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... Trojan will listen to you ; nor would I permit it . . . So Hector spoke , and the Trojans acclaimed him . . . . The next day Hector is lost . Achilles has harried him across the field and is about to kill him . He has always been the ...
... Trojan will listen to you ; nor would I permit it . . . So Hector spoke , and the Trojans acclaimed him . . . . The next day Hector is lost . Achilles has harried him across the field and is about to kill him . He has always been the ...
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... Trojans first went to Thrace , but soon sailed south to the island of Delos , sacred to Apollo , where his priest Anius was king . A voice from the temple commanded the Trojans to continue their way , and " seek their ancient mother ...
... Trojans first went to Thrace , but soon sailed south to the island of Delos , sacred to Apollo , where his priest Anius was king . A voice from the temple commanded the Trojans to continue their way , and " seek their ancient mother ...
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... Trojans ate food off parsley or cakes , used as plates , and one said , " Why , our own table is already eaten , ” fulfilling a prophecy , given either at Dodona , or at Erythrae in Asia Minor where there was a Sibyl or prophetess ...
... Trojans ate food off parsley or cakes , used as plates , and one said , " Why , our own table is already eaten , ” fulfilling a prophecy , given either at Dodona , or at Erythrae in Asia Minor where there was a Sibyl or prophetess ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
Sophocles | 78 |
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