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... Achilles shall give up a woman named Briseis whom he has carried off . Achilles complies , but appeals to his goddess - mother , Thetis , who counsels him to nurse his wrath , and withdraw from the siege , whilst she intercedes with ...
... Achilles shall give up a woman named Briseis whom he has carried off . Achilles complies , but appeals to his goddess - mother , Thetis , who counsels him to nurse his wrath , and withdraw from the siege , whilst she intercedes with ...
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... Achilles to rejoin them ; but he declares that nothing shall move him unless Hector brings fire and sword to the tents of his Myrmidons . Agamemnon holds a midnight council , and Diomed volunteers to reconnoitre the Trojan lines , with ...
... Achilles to rejoin them ; but he declares that nothing shall move him unless Hector brings fire and sword to the tents of his Myrmidons . Agamemnon holds a midnight council , and Diomed volunteers to reconnoitre the Trojan lines , with ...
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... Achilles sends his man Patroclus to learn how they are faring , and Nestor begs him to per- suade his master to come to the rescue . The Trojans charge the entrenchments , whilst an eagle drops a serpent in the midst of the combatants ...
... Achilles sends his man Patroclus to learn how they are faring , and Nestor begs him to per- suade his master to come to the rescue . The Trojans charge the entrenchments , whilst an eagle drops a serpent in the midst of the combatants ...
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... Achilles , who has been watching the peril of his country- men , now consents that Patroclus shall go , clad in his armour , at the head of the Myrmidons , to aid them . The Trojans , believing it is Achilles himself who is leading ...
... Achilles , who has been watching the peril of his country- men , now consents that Patroclus shall go , clad in his armour , at the head of the Myrmidons , to aid them . The Trojans , believing it is Achilles himself who is leading ...
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... Achilles sits apart , but is sustained by Minerva with ambrosia and nectar . When all is prepared for the battle he mounts his chariot , drawn by Xanthus and Balius , and bearing the ashen spear of Mount Pelion , the gift of the Centaur ...
... Achilles sits apart , but is sustained by Minerva with ambrosia and nectar . When all is prepared for the battle he mounts his chariot , drawn by Xanthus and Balius , and bearing the ashen spear of Mount Pelion , the gift of the Centaur ...
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