them may see some opportunity
which the other has not caught sight of. If a
man is alone, he is less full of resource, and
his wit is weaker. On this, several offered to go
with Diomed. The two Ajaxes, servants of Mars Mariones and

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the son of Nestor all wanted to go Sai did Menelayas,
son of Atreus. Ulysses, also wished to go among the
host of the Trojans, for he was ever full of daring.
And thereon Agamemnon, king of Men, spoke. Thus Diomed said he,
son of tedious, man, after my own heart, choose your
comrade for yourself. Take the best man of those that

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have offered, For many would now I go with you.
Do not, through delicacy, reject the better man and take
the worst, out of respect for his lineage, because he
is of more royal blood. He said this because he
feared for Menelaus Diamid answered, if you bid me take
the man of my own choice, how in that case
can I fail to think of Ulysses than whom there

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is no man more eager to face all kinds of danger.
And Pallas Minerva loves him well. If he were to
go with me, we should pass safely through fire itself,
for he is quick to see and understand. Son of Tedious,
replied Ulysses, say, neither good nor ill about me, for
you are among argives who know me well. Let us

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be going for the night wanes and dawn is at hand.
The stars have gone forward, two thirds of the night
are already spent, and the third is alone left us.
They then put on their armor. Brave Thrasimides provided the
son of Tedious with a sword and a shield, for
he had left his own at his ship. And on
his head he set a helmet of bull's hide without

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either peak or crest. It is called a skull cap
and is a common head gear. Mariones found a boone
and quiver for Ulysses, and on his head he set
a leathern helmet that was lined with a strong platting
of leathern thongs, while on the outside it was thickly
studded with boars teeth well and skillfully set into it.
Next the head there was an inner lining of felt.

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This helmet had been stolen by Autolicus out of Eleon,
when he broke into the house of Amintor, son of Ormenus.
He gave it to Amphidamus of Cythera to take to Scandia,
and Amphidamus gave it as a guest gift to Molus,
who gave it to his son Mariones. And now it
was set upon the head of Ulysses. When the pair
had armed, they set out and left the other chieftains

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behind them. Pallas Minerva sent them a heron by the
wayside upon their right hands. They could not see it
in the darkness, but they heard its cry. Ulysses was
glad when he heard it, and prayed to Minerva. Hear me,
he cried, daughter of Egis bearing Jove, you, who spy
at all my ways, and who were with me in
all my hardships, befriend me in this mine now, and

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grant that we may return to the ships covered with glory,
after having achieved some mighty exploit that shall bring sorrow
to the Trojans. Then Diomed, of the loud war cry,
also prayed. Hear me too, said he, daughter of Jove, unweariable,
be with me, even as you were with my noble
father Titeous, when he went to thieves his envoys sent

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by the Achaeans. He left the Achaeans by the banks
of the river Asopus and went to the city, bearing
a message of peace to the Cadmians. On his return. Thence,
with your help, Goddess, he did great deeds of daring,
for you were his ready helper. Even so guide me
and guide me now and in return, I will offer

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you in sacrifice a broad browed heifer of a year old,
unbroken and never yet brought by man under the yoke.
I will gild her horns and will offer her up
to you in sacrifice. Thus they prayed, and Pallas Minerva
heard their prayer. When they had done praying to the
daughter of Great Jove, they went their way like two lions,

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prowling by night, amid the armor and blood stained bodies
of them that had fallen. Neither again did Hector let
the Trojans sleep, for he too called the princes and
counselors of the Trojans, that he might set his counsel
before them. Is there one, said he who for a
great reward will do me the service of which I
will tell you, he shall be well paid. If he will,

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I will give him a chariot and a couple of horses,
the fleetest that can be found at the ships of
the Achaeans. If he will dare this thing, and he
will win infinite honor to boot. He must go to
the ships and find out whether they are still guarded
as heretofore, or whether now that we have beaten them.
The Achaeans designed to fly, and through sheer exhaustion, are
neglecting to keep their watches. They all held their peace.

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But there was a young the Trojans, a certain man
named Dolon, son of Eumides, the famous Herald, A man
rich in gold and bronze. He was ill favored, but
a good runner, and was an only son among five sisters.
He it was that now addressed the Trojans. I Hector said,
he will to the ships and will exploit them. But

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first hold up your scepter and swear that you will
give me the chariot bedight with bronze, and the horses
that now carry the noble son of Pelius. I will
make you a good scout and will not fail you.
I will go through the host, from one end to
the other, till I come to the ship of Agamemnon,
where I take it. The princes of the Achaeans are
now consulting whether they shall fight or fly. When he

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had done speaking, Hector held up his scepter and swore
him his oath, saying, may Jove, the thundering husband of Juno,
bear witness that no other Trojan but yourself shall mount
those steeds, and that you shall have your will with
them forever. The oaths was bootless, but it made Dolon
more keen on going. He hung his bow over his shoulder,

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and as an over all he wore the skin of
a gray wolf, while on his head he set a
cap of ferret skin. Then he took a pointed javelin
and left the camp for the ships. But he was
not to return with any news for Hector. When he
had left the horses and the troops behind him, he
made all speed on his way, but Ulysses perceived his
coming and said to Diomed, Diomed, here is some one

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from the camp. I am not sure whether he is
a spy, or whether it is some thief who would
plunder the bodies of the dead. Let him get a
little past us. We can then spring upon him and
take him. If however, he is too quick for us,
go after him with your spear and hem him in
towards the ships away from the Trojan camp, to prevent
his getting back to the town. With this, they turned

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out of their way and lay down among the corpses.
Dolon suspected nothing and soon passed them. But when he
had got about as far as the distance by which
a mule plowed furrow exceeds one that has been plowed
by Oxen, for mules can plow fellow land quicker than Oxen.
They ran after him, and when he heard their footsteps,
he stood still, for he made sure they were friends

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from the Trojan camp, come by Hector's orders to bid
him return. When, however, they were only a spear's cast
or less away from him, he saw that they were enemies,
and ran as fast as his legs could take him.
The others gave chase at once, and as a couple
of well trained hounds press forward after a dough or
hare that runs screaming in front of them, Even so

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did the son of Titius and Ulysses pursue Dolon and
cut him off from his own people. But when he
had fled so far towards the ships that he would
soon have fallen in with the outposts, Minerva infused fresh
strength into the sun of Tideus, for fear some other
of the Achaeans might have the glory of being first
to hit him, and he might himself be only second.
He therefore sprang forward with his spear and said, stand,

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or I shall throw my spear, and in that case
I shall soon make an end of you. He threw
as he spoke, but missed his aim on purpose. The
dart flew over the men's right shoulder and then stuck
in the ground. He stood stock still, trembling and in
great fear. His teeth chattered, and he turned pale with fear.
The two came breathless up to him and seized his hands,

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whereon he began to weep, and said, take me alive, oh,
ransom myself. We have great store of gold, bronze and
wrought iron, and from this my father will satisfy you
with a very large ransom should he hear of my
being alive at the ships of the Achaeans. Fear not, replied, Ulysses.
Let no thought of death be in your mind. But

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tell me, and tell me true. Why are you thus
going about alone in the dead of night, away from
your camp and towards the ships while other men are sleeping?
Is it to plunder the bodies of the slain? Or
did Hector send you to spy out what was going
on at the ships? Or did you come here of
your own mere notion? Dolon answered, his limbs trembling beneath him. Hector,

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with the his vain flattering promises lured me from my
better judgment. He said he would give me the horses
of the noble son of Pelius and his bronze but
disined chariot. He bade me go through the darkness of
the flying night, get close to the enemy and find
out whether the ships are still guarded as heretofore, or
whether now that we have beaten them, the Archaeans, designed
to fly, and through sheer exhaustion, are neglecting to keep

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their watches. Ulysses smiled at Emmen, answered, you had indeed
set your heart upon a great reward. But the horses
of the descendants of Aesus are hardly to be kept
in hand or driven by any other mortal man than
Achilles himself, whose mother was an immortal. But tell me,
and tell me true, where did you leave, Hector when

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you started? Where lies his armor and his horses? How too,
are the watchers and sleeping ground of the Trojans ordered?
What are their plans? Will they stay here by the
ships and away from the city, or now that they
have worsted the Achaeans, while they retire within their walls.
And Dolon answered, I will tell you truly all Hector

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and the other councilors are now holding conference by the
Monument of Great Illness, away from the general tumult. As
for the guards about which you ask me, there is
no chosen watch to keep guard over the host. The
Trojans have their watch fires, for they are bound to
have them. They therefore are awake and keep each other
to their duty as sentinels. But the allies who have

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come from other places are asleep and leave it to
the Trojans to keep guard, for their wives and children
are not here. Ulysses then said, now tell me are
they sleeping among the Trojan troops or do they lie apart?
Explain this that I may understand it. I will tell
you truly all, replied Dolan. To the seaward lie the Carians,

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the Paionian bowmen, the le Lieges, the Kuconians and the
noble Pelaski. The Lycians and proud Mysians, with the Phrygians
and Meonians have their place on the side towards Thimbre.
But why ask about all this if you want to
find your way into the host of the Trojans. There
are the Thracians who have lately come here and lie
apart from the others at the far end of the camp,

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and they have Rheseus, son of Ionius, for their king.
His horses are the finest and strongest that I have
ever seen. They are whiter than snow and fleeter than
any wind that blows. His chariot is bedight with silver
and gold, and he has brought his marvelous golden armor
of the rarest workmanship, too splendid for any mortal man
to carry, and meet only for the gods. Now, therefore,

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take me to the ships, or bind me securely here
until you come back and have proved my words, whether
they be false or true. Diomed looked sternly at him
and answered, think not, Dolon, for all the good information
you have given us that you shall escape. Now you
are in our hands. For if we ransom you or
let you go, you will come some second time to

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the ships of the Achaeans, either as a spy or
as an open enemy. But if I care you and
an end of you, you will give no more trouble.
On this. Dolon would have caught him by the beard
to beseech him further, but Diamid struck him in the
middle of his neck with his sword and cut through
both sinews, so that his head fell rolling in the dust.
While he was yet speaking, they took the ferret's skin

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cap from his head, and also the wolf skin, the bow,
and his long spear. Ulysses hung them up aloft in
honor of Minerva, the goddess of plunder, and prayed, saying,
accept these, Goddess, for we give them to you in
preference to all the gods in Olympus. Therefore, speed are
still further towards the horses and sleeping ground of the Thracians.

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With these words, he took the spoils and set them
upon a tamarisk tree, and they marked the place by
pulling up reeds and gathering boughs of tamarisk, that they
might not miss it as they came back through the
flying hours of darkness. The two then went onwards amid
the fallen armor and the blood, and came presently to
the company of Thracian soldiers who were sleeping, tired out

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with their day's toil. Their goodly armor was lying on
the ground beside them, or orderly in three rows, and
each man had his yoke of horses beside him. Rhesus
was sleeping in the middle and hard by him. His
horses were made fast to the topmost rim of his chariot. Ulysses,
from some way off saw him and said, this Diomed

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is the man, and these the horses about which Dolan,
whom we killed, told us. Do your very utmost dull
it not about your armor, but loose the horses at once,
or else kill the men yourself while I see to
the horses. Thereon, Minerva put courage into the heart of Diomed,
and he smote them right and left. They made a
hideous groaning as they were being hacked about, and the

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earth was red with their blood. As a lion springs
furiously upon a flock of sheep or goats when he
finds them without their shepherd. So did the son of
Tideous set upon the Thracian soldiers, till he had killed twelve.
As he killed them, Ulysses came and drew them aside
by their feet one by one, that the horses might
go forward freely without being frightened as they passed over

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the dead bodies. But they were not yet used to them.
When the son of Tedious came to the king, he
killed him too, which made thirteen as he was breathing hard,
for by the counsel of Minerva, an evil dream the
scene of Oeneus hovered that night over his head. Meanwhile,
Ulysses untied the horses, made them fast one to another,

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and drove them off, striking them with his bow, for
he had forgotten to take the whip from the chariot.
Then he whistled as assigned to Diomed, But Diomed stayed
where he was, thinking what other daring deed he might accomplish.
He was doubting whether to take the chariot in which
the king's arm or was lying and draw it out
by the pole, or to lift the armor out and
carry it off, or whether again he should not kill

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some more Thracians. While he was thus hesitating, Minerva came
up to him and said, get back, Diomed, to the ship,
so you may be driven thre Though should some other
god rouse the Trojans, Diomed knew that it was the goddess,
and at once sprang upon the horses. Ulysses beat them
with his bow, and they fled onward to the ships
of the Achaeans. But Apollo kept no blind look out

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when he saw Minerva with the son of Tydeus. He
was angry with her, and coming to the host of
the Trojans, he roused Hippocoon, a counselor of the Thracians
and a noble kinsman of Rhesus. He started up out
of his sleep and saw that the horses were no
longer in their place, and that the men were gasping
in their death agony. On this he groaned aloud and

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called upon his friend by name. Then the whole Trojan
camp was in an uproar, as the people kept hurrying together,
and they marveled at the deeds of the heroes, who
had now got away towards the ships. When they reached
the place where they had killed Hector's scout, Ulysses, stayed
his horses, and the son of Tydeus, leaping to the ground,
placed the blood stained spoils in the hands of Ulysses,

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and remounted. Then he lashed the horses onwards, and they
flew forward nothing loath, towards the ships, as though of
their own free will. Nestor was first to hear the
tramp of their feet. My friend said he, Princes and
counselors of the Argives, shall I guess right or wrong?
But I must say what I think. There is a
sound in my ears as of the tramp of horses.

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I hope it may be Diomed and Ulysses driving in
horses from the Trojans. But I much fear that the
bravest of the Argives may have come to some harm
at their hands. He had hardly done speaking when the
two men came in and dismounted, whereon the others shook
hands right gladly with them and congratulated them. Nestor, Knight
of Jeren, was first to question them. Tell me, said

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he renowned Ulysses. How did you two come by these horses?
Did you steal in among the Trojan forces? Or did
some God meet you and give them to you? They
are like sunbeams. I am well conversant with the Trojans
for old warrior, though I am I never hold back
by the ships. But I never yet saw or heard
of such horses as these are. Surely some God must

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have met you and give them to you, for you
are both of you dear to Jove and to Jove's
daughter Minerva. And Ulysses, answered Nestor, son of Nelius, honor
to the Achaean name heaven if it so, will can
give us even better horses than these, For the gods
are far mightier than we are. These horses, however, about

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which you ask me, are freshly come from Thrace. Diomed
killed their king with the twelve bravest of his companions
hard by our ships. We took a thirteenth man, a
scout whom Hector and the other Trojans had sent us
a spy upon our ships. He laughed as he spoke,
and drove the horses over the ditch, while the other
Achaeans followed him gladly. When they reached the strongly built

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quarters of the son of Tydeus, they tied the horses
with thongs of leather to the manger, where the steeds
of Diomed stood eating their sweet corn. But Ulysses hung
the blood stained spoils of Dolon at the stern of
his ship, that they might prepare a sacred offering to Minerva.
As for themselves, they went into the sea and washed
the sweat from their bodies and from their necks and thighs.

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When the sea water had taken all the sweat from
off them and had refreshed them, they went into the
baths and washed themselves. After they had so done, and
had anointed themselves with oil, they sat down to table, and,
drawing from a full mixing bowl, made a drink offering
of wine to Minerva. End of Section ten Dream Audio Books.

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